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Green Economy - Uruguay

Organisation: 
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Government of Uruguay, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

The project supports the Uruguayan Environment Ministry in using the T21 model to analyse the national economy’s potential for green business activities.

Green Economy Policy Assessment: Mongolia

Country: 
Mongolia
The Green Economy Policy Assessment report gives an overview of the current the policy and legal environment of four selected sectors in Mongolia: construction, solid waste management, energy and water management. The report also presents scenarios utilizing the Threshold 21 (T21) framework, jointly developed by the Millennium Institute, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Environment and Tourism to test national targets and the effects of investing in a green economy in Mongolia. The report is also available in Mongolian.

Inclusive Green Economy Policy Making for SDGs: From Implementation to Evaluation

Organisation: 
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), European Union (EU)
Green Economy can serve as a vehicle to achieve the SDGs and advance the transition to low-carbon, resource-efficient and inclusive economies. Since an increasing number of countries have started to engage in Green Economy policy practices, it is crucial to provide a framework for countries to review and assess the coherence and effectiveness of their existing policies in fostering Inclusive Green Economy transitions and to monitor their progress towards the SDGs.

Towards a Green Economy in Uruguay: Enabling conditions and opportunities (in Spanish)

Organisation: 
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Instituto de Economía (IECON) de la Universidad de la República
Country: 
Uruguay

Towards a Green Economy in Uruguay: Enabling conditions and opportunities recommends the development of two mixed indicators for Uruguay, one that describes and measures the level of green employment, and one that describes and measures the levels of green investment.

Green Economy Assessment Report: Ghana

Organisation: 
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Country: 
Ghana

Between 1991 and 2013, Ghana experienced an impressive decline in absolute poverty from 51.7 per cent to 24.2 per cent. However, the cost of environmental degradation to the country has been high.

December 2015

Green Economy Assessment Report: Ghana

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)
The study Green Economy Assessment Report: Ghana provides comparative scenarios for future growth that estimates economic, environmental and social impacts. It provides recommendations on how greening the agriculture, energy and forestry sectors can catalyze a transition to a green economy in Ghana.
November 2017

Investing in the Green Economy: Is It a Way to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals? An Analysis of the Experience of Eight African Countries (Working Paper, in French)

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)
Quantitative country studies on the potential of investing in a green economy were conducted between 2013 and 2016 in eight African countries, namely, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mauritius , Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda and Senegal.

Green Economy Assessment Study: Senegal

Organisation: 
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Country: 
Senegal

This Green Economy Assessment Study was created under the Green Economy Initiative launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 2008. It aims to enable Senegal to seize the opportunities offered by the green economy.

November 2014

Green Economy Assessment Study - Senegal

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)
This Exploratory Report on the Green Economy (ERGE) Green Economy Assessment Study - Senegal was created under the Green Economy Initiative launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 2008. It aims to enable Senegal to seize the opportunities offered by the green economy.
November 2014

Green Economy Assessment Study – Burkina Faso

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)
This Green Economy Assessment Study – Burkina Faso has been prepared under the scope of UNEP’s Green Economy Initiative (GEI), which was launched in 2008. The overall goal of this study is to facilitate Burkina Faso to seize the opportunities that transitioning to Green Economy can offer.

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