Seoul, Republic of Korea, May 31 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) signed an agreement to implement a Green Climate Fund (“GCF”) project as a delivery partner for the Independent State of Papua New Guinea’s Climate Change and Development Authority (CCDA). The Implementation Agreement was signed by Dr. Frank Rijsberman, Director-General of GGGI and […]

 “Rwanda, a developing country in East Africa with overly dense population has agricultural economy. About 82 percent cultivable land needs irrigation. During dry season and due to climate change, demand for secondary irrigation is increasing. Irrigation by electric power, diesel pump and solar pumps are some of the existing alternatives. However, due to the high […]

Seoul, Korea – May 29 – The Sustainable Landscapes Thematic team based at the GGGI Seoul headquarters, led by Annawati van Paddenburg, organized a special learning session today on the topic of Enhancing Soil Function for Green Growth – Soil Security. GGGI invited Prof Alex McBratney from the University of Sydney to highlight the importance of soil security, […]

On May 28-29, Mongolia’s Ministry of Environment in association with the Energy Regulatory Committee and the Chamber of Commerce, organized a two-day event on Green Technology and Energy efficiency. GGGI co-sponsored and co-organized the event for three consecutive years since 2016. The main goal of the event was to promote environment-friendly green technology and innovations. […]

Seoul, Republic of Korea, May 28 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) signed a Funding Agreement with the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg today to work on a project which aims to enhance climate resilience through solar power-driven access to water in rural areas of Outer Islands in Vanuatu. The Agreement was signed […]

BUSAN, May 25, 2018 (GGGI) — The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), in partnership with the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and the Government of Rwanda hosted a side event today, under the theme of “Leveraging Climate Finance in Africa,” at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in […]

The African Development Bank and the Global Green Growth Institute signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Friday, May 25 on the sidelines of the African Development Bank Group’s Annual Meetings in Busan, to promote programs, projects, joint studies and research activities to accelerate green growth options for African countries. The African Development Bank and GGGI […]

Pasto, Colombia- May 24 – The GGGI Colombia team, in partnership with the Norwegian Embassy in Colombia, held a training session to accelerate its sub-national green growth program on the ground. The Government of Nariño and GGGI co-organized a multi-stakeholder training, entitled “Journey with Green Growth: From Planning to Action”, designed to strengthen local stakeholders’ […]

May 24 – Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – The GGGI Mongolia team organized the 9th National Renewable Energy Forum with support of the Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, and Energy Regulatory Commission today at the Corporate Convention Center in Ulaanbaatar. GGGI has been one of the sponsors of the National Renewable Energy Forum since 2016. It is an […]

May 23, Frankfurt, Germany – Mahua Acharya, GGGI’s Assistant Director General and Head of Investment and Policy Solutions Division, moderated a side event entitled, “Public and Private capital: an uncomfortable boundary,” held on the sidelines of the Innovate4Climate conference today. There were discussions on how green growth and low carbon projects need different types of capital […]

Mr. Romain Brillie, GGGI Country Representative in Mongolia has received a Green passport from H.E. Tserenbat. N, Minister for Environment and Tourism with honor to promote and contribute to the implementation of the Green passport campaign. The Green passport campaign was initiated and started by MET. The main purpose of the Green passport is to […]

May 22, Kampala – The Government of Uganda through the Global Green Growth Institute, received funding of EUR 908,000 from the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to support the Solar Home Systems (SHS) market penetration project in Gulu and Mbarara over 26 months. The project will conduct a market assessment, end consumer assessment, gender analysis and […]

Bataan, Philippines – May 22, 2018 – Building on its current initiative under the GGGI-National and Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) project on “Mainstreaming Green Growth in Development Planning,” GGGI Director-General Dr. Frank Rijsberman met with Bataan Provincial  Governor Albert Garcia and other provincial officers along with key stakeholders such as the Authority of the […]

GGGI’s Mongolia Team met with H.E. Tserenbat.N, the Mongolian Minister of Environment and Tourism (MET) at Minister`s office to update him on the global and Mongolia country programs of the Institute, key achievements and ongoing activities of GGGI to support the Government of Mongolia and the MET and to discuss action plans and priorities of […]

GGGI and the Government of Senegal (GoS), in collaboration with key stakeholders, co-organized on Thursday, May 17, the national workshop on the technical validation of the National Green Growth Strategy, at the King Fahd Palace Hotel in Dakar. The workshop was chaired by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Mr Alioune Guisse […]

Manila, Philippines — 19 April 2018— The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) conducted an Inter-Agency round table consultation to inform the methodologies and assumptions for the ongoing development of the DTI Carbon Footprint Calculator. The activity was attended by representatives from the Climate Change Commission (CCC), Department […]

Palawan, Philippines – May 16, 2018 — The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) together with the Provincial Government of Palawan and the Municipal Government of Dumaran conducted a “Community Needs Assessment and Direction Setting” from 24 to 26 April 2018 to support the implementation of the “Palawan Climate Resilient Green Growth Framework”, which was adopted […]

Manila, Philippines – On March 28, following the signing of a financial agreement in early March, the Philippines Government granted a total of Php 192 million or roughly USD 4 million of climate adaptation funds to four local governments through its People’s Survival Fund. The Fund was established in 2012 through Republic Act 10174 as […]

Two events were held in Port Vila on May 15 and 16 for the National Green Energy Fund (NGEF), a Stakeholder Workshop and an Investor Forum by the NGEF Unit under the Ministry of Climate Change supported by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF).  The NGEF is the first national […]