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News • June 27, 2014

Enough talk, let’s act on green growth

NAIROBI, Kenya, June 26 – Sustainable development and more specifically the green economy, has been a focal point of debate during the inaugural United Nations Environment Assembly. Debate that serves […]

News • June 27, 2014

UNEP and GGGI Renew Alliance to Accelerate Green Economy

Promise to Support National Green Growth Plans and Policies Nairobi, 25 June 2014 – Signalling their support to accelerate a global shift towards a low-carbon, climate-resilient, green economy, the leaders […]

News • June 25, 2014

Korean firms should stop complaining about carbon-trading scheme

The new director general of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) urged the automobile and energy industries Tuesday to stop complaining about the carbon-trading scheme and imposing heavy taxes on […]

News • June 24, 2014

Yvo de Boer: confronting climate change requires a new growth model

For about three years, Yvo de Boer had one of the most important and frustrating jobs in the world: leading the UN’s climate change negotiations. In a recent interview with Bloomberg News, […]

News • June 24, 2014

MONGOLIA JOINS THE GLOBAL GREEN GROWTH INSTITUTE

On June 20, 2014, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the Republic of Korea Mr. Baasanjav GANBOLD handed over a note of endorsement of an agreement on joining Mongolia […]

News • June 5, 2014

Bloomberg: Q&A with Yvo de Boer

By Alex Morales President Barack Obama’s newly proposed power plant CO2 rules ignited coal-fired rage in some parts of the U.S. this week. From abroad comes muted applause and relief. […]

News • June 2, 2014

GGGI head discusses Korea’s carbon goals

May 31,2014 Yvo de Boer Korea is set to implement a carbon trading scheme next year, an important step in reducing its carbon footprint despite objections from construction conglomerates. Although […]