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In this Q&A, the GGKP sits down with Martine Rohn-Brossard, Deputy Head of the International Affairs Division, Federal Office for the Environment, Switzerland to discuss what was agreed by Ministers and how this will support the transition to a green economy across the Pan-European region and beyond.

Rome, 6 February 2017 – Italy's Environment Minister Gian Luca Galletti and Erik Solheim, Head of UN Environment, today signed a new agreement to intensify collaboration on pressing environmental issues, such as clean energy and environmental education.

On the occasion, the Italian government also made a significant, €5 million contribution...

The Belmont Forum and NORFACE launch the Programme ”Transformations to Sustainability” (acronym: T2S). T2S will contribute to re-structuring the broad field of sustainability research by placing social science and humanities at the heart of interdisciplinary research in a step change in scale and scope for research programming on this topic.

19 leading global banks and investors totaling $6.6 trillion in assets, launched the Principles for Positive Impact Finance at an event in Paris.

On January 23 and 24th, the Green Growth Knowledge Platform convened a 1.5-day workshop that drew together leading academics, statistical experts, and database managers to discuss opportunities for improving data on green growth policies in developing countries, in order to better assess their impact on trade and economic competitiveness.

Join the BIG-E side-event organized in the margins of the 22nd session of the UNECE Committee on Environmental Policy, on 25 January 2017, and learn how countries and organizations follow up on their BIG-E commitments in the pan-European region!

The Fifth GGKP Annual Conference will be hosted by the World Bank on the topic of Sustainable Infrastructure on 27-28 November 2017. The World Bank and GGKP call for paper contributions on any aspect of the infrastructure agenda, particularly for developing countries, with a focus on sustainability, being broadly defined to cover the economic, social, and environmental dimensions.

The International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG), an initiative of the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, is pleased to announce the outcomes of the 2016 Best Climate Practices Award, focused on “Expanding access to climate financing”.

The Green Growth Knowledge Platform is pleased to announce the launch of its new database for the Batumi Initiative on Green Economy (BIG-E). The database tracks over 100 commitments made to the BIG-E by more than 30 countries and organisations. The BIG-E is a set of voluntary commitments by...

The GGKP is pleased to announce the launch of the Sustainable Infrastructure Research Committee. The committee held it's first in-person meeting last week during the OECD - Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum, in Paris, France.