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The International Development Bank (IDB) is calling for research proposals for its event to be held on 20 October 2020 in Washington, DC, on the topic of 'Boosting Economic Growth and Development by Closing Gender Gaps in Southern Cone Countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay)'. The closing date is 15 May 2020.

17 August 2019: Environment ministers of Brazil, South Africa, India and China (BASIC) have issued a joint statement, calling for “scaled-up, adequate and proper” resources to enable developing countries to meet their commitments under the Paris Agreement on climate change. They stress that deliberations on a...

The report provides a unique analysis of potential implications of the Paris Agreement from a lifestyle perspective, whereas most existing studies predominantly focus on production- and technology-based solutions. It establishes the first global per-capita lifestyle carbon footprint targets for 2030 to 2050 with explicit linkages to the 1.5-degree target, and proposes an indicator of “lifestyle carbon footprint,” a consumption-based greenhouse gas accounting used for establishing targets, examining current status, and identifying solutions.

The German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut fuer Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) has launched the official website and the blog of the Think20 (T20). 

T20 was initiated during the Mexican G20 Presidency in 2012 and serves as an ideas bank for the G20. The T20 as...

The final report of the UNEP Inquiry, 'The Financial System we Need', suggests that there is now an historic opportunity to shape a financial system that can more effectively finance the development of an inclusive, green economy.