5 December 2014
Research

Why trade law may interfere with environmental progress

Steve Charnovitz, Lisa Lindhorst

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has espoused a commitment to sustainable development, yet current WTO rules are in tension with global environmental protection efforts.

17 November 2014
Research

Lessons for international cooperation agencies in greening private sector development

Eleanor Bell
Eleanor Bell, DCED, discusses corporate social responsibility and options for ensuring greener practices for private sector development.
10 November 2014
Research

Making obsolescence obsolete: design to reduce waste

Maroussia Klep
Maroussia Klep, OECD, discusses strategies for waste reduction, the opportunities and challenges.
7 November 2014
Research

Sustainable poverty reduction and green growth

Ulf Narloch
Ulf Narlock, from the World Bank and Co-chair for the GGKP Metrics and Indicators Research Committee, discusses the role of sustainability and green growth in reducing poverty and the recently released Global Monitoring Report 2014/2015.
31 October 2014
Research

The $6.4 trillion climate and clean technology opportunity

Michael Ehst, Jin Lee
Mike Ehst and Jin Lee of the World Bank's infoDev present highlights from a new report on building competitive green industries and the climate and clean technology opportunities developing countries face.
15 October 2014
Research

The right kind of green growth

Dimitris Diakosavvas
Dimitris Diakosavvas, OECD, discusses the OECD Green Growth Indicators 2014 report, and the need to do more to catalyse green growth.
8 October 2014
Research

The urgency of green growth has never been clearer: An Investment Agenda for the US

Bracken Hendricks

Last month world leaders gathered at the United Nations for a summit on global clean energy investment, while outside trade unionists, mayors, philanthropists, and student activists all rallied in a major climate march, to echo calls for divestment from fossil fuels and a new generation of invest

9 September 2014
Research

South-South trade powers greener economies

Anja von Moltke
Anja von Moltke, Head of the Trade, Policy and Planning Unit at UNEP, discusses China's flourishing South-South trade in renewables.
11 August 2014
Research

How should we think about the benefits of green growth?

Russell Bishop

Countries across the world are pursuing green growth pathways, but how do we begin to understand the benefits of green growth?

25 July 2014
Research

How can green growth accelerate economic and social development?

Ron Benioff
Ron Benioff discusses the Green Growth Best Practice (GGBP) report "Green Growth in Practice: Lessons from Country Experiences", and the ways in which green growth can accelerate economic and social development.

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