GGKP Knowledge Update, Issue 2013-9

GGKP News
The newest issue of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform's Knowledge Update has just been published and can be accessed online at: http://conta.cc/1cK5Omy

In this issue you can read about:

  • The African Development Bank’s African Development Report 2012 which explores the need to integrate green growth in Africa’s development process;
  • A new study carried out by the World Bank and OECD which identified cities around the world that will be most at risk from damaging floods;
  • UNEP’s Green Economy Scoping Study for Serbia which highlights jobs growth and savings opportunities available to the country through green investments;
  • Research from the World Bank on resource discoveries, learning and national income accounting.
  • Results from an OECD study measuring green growth in the Benelux countries;
  • Research on the relative advantages between various climate change policies (carbon tax vs. cap-and-trade vs. hybrid approach); and
  • The launch of CDKN’s new Knowledge Navigator Widget, a new online tool providing users with access to information on over 100 climate change platforms.

In addition, be sure to check out all of the GGKP’s social media channels for the latest updates and coverage of GGKP events. Photo coverage of the GGKP’s first Practitioners' Workshop held in Indonesia can now be found on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ggkp/sets/72157635198411581/