The project supports the Uruguayan Environment Ministry in using the T21 model to analyse the national economy’s potential for green business activities. The modelling is being conducted for several key economic sectors: the meat and dairy industry, agriculture, fishing, tourism, transport and energy. The project is also providing training and...
The current project is building on the Green Economy Scoping Study which was undertaken by UNEP and MESTI between 2012 and 2013. The project will contribute to stimulate investment and policy initiatives that promote green economy in Ghana. By doing this, it will enhance and support the existing and future...
The Green Economy Joint Programme is a collaboration between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) to support governments and stakeholders in their post-Rio+20 efforts to green economies through more integrated development approaches that help ensure...
The project will contribute to stimulating investment and policy initiatives that promote Green Economy in Kenya. By doing this, it will enhance and support the existing and future national programmes on Sustainable Development, climate change and sustainable energy production.
The project comprises of the following components:
1) A Green Economy...
The government of Nepal, with the assistance of the World Bank has been helping build micro hydro plants across rural Nepalese communities. The plants are built and run by the communities, enabling sustainability, and bring much-needed electricity that powers industry and businesses.
Over 1,000 micro-hydro plants have been built so...
The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development represented by the Permanent Secretariat of the National Council for Environment and Sustainable Development organized, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), a national workshop on “Green Economy and Environmental Accounting” in Ouagadougou, Burkina...
PAGE aims to contribute to the transformation of national economic structures in developing countries with the ultimate intention to achieve environmental sustainability, decent job creation, reduced poverty, and improved human well-being. PAGE is designed as a multi-year initiative that initially will deploy the expertise of its key partners to progressively...
Since 2012, the Bank has been providing technical assistance to its regional member countries for engaging on a green growth pathway. As part of this technical assistance project, the Sierra Leonean authorities requested the Bank to assist government officials and national stakeholders to consider key challenges and identify major opportunities...
This project aimed to broaden and refocus national and international policy agendas to improve prospects for enhancing technology development, diffusion and transfer. It was designed to translate the latest academic insights into policy, explore national and international instruments for advancing technology and examine technology value chains as case studies of...
Increasing global demand for biomass has increased pressure on the agricultural sector and food production in the past decade, especially in Africa. Concepts to increase food security while attending growing demands for non-food biomass and developing alternative biomass sources are still in their infant stages. BiomassWeb aims therefore at contributing...