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MOEF and GGGI get together to catalyze Korea Green New Deal projects
March 17, 2021; Seoul, Korea – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) signed an Administrative Agreement (AA) today to promote Korea Green New Deal (KGND) projects in developing and emerging countries. The two organizations have agreed to collaborate to create projects that promote low-carbon development growth trajectories […]
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Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Green Growth and Climate Change Cooperation Relevant to the Aral Sea Basin in Uzbekistan between GGGI and GIZ
On 15 March 2022, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Green Growth and Climate Change Cooperation Relevant to the Aral Sea Basin was signed between the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in Uzbekistan, implementer of the “Green Rehabilitation Investment Project for Karakalpakstan Republic to address impacts of the Aral Sea Crisis (GRIP Aral Sea)” co-financed […]
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Tonga fulfils another commitment to the Paris Agreement
On November 11th 2021, the Department of Climate Change under the Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications (MEIDECC) on behalf of the Government of Tonga, submitted Tonga’s Low Emission Development Strategy 2021 – 2050 (LT-LEDS) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat. This follows the […]
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Kiribati and GGGI launch new Climate Smart Agriculture project
TARAWA, KIRIBATI – 03 November 2021. Kiribati’s Ministry of Environment, Lands & Agriculture Development (MELAD) today launched the Climate Smart Agriculture (KCSA) project being implemented in partnership with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and with support from the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD). The 3-year KCSA projects aims to enhance adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience […]
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Enga, Milne Bay and New Ireland Provinces in PNG to deliver draft sector plans and budgets integrating Climate Resilience and Green Growth (CRGG) considerations.
Loloata Resort, Central Province Papua New Guinea, 27th September-1st October 2021 Under the leadership and guidance of Papua New Guinea Climate Change and Development Authority (CCDA), Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is supporting three pilot provinces (Enga, Milne Bay, and New Ireland) to develop CRGG inclusive sector plans and budgets. This week, provincial planners, sector […]
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Green Bonds Peaked Vietnamese Investment Community’s Interest
On March 26, 2021, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Viet Nam and Vietnam Community of Investment Professionals (A CFA Society in formation) co-organized the webinar “Green Bonds – The fast-emerging market” to share international practices on Green Bond and insights into the Vietnamese market. Mr. Vinh Vo, CFA – Chairman of Vietnam Community of Investment […]
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Papua New Guinea’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Implementation Plan, 2021-2030. “Development of AFOLU and ELECTRICITY Implementation Roadmap on PNG’s enhanced NDC”
GGGI to deliver draft Electricity and Agriculture and Other Land Use (AFOLU) Implementation Roadmaps. LOLOATA RESORT, Central Province Papua New Guinea, 26th -28th May 2021. Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is supporting the PNG Government through the office of Climate Change and Development Authority (CCDA) to develop the Electricity and Agriculture & Other Land Use […]
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GGGI delivers a Capacity Strengthening Workshop on Mainstreaming Climate-Resilient Green Growth into Provincial Plans and Budgets, in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, 31st March-1st April 2021. The Milne Bay Provincial Administration, Papua New Guinea’s Climate Change and Development Authority (CCDA), and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) delivered in Alotau, Milne Bay Province the first workshop in a series of capacity strengthening workshops to mainstream climate-resilient and green growth (CRGG) into […]
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GGGI Signed MoU with Agence Française de Développement and Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission of Ethiopia
On 10th February 2021, the Global Green Growth Institute Ethiopia Program signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission (EFCCC) of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) for the Development of Ethiopia’s Long-Term Low Emission and Resilient Development Strategy (LT-LEDS) in the […]
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Rwanda to Celebrate 2020 Africa Mobility Month
Press Release – For Immediate Release 18 September 2020 | Kigali, Rwanda Rwanda to Celebrate 2020 Africa Mobility Month As part of the African Mobility Month, the EU Delegation in Rwanda, We Do Green, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) have collaborated […]
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Fiji convened virtual national consultation on draft NDC investment plans and projects pipeline
Suva, Fiji, May – June 2020 – The Fiji Ministry of Economy (MOE) through the Regional Pacific NDC Hub hosted a series of virtual national consultations with Fiji’s key stakeholders in the transport and energy sectors on the country’s draft NDC investment plan and projects pipeline. Held virtually between May and June 2020, the consultation […]
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Press Release: GCF Approves the National Adaptation Readiness and preparatory support for building flood resilience capacities in Rwanda
On 26 January 2020, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Secretariat approved the Readiness Proposal for the Republic of Rwanda that was submitted on the 3rd April 2019 . This proposal has been approved for the amount of USD 1.823,993 for National Adaptation Readiness and Preparatory Support for Building Flood Resilience Capacities in Rwanda. This National […]
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8th Climate Change and Development in Africa Conference, August 28-30, 2019
Location: African Union New Building Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 8th Climate Change and Development in Africa Conference, 28-30 August 2019 The United Nations […]
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UPCOMING EVENT : GCF Readiness and Preparatory Support Project in Rwanda: Implementing Green Cities Development Project
PRESS RELEASE 04 JULY 2019 GCF Readiness and Preparatory support project rationale Rwandas National Roadmap for Green Secondary City development was elaborated as a tool to implement the National Strategy for Green Growth and Climate Resilience, EDPRS 2 priority areas of facilitating and managing urbanization, and promoting secondary cities as poles of growth and centres […]
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Rwanda Cabinet approves Green Building Minimum Compliance System
The Government of Rwanda in the cabinet meeting held on 3rd April 2019 approved the Ministerial Order determining Urban planning and Building regulations. The Rwanda Green Building Minimum Compliance System which is an Annex to the Ministerial Order along with the revised Rwanda Building Code. The Ministerial Order and the supporting green building annex were […]
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Inception meeting on Sustainable Energy-Water Solutions for Medium to Large Scale Irrigation of Commercial Farming in Uganda
The Ministry of Water and Environment in collaboration with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) with financial support from the Government of Hungary, launched a project “Sustainable Energy-Water Solutions for Medium to Large Scale Irrigation of Commercial Farming in Uganda”. The project involves conducting an initial feasibility study to assess the potential of medium to […]
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GGGI Premieres Gender Equality Film at 2019 PAGE Ministerial Conference
Cape Town, South Africa – January 11, 2019 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) today launched its new film, Green Growth for Gender Equality: Promoting Poverty Reduction and Social Inclusion on the sidelines of the United Nations Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) Ministerial Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. The film […]
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Cambodia adopts wastewater system guideline developed with GGGI and GIZ
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – 10 January 2019. A “Guideline on Wastewater System Operation and Maintenance” was formally launched before more than 300 civil servants participating in the annual conference of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT). The guideline, jointly developed by GGGI, GIZ and MPWT, offers detailed technical information on topics such as […]
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GGGI Organized a high-level Readiness Workshop on Ethiopia’s NDCs
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia January 9 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in close collaboration with the Ethiopian Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission (EFCCC) and in partnership with the Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea (IMELS) organized a high-level Readiness Workshop on Ethiopia’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) at the Sheraton Addis, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. […]
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Hungarian Government to Launch a Climate Finance Instrument to Support Climate Action in the Western Balkans in 2019
The Hungarian Government approved on December 21st, 2018 (Government Decision 1770/2018. [XII. 21.]) the establishment of the Western Balkans Green Center (WBGC), a new instrument to support the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Designed with the support of GGGI under a cooperation project supported by the Ministry for Innovation and Technology of Hungary, the WBGF […]