On March 29, in the capital of Vientiane, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Department of Climate Change, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment co-hosted a meeting of the Technical Working Group on Climate Change (TWGCC).  The TWGCC includes representatives from across several ministries and agencies namely Electricite du Laos (EDL), the […]

March 29, 2018 – Kathmandu, Nepal – GGGI Nepal’s partner, Sajha Yatayat, the largest cooperative bus operator in the Kathmandu Valley, hosted a reception today, to announce the deployment of three electric buses over the coming months. The reception was attended by municipal leaders, including the major of Lalitpur Municipality, federal government officials, including representatives of the […]

On March 28-29, the GGGI UAE team in partnership with the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) held a capacity building and validation workshop on risk assessment and climate change adaptation for the health sector. The two-day event in Dubai gathered around 60 representatives of public health authorities, research centers, and other health-related […]

SEOUL – March 27, 2018 – Mr. Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) held his first press conference as the President of the Assembly and Chair of the Council of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) today in Seoul, speaking on the importance of supporting countries to meet their goals under the Paris […]

By Yi Whan-woo Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will hold his first press conference on March 27 after being elected to lead the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in February. It will be at 11:30 a.m. at The Westin Chosun in downtown Seoul. The GGGI, a Seoul-based organization on sustainable economic growth, said last week […]

On March 21, GGGI kicked off its Annual Meeting in Seoul with an opening presentation by Director-General Frank Rijsberman where he focused on presenting the home runs for 2018 and the planning directions for 2019-2020. Attended by some 100 staff, including Country Representatives and members of country offices, the main focus of the Annual Meeting this year was intended to […]

Geneva, Switzerland – 23 March 2018 – Ms. Weikang (Ella) Wang, China Program Manager participated in the Geneva Forum for Sustainable Infrastructure in Gland, Switzerland and gave a presentation on GGGI’s in-country approach to greening the Belt and Road Initiative investment. This forum, co-hosted by the UN Environment, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), […]

By Ilija Gubic, Senior Officer – Green Infrastructure (Rwanda Program) Africa & The Middle East and Dheeraj Arrabothu, Green Building Officer, Rwanda Program 22 March 2018, Kigali, Rwanda – Rwanda, although predominantly rural, has been urbanizing rapidly, from a half-million urban residents in 1995 to more than three and a half million today. Two years […]

The GGGI Mongolia team hosted a half-day stakeholders’ consultation meeting on Mongolia’s Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system on March 20 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. In March 2017, GGGI launched a MRV program to support the MRV framework establishment and capacity building in 14 countries based on consultations with its member and partner countries. Mongolia was identified […]

Kagali, Rwanda – March 16, 2018 – GGGI has worked in collaboration with the Government of Rwanda to develop the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness Proposal for the Republic of Rwanda. The GGGI Rwanda team has played a pivotal role in supporting the Government of Rwanda – through the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) – […]

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – 16 March, 2018 – The GGGI Mongolia team organized and co-hosted a Stakeholders’ Consultation Meeting under the theme of “Partnership to Create a National Green Financing Vehicle” today. The main focus of the meeting, organized under the Readiness Programme of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), was to discuss the action plan to […]

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, – March 15, 2018 – The Ulaanbaatar City Environment Office together with the City Educational Office started a project to deliver ecology education for students of secondary schools today. The project was financed by UNICEF. An opening ceremony of the project and the first of the series of trainings were organized at a […]

THE third Pacific Regional Dialogue on Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and consultations on the Regional Pacific NDC Hub will provide an opportunity for all Pacific Island countries, including Fiji to share experiences on gaps, needs and steps to implement their NDCs. These were the sentiments shared by the director and senior adviser SPC/GIZ Coping with […]

Greening India for a sustainable tomorrow MARCH 13, 2018 DR. FRANK RIJSBERMAN, DIRECTOR-GENERAL, GLOBAL GREEN GROWTH INSTITUTE (GGGI) Actions taken today in the pursuit of environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive growth path in India stand to benefit more than 17 percent of the world’s population. A sustainable future for India carries an impact for the subcontinent […]

FIJI has undertaken a climate vulnerability assessment of the economic sectors most vulnerable to climate impacts in partnership with the Word Bank. Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has revealed that a plan is laid out for climate-sensitising Fijian Government’s development aspirations over the next ten years. “This assessment is providing us with facts and hard evidence that […]

BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 13 2018 (GGGI) – Thailand, a Member of GGGI, has set an ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction target of 20-25% from the business-as-usual level by 2030 under the Paris Agreement. However, the country is faced with a bold challenge in securing resources for green growth and low-carbon investment. The Green Climate Fund (GCF), a […]

On March 13, GGGI, in coordination with the Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation (PIPSO) and the Fiji Business Disaster Resilience Council (FBDRC) hosted a private sector breakfast in Suva, Fiji, which focused on green, resilient business in the Pacific, and on identifying barriers that prevent companies from fully implementing green business practices.  The breakfast was […]

The Provincial Government of Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) realizes that NTT is one of those areas where there is little or no electrical grid infrastructure. NTT has an electrification rate of 59%, which is extremely low compared to the national average of 93% as per June 2017. Furthermore, their current energy mix is dominated by […]

Read the press release by the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA). The Government of Rwanda, through the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA), has received a grant of $600,000 from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to support implementation of key climate change frameworks including the country’s Green Growth and Climate Resilient Strategy. The “Readiness and preparatory […]