The World Green Economy Summit (WGES 2016) is the world’s leading platform to discuss, foster, plan and implement the shift to the green economy for government, business, finance and civil society. The Summit’s objectives are to:

The GGKP will host a policy session as part of the 22nd Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE). The session will take place on 24 June from 8:30-10:30am at ETH Zurich. 

On Monday 23 May 2016, during the second session of the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA-2), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Government of China, will organize a high-level workshop which will explore different approaches, visions, and tools that Member States are putting into place as they work towards sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The event will take place on Wednesday 25 May 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya, during the second session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2) and is organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in partnership with the governments of Finland and the Republic of Korea. It will centre on a high-level panel discussion on how new and innovative partnerships can deliver on the central challenge of the 2030 Agenda: creating the conditions for sustained and sustainable economic growth, with full employment. 

The third annual regional workshop of the Africa LEDS Partnership (AfLP) will take place on 27 June 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda. The partnership comprises individuals and organizations that are working together to build a prosperous and climate resilient Africa for the welfare of current and future generations.

The Green Economy Coalition's 2016 Global Meeting will take place on 26 - 27 July in the City of London.

Focused on ‘The state of the global transition’, this meeting will be the largest gathering of civil society and researchers working on a green economy from around the world.

Green fiscal policies are among the key tools needed to limit global warming to well below 2oC and mobilise financing for climate action. More than 90 countries have included some form of carbon pricing or other fiscal policies in their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). The Paris Climate Agreement paves the way for the further development of such market-based mechanisms. This growing momentum needs to be translated into further action.

This year’s Asia LEDS Forum aims to support countries in mobilizing finance to implement priority actions included in the intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs) submitted leading up to the 21st United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference in Paris in 2015.