The United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA), with funding from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Canada, is undertaking a three-year project entitled “Unleashing the Potential of African Rural Economies through Green Growth”. The project aims to provide empirical evidence on how green...
The newest issue of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform's Knowledge Update has been released. This month's issue includes updates on:
The upcoming launch of the OECD's new report "Towards Green Growth? Tracking progress", and the webinar on July 27th.
GGGI and UNIDO have collaborated to produce a two volume...
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría held a lecture on 3 July on the topic "What's changed, what hasn't and what we can do about it... 6 months to #COP2". The lecture was chaired by Professor Lord Nicholas Stern hosted by the London School of Economics and Aviva Investors in association with ClimateWise...
The latest issue of the web magazine Green Growth the Nordic Way is out and focuses on the role of biorefineries in the new biobased economy.
In the lead up to COP21 in Paris next December, the world needs to look towards finding new solutions not just to counter climate change, but also...
Each year the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) organises a global conference, to facilitate dialogue between scientists, policy makers and practitioners on the topic of enhancing the science and practical application of ecosystem services. The 8th World ESP conference will be held in South Africa from 9-13 November 2015.
The central theme of...
The concept of circular economy is gaining more and more prevalence in current economic and environmental thinking. The discourse has evolved from talk of recycling to issues of reusing and upcycling as well as a complete rethinking of the entire way we organize our societies.
The new issue of the...