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.
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...
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...
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...
“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...