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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.

On 24-27 June 2020, the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) is hosting the 25th EAERE Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 2020 in Berlin, Germany.

A roundtable discussion on “Piloting land accounts for green economy” was organized in Bishkek on 12 November 2019 to share the results of a pilot project in Kyrgyzstan’s Suusamyr Valley that aims to achieve green growth through land restoration and sustainable management.

A GGKP-ELD pilot project "Achieving green growth through terrestrial natural capital restoration in Rwanda" was officially launched in Kigali on 10 December 2019.

Heads of the two UN agencies agree to help countries incorporate reducing emissions from material production and use into Nationally Determined Contributions to global emissions reduction targets 8 January 2020

The GGKP's Expert Working Group on Natural Capital was set up in 2017 to help mainstream natural capital in global green growth activities and support stronger implementation of natural capital commitments in national economic plans. The group has made significant progress over the past two years. Highlights from 2019 include the integration natural capital into OECD green growth policy reviews and the development of the Natural Capital Indicators Framework.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is looking for a technical institution partner to support its work towards implementing the UNEA4 resolution on Mineral Resource Governance. Applications are sought from Academia (Research Institutes, Universities), Non-Government Organisations, and Not-for-Profit Organisations. 

Deadline for submissions: 31 December 2019, COB

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The Global Green Growth Institute and Swedish Energy Agency signed an agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid to work together on a pilot project to encourage international trading of mitigation outcomes as called for under the Paris Agreement.

Barcelona, Stockholm and Cologne shared results of a project that show that economic growth does not have to come at the expense of CO2 emissions reductions.

Results from the Spanish, Swedish and German cities in the European Commission-funded GrowSmarter project include the refurbishment of more than 130,000m2 of building stock...