Projects News
The Global Opportunities for Sustainable Development Goals (GO4SDGs) initiative showcased innovative green recovery solutions for micro, small and medium-sized companies (MSMEs) in a virtual side event on 13 July 2021 at the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
Call for Applications
The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) is currently accepting applications from interested countries to join the Partnership.
Projects News
The World Economic Forum’s Scale360° initiative announced today the 10 city-based hubs joining its Circular Shapers programme. Scale360° leverages innovation hubs in cities, countries and regions worldwide, bringing together leaders in science, policy and business to trigger circular change.
Events News
This July 23 event will reveal how these leaders implemented pilot initiatives over 6-months that made their cities more circular--innovating, collaborating and bringing about grassroots change. The event, livestreamed at this link, will celebrate these Global Shapers, announce new cities joining this pilot program and share how the one-of-a-kind, tested Scale360° Circular Innovation methodology leverages design-thinking to bring about local change for global circular impact.
Call for Applications
ICLEI and Taoyuan City invite local and regional authorities, start-ups and civil society organizations to take on the EcoLogistics challenge and submit a short-term pilot project addressing sustainability in last-mile logistics that highlights innovative approaches and partnerships.
Call for Papers
AfDB and GGKP have launched a Request for Proposals (RfP) to identify a technical partner to apply robust natural capital methods, support data collection and generate convincing results to influence infrastructure decision making in African development finance, in particular an AfDB project in Madagascar and Mozambique.
GGKP News
Mohan Munasinghe, a senior adviser with the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP), has been awarded the 2021 Blue Planet Prize in recognition of his pioneering work in solving global environmental and sustainability problems, which is considered equivalent to an “Environmental Nobel Prize”.
Projects News
SEED announced the winners of the SEED Awards for Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Development (SEED Awards), at the UN’s High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).
Projects News
The hashtags #MadeInAfrica and #AnatomyofAction recorded a reach of 3.3 million, with 1,000+ social media posts and stories spanning the continent.
Projects News
SEED piloted a new Lab format together with the GO4SDGs platform: the SEED Regional Practitioner Labs for Policy Prototyping. The Labs showcase innovative, breakthrough policies and policy programmes, the Labs were based on the theory of change that replication is an effective and efficient way to solve similar problems across geographies.