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The International Development Bank (IDB) is calling for research proposals for its event to be held on 20 October 2020 in Washington, DC, on the topic of 'Boosting Economic Growth and Development by Closing Gender Gaps in Southern Cone Countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay)'. The closing date is 15 May 2020.

EKLIPSE invites policy and other societal actors to identify topics or evidence needs relating to biodiversity and ecosystem services and of EU policy relevance, requiring in-depth analysis and a consolidated view from science and other knowledge holders.

The World Bank Group is launching a Call for Innovation under the West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA), with the deadline of 27 March 2020.

In the context of the UN Partnership for Action on Green Economy (UN PAGE), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) published a call for proposals to develop a stocktaking study in Guatemala.

ADBI, the Ministry of Finance of Indonesia, and University of Indonesia invite the submission of original, unpublished thematic or case studies on the role of fiscal policy instruments in green development to be presented at a policy workshop in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on 25-26 August 2020. The application deadline for extended abstracts is 30th April 2020.

The UN Young Champions of the Earth prize aims to celebrate and support individuals aged between 18 and 30 who have outstanding potential to create a positive environmental impact. The 2020 call for applications will run until 10 April 2020.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking opportunities to co-create, co-design, co-invest, and collaborate in the research, development, piloting, and scaling of innovative interventions for effectively mitigating air, water, and soil pollution, including ocean plastic pollution, electronic and other forms of solid waste in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) are jointly launching the Global Fund for Ecosystem-based Adaptation [2020-2024], which aims to provide targeted and rapid support mechanisms through seed capital for innovative approaches to ecosystem-based adaptation. At the recently concluded UN Climate...

The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) highlighted that two new policies integrating inclusive green economy principles have been approved in Mongolia and Peru.

New report published today at event in Berlin co-hosted by the UN Secretary’s Task Force for Digital Financing of the SDGs, SDSN and the Green Digital Finance Alliance for the first time ever take stock of the number of fintechs innovating on sustainability. The data shows that between 4 to 5 percent of the total number of fintechs in Germany are innovating on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.