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News • July 28, 2016

Global Green Growth Week due early September

  By Kim Se-jeong Jeju Island will be the venue for the Global Green Growth Week this September, according to former Indonesian president and current chair of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) council Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who encouraged more public and private companies in Korea to join the event. “2016 is a crucial year […]

News • July 28, 2016

‘Green growth week’ to promote eco-friendly financing

With financial support being key to fostering eco-friendly growth, the upcoming Global Green Growth Week event in September seeks to provide a link between the developing world and multinational banks, organizers said Thursday. The Global Green Growth Institute plans to present the first-ever weeklong event on Jeju Island on Sept. 5-9, under the theme of […]

News • July 28, 2016

Seoul-based green growth promoter GGGI to hold week-long global forum on Jeju

SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) — The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), the Seoul-based international organization promoting green growth, will hold a week-long gathering of experts and business leaders later this year on Jeju Island to discuss ways to achieve economic growth without causing environmental degradation. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L), president of the Global Green Growth […]

News • July 28, 2016

Cambodia and GGGI extend green growth partnership for next 5 years

PHNOM PENH – July 28, 2016 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Royal Government of Cambodia’s National Council for Sustainable Development (NCSD) renewed their partnership today by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaboration from 2016-2020. Today’s milestone also included the launch of GGGI’s Cambodia Country Planning Framework 2016-2020. The launch […]

News • July 6, 2016

Finance and renewables: The key to a sustainable future

Current climate commitments by countries are not enough to avoid dangerous climate change, says Global Green Growth Institute director-general Yvo de Boer. The public and private sector need to unlock financing for a low-carbon future. Read the full article from Eco-Business here.