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This working paper assesses opportunities and policies for green growth in the Chicago Tri-State Metropolitan Area. It examines the Chicago metro-region's economic and environmental performance and potential constraints to regional growth, and identifies emerging regional specialisations in green products and services. It reviews sector-specific policies that can contribute to green jobs, green...

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UNEP has released a new report analyzing six economic sectors where new trade opportunities exist in the transition to a green economy. The report outlines the significant and real opportunities for developing countries to diversify their economies and position themselves to benefit from the growing demand for green goods and...

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A new publication by the Netherlands-based NGO Both ENDS, co-sponsored by CDKN discusses the Green Climate Fund and the need for developing an international climate finance system that supports adaptation and mitigation opportunities at city and subnational level. Through the report, a number of climate finance experts, GCF Board Members...

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Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director, has published a new opinion piece on fisheries reform. The article sheds light on the EU's agreement to reform its fisheries subsidies regime in the coming months, which aims to reverse decades of excessive overfishing by European fleets at home and abroad.

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The September issue of the “Green Growth the Nordic Way” has been released. This issue explores two projects from the Nordic Prime Ministers’ green growth initiative that try to expand and explore Nordic markets on sustainable building and ecodesign, respectively. One project does this by exploring how to create a...
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The latest issue of TERI’s Green Growth and Development Quarterly is now available online. The publication aims to understand the many facets of inclusive and green growth. It is a step towards a forward looking knowledge process for new opportunities linked with growth and sustainable development. Volume 1, Issue 4...

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The African Development Bank’s African Development Report 2012 explores the need for green growth in Africa’s development process. The report, “Towards Green Growth in Africa”, addresses a number of challenges facing the continent in the 21st century, including climate change, population growth, and the combined influence of these factors on...

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Shenggen Fan, Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and IFPRI Senior Research Analyst Tolulope Olofinbiyi have written a new article for the Climate Action Programme of the United Nations Environment Programme.
 
In the article, the authors describe how the change to a green and better...
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The newest issues of the GGKP Knowledge Update is now available. This issue includes:
  • A new GGKP Insights post on the upcoming Global Green Growth Forum 2013;
  • Examples of green growth implementation in Cambodia, Egypt, Sierra Leone and India;
  • Research from the OECD on water, climate change and adaptation decisions;
  • Results from...
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The newest issue of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform's Knowledge Update has just been published and can be accessed online at: http://conta.cc/1cK5Omy

In this issue you can read about:

  • The African Development Bank’s African Development Report 2012 which explores the need to integrate green growth in Africa’s development process;
  • A...