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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.

The newest issue of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform's Knowledge Update has just now been released and can be accessed here. This month's issue includes updates on:

• OECD GGSD Forum on Green Growth Solutions to Urban Sprawl, Land Use and Spatial Planning
• Smart Prosperity Institute acting as Guest Editor...

Smart Prosperity Institute (SPI) is acting as guest editors for the new special issue of Canadian Public Policy Journal “Big Ideas for Sustainable Prosperity: Policy Innovation for Greening Growth.”

Recognizing that Canada needs to accelerate its shift to a cleaner and more sustainable economy, we brought together a group of...