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 […]