2 February 2017
Tools and Initiatives

Greening Digital Finance

Simon Zadek

Digital finance is the unexpected revolutionary – but which side will it take?

3 August 2016
Tools and Initiatives

We Need to Measure Natural Capital Wealth, Not Income Alone

Pushpam Kumar

With the endorsement of a resolution on Sustainable Management of Natural Capital for Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction during the recently held United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, a new era of correcting the compass to measure sustainable human well-being has begun

15 February 2016
Tools and Initiatives

Can green growth interventions contribute to India’s national policy vision?

Shailly Kedia, Dr. Prasoon Agarwal, Anandajit Goswami, Ajith Radhakrishnan
A collaborative blog between GGGI and TERI experts, exploring options by which the Indian economy can move towards an inclusive green growth paradigm of development.
26 October 2015
Tools and Initiatives

Creating a global network for innovation for sustainable development: inno4SD.net

Simon Hunkin
Simon Hunkin, discusses the new project 'Innovation for Sustainable Development Network' (inno4SD.net) which seeks to bring together networks who are interested in innovation for sustainable development.
18 November 2014
Tools and Initiatives

Pre-condition for climate success: greening the financial system

Simon Zadek
Simon Zadek, co-director of the UNEP's Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System, discusses the financing of climate change mitigation and adaptation.
11 September 2014
Tools and Initiatives

UN Climate Summit must show climate change action is in everyone's interests

Simon Zadek, Nick Robins
Simon Zadek and Nick Robins, co-directors of the UNEP Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System, outline why the UN Climate Summit must address inertia and show that financing climate action is in national, business and individual interests.
24 June 2014
Tools and Initiatives

The Inquiry @ 150 days - An invitation

Simon Zadek, Nick Robins
UNEP's Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System has produced a new paper and an open invitation to those with experience, expertise and interest to contribute to the Inquiry’s work and outcomes.
6 June 2014
Tools and Initiatives

Building economies that are green and circular: What can we learn from SIDS?

Steven Stone
2014 is the year of the Small Islands Developing States – SIDS. Steven Stone, Chief, Economics and Trade Branch (UNEP) reflects upon the meaning of this particular class of countries, and the common challenges we all face.
17 April 2014
Tools and Initiatives

UNEP's Inquiry steps forward

Simon Zadek
The Inquiry into Design Options for a Sustainable Financial System has passed its first milestone, and is alive and well. On 9th April, on the eve of the IMF/World Bank Spring, the World Bank hosted the Inquiry`s first Advisory Council meeting in Washington DC. The meeting, convened just 10 weeks into the Inquiry`s life, was designed to stress test and provide guidance on its fundamental scope and approach.
9 April 2014
Tools and Initiatives

Turning data into knowledge

Denise Recheis, Amanda McKee

Practitioners and policymakers working towards sustainable development are constantly seeking information to understand what is happening around the world in the context of their work. At the same time however, a recent explosion of content and improved access to it (e.g.

Pages