On 12 March, the governments of Ecuador, India, Kenya, Lao PDR, Philippines, Uruguay, and Viet Nam launched the Financing Agrochemical Reduction and Management (FARM) Programme, which aims to catalyze a framework for regulatory and financial investment to detoxify the agriculture sector. FARM is led by the UN Environment Programme, supported by the Global Environment Facility, and implemented by the Asian Development Bank, UNDP, and UNIDO with execution carried out in country by FAO and relevant country institutions. The global child project is executed by the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP).

On 15-18 April 2024, the World Circular Economy Forum, a leading event for circular economy thinkers, doers and leaders, will take place in Brussels, Belgium and online. The WCEF 2024 theme is Turning circular visions into action, and will explore cross-cutting thematic issues with sessions on the bioeconomy (food and bio-based materials), infrastructure (built environment and mobility), manufactured goods and consumables, and the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference (ECESC).

GGKP will join and support two accelerator sessions with its partners on 18 April: The EU in the global circular economy transition: inspiration, incentives and market leverage and Driving the circular economy transition with private sector initiatives. 

From supporting global programmes to closing knowledge gaps, the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) spent 2023 working with partners to advance progress on key global goals by utilizing its experience in managing knowledge systems, connecting relevant actors and disseminating knowledge gained to a global audience of policy, industry and finance actors. Learn more. 

A new report analyzes the potential contribution of nature-based infrastructure (NbI) solutions to the SDGs, Paris Agreement, and Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). It identifies five ‘functions’ through which nature can deliver infrastructure-related benefits, and finds that NbI in eight sectors can influence up to 79% of SDG targets across all 17 goals, which rises to 95% when NbI is combined with built infrastructure.