This document, Ethiopia’s Climate-Resilient Green Economy, Climate Resilience Strategy: Water and Energy , is designed to meet the goal of Climate Resilience Green Economy (CRGE) vision of Ethiopia to become a middle-income country by 2025, through rapid economic growth that is resilient to climate change and result in no increase in carbon emissions. The Climate Resilience strategy sets out the implementation priorities for the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy, building on the Green Economy Strategy.

Ethiopia’s Climate-Resilient Green Economy, Climate Resilience Strategy: Water and energy is designed to effectively leverage these important sectors, which are expected to contribute approximately 7.2 billion USD to the projected GDP growth over the GTPII period. According to this strategy, 42 per cent of MtCO2e savings will come from energy...

Ethiopia’s Climate-Resilient Green Economy, Climate Resilience Strategy: Agriculture and forestry highlights the need to engage in more climate-resilient activities in these two vital sectors, which make up 43 per cent of national GDP and employ 80 per cent of the population. The strategies for these sectors focus on agricultural crops, livestock, forestry...

Adopted on the 27 July 2010 by the Interministerial Committee for Sustainable Development, France’s National Sustainable Development Strategy (NSDS) Towards a Green and Fair Economy 2010-2013 provides a frame of reference and policy framework for all national, public and private stakeholders in the field of sustainable development. 

The NSDS aims...

On 3-4 October 2018, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is holding the 2018 WTO Public Forum on the theme of "Trade 2030".

On 5 September 2018 (12:15 PM CET), the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) is holding a conference on the theme of "Impacts of the Circular Economy Transition in Europe".

In 2015, the energy transition law for green growth is creating a momentum which removes obstacles, boosts initiatives and enables everyone to act. All stakeholders, local authorities, NGO’s, businesses and citizens are gradually building a new social model that combines economic, ecological and human progress.

Building on that momentum, the...

This report, Low Carbon Development Options for Indonesia: Status report and findings, produced by the Ministry of Finance of Indonesia in collaboration with the World Bank, puts forward a series of economic development options for Indonesia that will help in the transition to a green economy. The phase...

Green Growth is the pathway to inclusive and sustainable growth. The Green Growth program recognizes that the lasting growth and prosperity of a country are not only reflected by the nation’s GDP, but also depend on the quality of the environment, healthy and productive ecosystems, resilient and socially inclusive and...

Forests are increasingly recognized as key to Kenya's economy, including for their role in the energy sector (water regulation and soil retention for hydroelectric power generation), agriculture (enhancing soil quality, reducing soil erosion) and tourism, as well as for timber and wood products. Moreover, Kenya’s constitution has set a minimum national...