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News • March 27, 2024

Green Finance Centre launched in Papua New Guinea in collaboration with Bank of Papua New Guinea, GGGI, New Zealand, and France Governments

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, March 25, 2024 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), joined the Government of Papua New Guinea, Bank of Papua New Guinea, the Government of New Zealand, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) to launch the Green Finance Centre  in Papua New Guinea’s Capital, Port Moresby. The establishment of the Green […]

News • March 25, 2024

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signs Euro 6 million grant commitment with GGGI for Greening the Pacific Financial Systems and Promoting Inclusive Green Finance in Papua New Guinea

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, March 25, 2024 – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has pledged a significant Euro 6 million grant towards the Greening of the Pacific Financial Systems (GPFS), marking a significant milestone in promoting sustainable finance initiatives to address climate change in the Pacific.  The Euro 6 million Grant Agreement was […]

News • February 17, 2023

Validation of Burkina Faso’s Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy (LT-LEDS)

“Burkina Faso is now one of the six African countries having its long-term low-carbon strategy as required by the Paris agreement,” said Dr. Augustin KABORE, Minister of the Environment, Water and Sanitation on December 16th, 2022, during the validation of the document named ‘2050 vision for low-carbon emission and climate resilient development’. This national document […]

News • November 9, 2022

Burkina Faso Long term low emission development strategy at COP 27: on the road to adaptation

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 8th November 2022. Burkina Faso’s long term low emission development strategy, elaborated with GGGI’s and AFD’s technical and financial support over 2021-22, will be presented at various side-events at the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Egypt. The goal of Long Term Low […]

News • July 6, 2021

GGGI Ethiopia launched BRT B2 line E-mobility Project Stakeholder Engagement Workshop

Thursday, June 24, 2021 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Ethiopia convened a half-day inception workshop on the Ethiopia Bus Rapid Transport-BRT B2 Line E-Mobility Project at Radisson Blu Hotel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A total of 20 participants, including directors, technical government officials, and a range of stakeholder institutions attended the workshop. Technical […]

News • April 29, 2021

PARIS AGREEMENT: FRANCE AND THE GLOBAL GREEN GROWTH INSTITUTE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF BURKINA FASO’S LONG-TERM LOW EMISSION AND RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (LT-LEDS)

France, though, AFD (public institution that implements France’s policy on development and international solidarity), has committed to finance the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) to support the Government of Burkina Faso in the development of a long-term low emission and resilient development strategy (LT-LEDS) for 2050. The strategy, which will be developed under the umbrella […]

News • April 10, 2021

Launching Event of the Long-Term Low Emissions Development Strategy (LT-LEDS) for Ethiopia project

On March 11, 2021, the French Development Agency (AFD), the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission of Ethiopia (EFCCC) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) held a launch event for the Long-Term Low Emissions Development Strategy (LT-LEDS) project at the Embassy of France, Addis Ababa. Ethiopia is taking concrete action to better manage adverse […]