Project Database
The GGKP Project Database allows you to browse on-the-ground initiatives to promote green growth, being led by our partners and other leading organisations. To suggest a project to be added to the database, please complete the form.
Increasing global demand for food and energy and the prospect of a forest conservation mechanism in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change represent major opportunities and challenges for bioeconomy development at tropical forest margins. Tropical forests are both a source of new agricultural land and providers of global...
Sustainable development will strongly depend on the secure and safe availability of food, water, energy, and industrial raw materials, which will increasingly be based on renewable resources. In this rapidly evolving context, the fundamental challenge is to frame the reliance on biomass without undermining the long-term productivity of agriculture and...
The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) recognizes that environmental sustainability and inclusive growth are critical for Ethiopia to reach middle-income status by 2025 and achieve poverty reduction goals outlines in the country’s Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP). In support of these goals, the GoE launched the Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE)...
The overall aim of WASCAL is to identify resilient and adaptive land use systems and develop measures to conserve or restore functional ecosystems that support sustainable human development, while preserving the natural resource base for future generations. It will make available to the West African research community the expertise existing...
Public housing and infrastructure developments across rural and peri-urban India are rarely designed to be ‘climate compatible’. Climate-compatible development addresses the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, use fewer resources and make buildings that can withstand weather-related disasters. This project aims to train people to use resources more efficiently and...
The three Andean cities of La Paz, Bolivia, Lima, Peru, and Quito, Ecuador are witnessing negative climate impacts first hand, particularly among the poorest communities. Greenhouse gas emissions from the cities’ industries, transportation systems, water treatment, sanitation and solid waste and other sectors only contribute to climate change as well...
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:
- Conducting analytical studies to identify...
The Initiative on Green Growth and Development in India is a collaborative project which is being undertaken by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). The initiative will examine strategies pursued at the national level and for the two states namely Punjab and Himachal...
It is important to understand and share peer-country experiences at promoting low carbon development initiatives. A trans-disciplinary approach can facilitate South-South knowledge exchange and dissemination to support policies and programmes through collaborative research and engagement. The intended outcome of the collaborative project on low carbon development for China and India...