There is an urgent need to ensure that countries’ infrastructure systems are able to support sustainable development in a changing climate. There are a growing number of good practices in doing this, but they remain the exception rather than the norm. Capacity and financial constraints are hindering the uptake of...
A growing number of African countries are amongst the fastest growing economies worldwide. Still the level and speed of lifting a vast majority of the African people from poverty remains low. A key question, therefore, is how the growth can transform the African economies towards efficient and competitive engines that...
In Mexico, the pollution created within cities and by the industrial sector is currently estimated to cost the economy almost seven per cent of its gross domestic product due to the environmental damage it causes. Largely unsustainable consumer behaviour and environmentally unfriendly manufacturing processes are adding on to these environmental...
Many developing countries and emerging economies are currently defining country-specific strategies for their economies to become more inclusive, climate-friendly, resilient and resource-efficient. However, governments often face strong economic and social pressure, and transformational policies are difficult to advocate – unless proven socially and economically viable.
This is where the project...
The programme Sustainable Regional Economic Growth and Investment (SREGIP) tackles the inclusive and environmentally sustainable development of Indonesian value chains by focusing on agro-business and tourism. Currently, value added, inclusiveness and environmental sustainability of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and smallholder farmers in selected regions and sectors are insufficient (core...
The Government of Fiji (GoF) has committed to integrating green growth into its development efforts. Green growth is a cornerstone of the new National Development Plan (NDP) for 2015-2020, which builds on the recent Green Growth Framework of Fiji. GGGI is supporting the Ministry of Finance with mainstreaming green growth...
The project “Enhancing South-South Cooperation – Building the Capacity of Developing Countries to Promote Green Economies” was based on the often-articulated wish of developing countries to exchange and share good practices with other countries of the South. The project had two key objectives. The first was to facilitate knowledge exchange...
The Natural Capital Coalition is running a project to draft a harmonised framework for valuing natural capital in business decision making to enable better measurement, management, reporting and disclosure. This is the Natural Capital Protocol (NCP). Funding for the project is provided in part by the Gordon and Betty Moore...