Given the urgency and seriousness of climate change, there is need to advance efforts to mobilize financing and mitigate the impact of climate change on the African continent, distinguished panelists said on Tuesday, May 20 in Kigali at the ongoing Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank.
And although...
Implemented by the OECD in cooperation with UNECE, UNEP, and UNIDO, the "Greening Economies in the Eastern Neighbourhood” (EaP GREEN) programme aims to assist the European Union’s Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries in their transition to green economies. The six countries participating in the EaP GREEN Programme, which is...
The Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) recently expanded and now includes over 30 of the world’s leading institutions and organizations active in areas related to green growth and green economy. In an effort to bridge knowledge gaps across economic and environmental disciplines, these GGKP partners are committed to collaborating in...
The GGKP has produced a new video introducing users to, and walking them through the GGKP web platform and its various functions. Launched in January 2014, the GGKP's new web-based knowledge platform aims to provide a growing green growth community of practice with easy access to the policy analysis, guidance, information...
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa is seeking consultants to undertake two research projects. Background on the project is available in the concept note.
Consultancy on integrated assessment tools and methodologies
The Special Initiatives Divison (SID) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) wishes to engage the services...
Ca' Foscari University of Venice has announded the open call for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF) which provide researchers from all over the world with the opportunity to acquire and transfer new knowledge and to work on research in a European context or outside Europe.
With the aim of promoting...
The University of Basel, Switzerland, invites PhD students to the first international PhD Summer School on Research on Sustainable Development.
The PhD Summer School provides an interdisciplinary platform to gain insights regarding research in sustainable development. Invited experts:
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gebhard Kirchgässner (University of St. Gallen)
- Prof. Dr...
The International Trade Centre (ITC) has released a first-of-its-kind training guide to help tea farmers and factories to lower their emissions and reduce energy costs. The guide was created in partnership with the Ethical Tea Partnership, the Rainforest Alliance and FLO-CERT using a Kenya Tea Development Agency factory as a...
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Tsinghua University, Indian Institute of Technologyu Delhi, and the German Developmen Institute (DIE), will be organizing the final conference from the international research project "Technological trajectories for low carbon development in China, Europe and India", 7-8 April, 2014, in Bonn Germany.
The project was jointly carried out by...