New development partnerships present opportunities for African governments to harness investment flows and establish trade relationships for adaptation and mitigation activities. China and the EU are obvious partners in this endeavour. China is now considered to be the continent’s largest trading partner and is investing widely in infrastructure. It has...
The Government of Morocco is seeking opportunities to forge new paths to more diverse, inclusive and sustainable development. GGGI, in partnership with the United Arab Emirates government, is supporting Morocco’s climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts through the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Green Growth Planning project, which is:
The Government of Jordan has committed to developing a National Green Growth Plan (NGGP) that is in line with national objectives of economic, social and environmental performance. GGGI is partnering with the Ministry of Environment (MoENV) to support the development of the NGGP by:
The Closed Looped Cycle Production in the Americas Initiative aims to introduce and showcase the viability and applicability of innovative Closed Looped Cycle Production methods in the productive sector of nations in the Americas. The model of 'Closed Looped Cycle Production' does not only seek to rationalize the use of...
In order to achieve its development goals in a sustainable way, the State of Karnataka is seeking to become climate resilient through green growth actions, with particular emphasis on the energy, agriculture, forestry and water sectors. Since 2012, GGGI has been working to support the State of Karnataka to transition...
The Government of South Africa (GoSA) is making concerted efforts to transition its economy into a more energy efficient and less energy intensive one, including through the National Development Plan’s Vision 2030, the National Climate Change Response Policy and the Integrated Resource Plan. GGGI is supporting these efforts by exploring whether...
Recognizing that Vietnam's current economic model is unsustainable, the Government of Vietnam (GoV) adopted the “National Strategy on Green Growth for the period 2011- 2020 with vision to 2050” (VGGS) as the centerpiece of efforts to stem environmental degradation, while still achieving relatively high economic growth. GGGI has been supporting...