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Donors provide over US $11 million in support of country-level action front runners showcase economic and social benefits of transformation.

The Green Growth Best Practice (GGBP) initiative has released a synthesis of key findings from its review of green growth approaches being implemented in different countries and regions around the world.

In an effort to help countries in designing and implementing results-oriented and sustainable learning to address climate change, UN CC:Learn has produced a new free e-course and guidance note. UN CC:Learn is a partnership of 33 multilateral organizations and its Secretariat is provided by UNITAR. An important aspect of UN...

The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) has launched its Economic Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change in Uganda, kicked it off with an inception meeting on January 20th in the Ugandan capital, Kampala.

Applications for this position closed on 7 March, 2014.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is hiring a Programme Officer to manage the overall organization of the GGKP's next annual conference to be hosted by UNEP in early 2015. More information on the temporary job opening, including responsibilities, competencies, qualifications, and details on how to apply can be found below.

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Applications for this position closed on 7 March 2014.

With the aim of sharing examples and lessons learnt on green growth, the World Bank and the Korea Green Growth Partnership have launched the new “Green Growth in Action” Knowledge Note Series.

Lessons learnt from Korea

The first issue, “The Green Growth Movement in the Republic of Korea: Option...

The World Bank has launched its first Massive Open Online Course on climate change which began January 27, 2014. This course is open to all and presents the most recent scientific evidence as well as some of the opportunities for urgent action to prevent global warming.

The concept of a green economy enjoys increasing international attention, as countries explore new patterns of development taking into account economic, social and environmental sustainability considerations. To address this challenge, UNITAR is working closely with UNEP, ILO and UNIDO in a new Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), focusing...