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March 2012

Green Growth, Green Jobs and Labor Markets

Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP), World Bank Group

The term 'green jobs' can refer to employment in a narrowly defined set of industries providing environmental services.

April 2011

World in Transition: A Social Contract for Sustainability

German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)

In its flagship report, the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) elaborates explic­itly on the fact that the technological potential for comprehensive decarbonisation is available, outlines business and financing models for the transition, and points out that the political instruments

June 2012

Modelling Land use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry in Climate Change: A Review of Major Approaches

Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC)
This report, Modelling Land use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry in Climate Change: A Review of Major Approaches, will guide a following critical discussion on relevant methodological aspects related to the global modelling of land use and its changes. An additional focus is placed on the representation of forest-carbon sequestration within climate mitigation, which represents one of the most demanding issues from a modelling perspective.
November 2014

Path Dependence, Innovation and the Economics of Climate Change

New Climate Economy (NCE), Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP), Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science

Shifting our fossil-fuelled civilisation to clean modes of production and consumption requires deep  transformations in our energy and economic systems. Innovation in physical technologies and social behaviours is key to this transformation.

September 2014

Better Growth, Better Climate: The New Climate Economy Report

New Climate Economy (NCE)
The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate has launched its report to inform economic decision-makers in both public and private sectors, many of whom recognise the serious risks caused by climate change, but also need to tackle more immediate concerns such as jobs, competitiveness and poverty.
November 2019

Emissions Gap Report 2019

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
This report provides an independent scientific assessment of how countries’ climate pledges and actions are affecting the global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) trend, comparing it with the emission reductions necessary to limit global warming to well below 2°C and 1.5°C in accordance with the Paris Agreement.
December 2017

Forest- and Climate-Smart Cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana: Aligning Stakeholders to Support Smallholders in Deforestation-Free Cocoa

Program on Forests (PROFOR), Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), World Cocoa Foundation, Climate Focus, World Bank Group
The focus of the report Forest- and Climate-Smart Cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana is on actions that lead to scaling up renovation and rehabilitation (‘R&R’) efforts in Côte d`Ivoire and Ghana so farmers can grow more cocoa on less land.
January 2016

The Future of Energy Technologies: An Overview of Expert Elicitations

Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP)
This GGKP Working Paper provides a comprehensive and systematic overview and analysis of expert elicitation studies on energy technologies that have focused on climate mitigation technologies. The report also reviews the literature on modelling and decision-making that has utilized the data produced through expert elicitations.
May 2012

Africa Human Development Report 2012: Towards a Food Secure Future

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Due to misguided policies, weak institutions and failing markets, sub-Saharan Africa has millions of hungry and malnourished people.
February 2019

Beyond the Gap : How Countries Can Afford the Infrastructure They Need while Protecting the Planet

World Bank Group
Beyond the Gap: How Countries Can Afford the Infrastructure They Need while Protecting the Planet aims to shift the debate regarding investment needs away from a simple focus on spending more and toward a focus on spending better on the right objectives, using relevant metrics. It does so by offering a careful and systematic approach to estimating the funding needs to close the service gaps in water and sanitation, transportation, electricity, irrigation, and flood protection.

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