This paper by the OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme presents the results of a study measuring green growth in the Benelux countries (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg). The study pays particular attention to the challenges of measuring the transition to a low-carbon economy in cross-border areas as...
The Green Growth Best Practices initiative will host a series of webinars the week of October 7th to discuss their Draft Assessment Results. The Green Growth Best Practice (GGBP) initiative is a project that is engaging 75 authors around the world in evaluating effective practices with green growth planning, analysis...
This report by the OECD highlights the range of expected changes in the water cycle and the challenge of making practical, on-site adaptation decisions for water. It offers policymakers a risk-based approach to better "know", "target" and "manage" water risks and proposes policy guidelines to prioritize action and improve the...
A new study, published in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Energy & Environmental Science, identifies which conditions are most important to China’s price advantage in silicon solar panels and assesses whether they can be reproduced elsewhere. The study finds that manufacturing scale and supply-chain advantages are the main driving...
This OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper surveys the numerous domestic incentives used by governments to promote renewable energy, focusing on those that might have implications for trade - both those that are likely to increase opportunities for trade and those that may inhibit imports or promote exports. The paper...
Issue 4 of UN-DESA's Guidebook to the Green Economy focuses on the various international green economy platforms, partnerships, programs, funds and other initiatives providing services, such as information exchange, data management, capacity building, finance, and technology services, to support countries and stakeholders to implement a green economy. The guidebook, also...
A new policy brief on “Enhancing Direct Access to the Green Climate Fund” by the Frankfurt School, Germanwatch and ENDA Tiers Monde for CDKN discusses access modalities for the Green Climate Fund. In particular, the paper explains the terminology around 'direct access' and 'enhanced direct access', outlining the capacities needed...
This paper, produced by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, explores the benefits and limitations of a decision by APEC countries to reduce tariffs to 5% or less on a list of 54 environmental goods. The paper concludes that: only a relatively small number of “environmental products” on...
“Turn Down the Heat: Climate Extremes, Regional Impacts, and the Case for Resilience”, part II of a World Bank series, explores the likely impacts of 2°C and 4°C warming across three vulnerable regions. In particular, it describes risks to agriculture and livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa, the rise in sea-level and...
GIZ has published a report on investment in renewable energy in low-income countries. "Mobilising Investment for Inclusive Green Growth in Low-Income Countries" explores how private investment can be attracted into the energy sectors of low-income countries both in terms of increasing generation from renewable sources, and improving the efficiency with...