Seoul, Republic of Korea, October 31 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) convened the Seventh Session of its Assembly and Eleventh Session of its Council on October 31 at its headquarters in Seoul, Republic of Korea. The joint session was chaired by GGGI’s President of the Assembly and Chair of its Council, Mr. Ban Ki-moon […]

October 30, Seoul, Republic of Korea – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and Hanwha Q CELLS jointly organized the GGGI Energy Forum 2018 on October 30 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Under the theme of “Renewable Energy Potential on the Korean Peninsula,” the GGGI Energy Forum served as a platform for sharing energy transformation […]

On October 29-30, Dagmar Zwebe, GGGI’s Principle Program Manager in Indonesia with support from the Sustainability and Safeguards Unit attended the APEC funded event “Empowering Women as Managers in the Renewable Energy Sector” in Singapore. The event was implemented by SD Strategies and  the Renewables Academy AG (RENAC), and followed a series of events involving selected […]

Medellín, October 30 – The Subnational Program of the GGGI Colombia team, with the support of the Norwegian Embassy and the Government of Antioquia, carried out the second of four capacity building workshops in green growth for public and private stakeholders in this department. This second meeting focused on sharing the national and regional successful cases, […]

GGGI and Indonesia’s National Institute of Public Administration (Lembaga Administrasi Negara/LAN) conducted e-trainers training sessions on October 25-27, 2018, at the Hall of the College of Public Administration LAN, Jakarta, attended by 23 participants from the Green Growth Working Group, LAN’s Widyaiswara Unit, and LAN Technical and Functional Training Center. This training aimed to broaden […]

GGGI supported the Government of Indonesia (GoI) as it reconfirmed its commitment to mainstream Low Carbon Development and Green Economy in the National Mid-term Development Plan at the conference on Low Carbon Development and Green Economy on 11 October 2018 in Bali. Held as a parallel event to the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings 2018 and […]

October 25, Seoul – The Global Green Growth Institute signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) at the GGGI Seoul headquarters for the deployment of KOICA Multilateral Cooperation Officer (KMCO) and KOICA International Development Volunteer (KIDV) with various GGGI projects. An MoU was signed between Mr. Kyung Hoon […]

October 25, Nyagatare –  The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) partnered with the Government of Rwanda and stakeholders working on sustainable urban development to bring forward discussion on pressing urbanization issues. To share knowledge and updates on the current progress on green cities, the GGGI Rwanda team led an “Urban Walk” in Nyagatare, one of Rwanda’s […]

Ulaanbaatar,  24 October – The GGGI Mongolia team organized a technical meeting today on the Business case of low-carbon small-scale heating solutions for the selected educational facility named 122nd Public School. The business case required consideration of technical, commercial and financial viability. Also, it is integrating perspectives of operations and management and its potential to […]

KATHMANDU – October 23, 2018 – The Prime Minister of Nepal, Mr. K.P. Sharma Oli, today officially launched the ‘National Action Plan for Electric Mobility.’ The action plan supports implementation of Nepal’s Nationally Determined Contribution, a key mechanism of the Paris Agreement, especially in terms of clean transport, energy diversity and air quality targets. In […]

Villavicencio, October 23 – The GGGI Colombia team under the framework of the sub-national strategy in green growth, and with the support of the Norwegian Embassy and Department of Meta’s Governor Office, carried out the second of four capacity building workshops on green growth for public and private stakeholders. Around 90 participants attended the workshop, […]

Seoul, October 22 – Professor Kazuhiko Takeuchi, President of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in Japan paid a visit to the GGGI Seoul headquarters, and met with Ms. Jenny Hyoeun Kim, Deputy Director-General and Head of Green Growth Planning and Implementation (GGP&I) and several GGGI staff to discuss ongoing and potential collaboration between […]

October 20, Vientiane, Lao PDR – On October 18-19, the GGGI Lao PDR team in partnership, with the Department of Climate Change of Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and Green Technology Center Korea, held a two-day workshop on National Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) System Development in Lao PDR. The workshop was inaugurated […]

October 18, Berkeley, USA – Bayarmaa Enkhbayar, Senior Associate – Communications and Knowledge Management of the GGGI Mongolia team, delivered a presentation today at the 3rd International Conference Communication & Media Studies at the University of California, Berkeley to share GGGI Mongolia team’s best practice of using short animations to educate young persons in green lifestyle. The […]

Beijing, China, October 15 – As part of GGGI’s support to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) of Mongolia, framed in the MoU signed in March 2017, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Mongolia and China programs have facilitated the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the ERC of Mongolia and the National Institute […]

On October 17, the Fiji Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism held a World Tourism Day Awareness Seminar in Rakiraki, Fiji. The seminar aimed to help micro, small, and medium enterprises in the tourism sector improve their productivity through innovation and sustainable growth, and was focused on the theme “Tourism and the Digital Transformation.” Attendees […]

The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and Hanwha Q CELLS will hold the GGGI Energy Forum 2018 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. The GGGI Energy Forum 2018 will take place as follows: Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Time: 3:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Venue: The Plaza Hotel, Seoul Under the theme of “Renewable Energy Potential on the […]

October 15, Maputo, Mozambique – Mozambique is at the crossroads of development, and ensuring universal electrification of its rural population is key to achieving multiple Sustainable Development Goals of Mozambique. The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in partnership with Mozambique’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MIREME) and  the Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural […]

South Tarawa, Oct 10, 2018 –This week, experienced local business owners and people interested in starting businesses took part in Kiribati Greenpreneurs Week – an event aimed at cultivating development of local businesses and supporting them in addressing environmental or social issues as a core part of their business model.  The week consisted of two […]