Enhancing Institutional Capacities for Facilitating the Use of ITMOs Through Electric Mobility Kigali, 17 April 2023 The Government of Rwanda (GoR) has prioritized the transition to e-mobility using a combination of incentives and policies to promote the uptake of Electric Vehicles (EVs). To facilitate the transition of public to e-mobility, the transfer of Internationally Transferred […]

May 15, 2023 – Seoul, Republic of Korea – Seeking to improve the quality of life of the population of the subnational state of Nuevo León (northern Mexico), State Governor Samuel García visited the GGGI headquarters to participate in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) together with Frank Rijsberman, Director-General of GGGI. Said MoU […]

Seoul, Republic of Korea, –23 February 2023 – Electric vehicle (EV) adoption has significantly increased in the last few years.  The promotion of E-mobility is recommended as a main strategy for countries to both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and incentivize economic and industrial growth, notes GGGI in a recent technical report. The technical report titled […]

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, FEBRUARY 21, 2023 – Earlier today, the Head of Government of Mexico City, Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum, formally launched 50 new electric buses into operation of Line 3 of the Metrobús network. With this action, Mexico City now has the largest fleet of articulated e-buses in Latin America and one of the largest […]

Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. El lunes 28 de noviembre a las 12 hrs. tuvo lugar la firma del contrato entre STC Metrorrey y LURSA, consorcio ganador de la licitación pública No STCM-17-2022-DAF. Dicho contrato cubre el despliegue de 12 autobuses eléctricos para el Transmetro, que alimentarán la Línea 3 del Metro de Metrorrey y que […]

Phnom Penh 4 November 2022, The GGGI Cambodia team participated in a consultative workshop organized by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) and presented the key results from policy review and the proposed options for improvement on (1) electric motorbikes (EMs) registration, (2) charging and swapping space at public buildings, and (3) battery […]

With support from the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the British Embassy in Laos, the pre-feasibility study conducted by GGGI examines the financial viability and environmental sustainability of implementing a Battery Swapping System model for electric two-wheelers in Vientiane Capital and contribute to achieve the Government of Lao PDR’s 2030 target on 30% electric […]

Junto a C40 y el ICCT, GGGI forma parte de ZEBRA (Alianza para el Despliegue Rápido de Buses Cero Emisiones, por sus siglas en inglés), con quienes se ha brindado asistencia técnica al Gobierno de la Ciudad de México para que transite hacia la e-movilidad, logrando la transformación de toda una línea de traslado con […]

Gulu City, June 6, 2022 Gulu City has received the final draft of the Physical Development Plan. The plan has been developed under the greening Uganda’s urbanization and industrialization project, funded by the European union. The plan is a spatial expression of the social and economic environment or other policy, at National, regional, district, city  […]

Abidjan, May 10, 2022. Ms. Helena McLeod, Deputy Director General of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI and Mr. Ibrahima DIOUF, Special Advisor representing the President of the West African Development Bank (BOAD) and), signed a memorandum of understanding on the sidelines of the COP15 on desertification held in Côte d’Ivoire. This partnership framework will […]

The Uganda Vision 2040 aspires to pursue economic development and socioeconomic transformation premised on the principles of a green economy such as equity, environment sustainability, resource efficiency, climate change adaptation and mitigation and inclusiveness. Accordingly, the National Planning Authority in partnership with the Climate Change Department of the Ministry of Water and Environment with financial […]

The Global Green Growth Institute’s (GGGI) is committed to supporting government of Rwanda achieve low-carbon development, the Rwanda country program has developed a visualization with Jan Kamensky of the redesign for the proposed car free zone in Huye. Car-free zones have recently been launched in the City of Kigali in the central business district renamed […]

GGGI Rwanda through one-on-one consultations revised and drafted the new GGGI Rwanda Country Planning Framework and presented the draft to key stakeholders and partners for input, feedback, and validation during  a consultation workshop held at Serena Hotel in Kigali , Rwanda. The workshop was an opportunity for the GGGI team to guide the endorsement by […]

Addis Ababa, December 9, 2021 – A policy dialogue meeting was convened on e-mobility initiatives at the auditorium of Sheraton Addis. Some 22 participants drawn from key ministries, the private sector and partner organizations attended the meeting, which was co-organized by the Ministry of Transport and Logistics (MoTL) and the GGGI Ethiopia Office. The overarching […]