More than 100 individuals from over 60 institutions gathered at the 1st Global Forum on Green Economy Learning to discuss global and national approaches to green economy learning and explore opportunities to exchange knowledge and collaborate with the goals of up-scaling green economy learning.
Participants in the forum included policy-makers...
Preserving the climate has emerged as perhaps the most important issue facing not only developing countries, but also the entire planet. The Republic of Korea learned valuable sustainability lessons through its journey from low-income country in the 1960s to one of the world’s most prosperous emerging economies. In September, 2011...
The Green Growth Knowledge Platform launched a new research committee during the World Bank’s Law, Justice and Development Week in Washington D.C. on 19 November 2015. The committee Green Growth and the Law will focus on identifying critical knowledge and data gaps related to the ways rule of law and...
Today the United Nations Environment Programme launched the Executive Summary of its Emissions Gap report. The Emissions Gap reports have been released in advance of the COP climate summits since COP15 in 2009 in Copenhagen.
Jacqueline McGlade, UNEP’s Chief Scientist, explained that this year UNEP has undergone analysis of...
Green Budget Europe, a GGKP Knowledge Partner, has launched a new website - green-budget.eu. Green Budget Europe (GBE) is a European expert platform on environmental taxation and green fiscal reform. GBE advocates for more tax on pollution accompanied by reduced labour taxes.
Green Budget Europe's latest report can be found...
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) held a workshop that set stage for regional government officials and development stakeholders to announce plans for a green growth knowledge sharing network to enhance environmentally sustainable economic growth in countries across the Middle East and North...