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28 January 2019
Projects & Initiatives

UNEP-WCMC Announces Project to Make Trade a Force for Good

UNEP-WCMC has announced a multi-million pound project aiming to make trade a positive force for both marginalised people and nature conservation.
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24 January 2019
Research

UN Environment Finds Dramatic Growth in Laws to Protect Environment, But Widespread Failure to Enforce

The first-ever global assessment of environmental rule of law, released last week by UN Environment, finds weak enforcement to be a global trend that is exacerbating environmental threats, despite prolific growth in environmental laws and agencies worldwide over the last four decades.
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11 January 2019
Events

Recap: “What Is Wealth?” High-Level Media Debate at the 2019 PAGE Ministerial Conference

Has national ‘wealth’ been miscalculated for decades? The Green Economy Coalition, the GGKP, and partners held a series interactive panels discussions to explore the question “What is Wealth?” with thought leaders from government, academia, business, and civil society at the 2019 PAGE Ministerial conference, Inclusive and Sustainable Economies, and the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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9 January 2019
Events

Gender Equality, Social Inclusion, and the Shift to Green Growth – Making it happen

GGGI will hold a workshop at the 3rd UN PAGE Ministerial Conference (Conference Hall 2 at 13:15 - 14:00) to exchange ideas on how to effectively leverage social inclusion in green growth planning, policy and investments. The event will also serve to premiere GGGI’s latest film, Green Growth for Gender Equality: Promoting Poverty Reduction and Social Inclusion.
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24 December 2018
GGKP News

What Makes Your Country Wealthy?

On the 9 January 2019, the Green Economy Coalition and the Green Growth Knowledge Platform will host a televised debate on CNBC Africa, bringing leaders from business, politics and NGOs together to ask - have we been getting "wealth" wrong all these years?
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18 December 2018
Other News

Call for Experts to Join the International Resource Panel

The International Resource Panel (IRP) has issued a Call for experts to join the panel. Candidates who wish to apply to join to the International Resource Panel should send a Motivation Letter and complete Curriculum Vitae by 6 January 2019 to the Secretariat of the International Resource Panel at the following email address: irpcandidates@un.org
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14 December 2018
Projects & Initiatives

The SCAN-tool: A New Way to Explore Links Between Climate Action and SDGs

A better understanding of how climate action can reinforce national sustainable development targets will improve political buy-in. The SDG Climate Action Nexus tool (SCAN-tool) provides high-level guidance on how climate actions can impact achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), covering actions across seven mitigation sectors: electricity and heat, transport, buildings, industry, waste, agriculture, and forestry.
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6 December 2018
Call for Papers

Call for Contributions: Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption

On 26-29 June 2019, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is hosting the Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption on the theme of "Transforming Production and Consumption: Bridging Sustainability Research with Policy and Practice".
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29 November 2018
GGKP News

One Year Into the GGKP Expert Working Group on Natural Capital

In November 2017, the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) launched its Expert Working Group on Natural Capital. This overview provides a snapshot of the group’s progress in its first year of operation, as well as new developments on the horizon for 2019 and beyond.
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29 November 2018
GGKP News

GGKP Welcomes UNIDO to the Steering Committee

The Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) is pleased to welcome the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as a new member of the GGKP’s Steering Committee.
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