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The UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) will organize a Inter-Regional Technical Workshop on Tools and Measures to Inform Inclusive Green Economy Approaches from 2-4 July in Nairobi, Kenya. This workshop will include a series of moderated panel discussions...
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Over the past three years, the UN-REDD Programme has developed a body of work on ‘Ensuring that REDD+ and a Green Economy transformation are mutually reinforcing’, based on pilot activities in a number of partner countries. The Global Symposium aims to take stock of the lessons learned, with a view...
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The Weitz Center for Development Studies, with contributions from UNIDO, is organizing a 4-week training event on green growth. The course will cover an introduction to the concept of green growth, strategy policies and frameworks, and implementation. Interested participants are requested to apply by June 7, 2013, at http://www.weitz-center.org.

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The GGKP's first Practitioners' Workshop, "Building Pathways to Greener Growth," is taking place this week in Bogor, Indonesia. The workshop is being hosted by the Government of Indonesia and organized by the World Bank in collaboration with GIZ. Through two days of seminars, exchange and networking, the workshop will provide technical experts...

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During this event, the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) will explore the drivers and challenges for climate compatible development. During the event, speakers will present and respond to CDKN-ODI programme experience and to new research in Kenya, Ghana, Vietnam and Colombia.
 
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The OECD will hold its 2013 Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum December 5-6. This year’s Forum will discuss how governments can improve their investment policy framework to reduce the risk and attract long-term private finance in support of green growth. The Forum will include three plenary sessions on Day...

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Issue 2013-11 of the GGKP's e-newsletter, the Knowledge Update, is now available online. It can be accessed online at: http://conta.cc/1b0j3fe

The GGKP Knowledge Update provides subscribers with regular updates on the latest green growth research, tools, initiatives and events. To receive future copies directly in your inbox, be sure to sign...

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A new discussion paper, "South-originating green finance: Exploring the options",  published by the Geneva International Finance Dialogues highlights the key role that is being, and could increasingly be, played by South-originating green finance (SGF) in an evolving financial landscape, given the pressing need to scale green investment, and the potential for national...
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“Effective Carbon Prices”, a new book from the OECD shows that taxes and emission trading systems are the cheapest way for societies to reduce CO2 emissions. The book estimates the costs to society of reducing CO2 emissions in 15 countries using a range of policy instruments. It finds wide variations...

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A new working paper from the World Bank , "Green Industrial Policies: How and When", provides a framework to assess the desirability of green industrial policies, focusing on the effectiveness and political acceptability of price instruments. The paper provides a brief review of the lessons of past industrial policies; makes...