Senegal validated on February 21, 2023, at Fleur de Lys Hotel, Dakar, the National Strategy for operationalizing the implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement in Senegal. The validation workshop gathered nearly 40 participants from sectoral ministries, the private sector, professional associations, and NGOs. Under the leadership and guidance of the Ministry of Environment, […]

Seoul, Republic of Korea – 17 January 2023 – Article 6 of the Paris Agreement establishes a mechanism for government and private sector to achieve the scale of transformation required for keeping within 1.5 °C climate change goal. Article 6 carbon markets offer the opportunity for countries to engage in cooperative approaches to greenhouse gas […]

In 2016, Rwanda ratified the Paris Agreement (PA) to combat climate change by limiting the global temperature rise to below 1.5º, as articulated in the 2015 Paris Agreement (PA). Submitted to the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory reported that the per capita Green House Gases (GHG) emissions […]

El evento se desarrolló en el marco de proyecto liderado por el Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) bajo el programa de asistencia técnica del Instituto de Industria y Tecnología Ambiental de Corea (KEITI), el cual busca apoyar al gobierno peruano en los primeros pasos para la elaboración de una hoja de ruta hacia un mercado […]

On 12 July 2022, the Viet Nam Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and GGGI successfully kicked off the workshop “Mobilizing resources for green growth in Viet Nam through carbon credit exchange” with support from the Government of Norway. The event was honored by the presence of the Ambassador of Norway to Viet Nam, Ms. […]

Round Up: Third meeting of the Project Steering Committee DAPA ” Design of Policy Approaches under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement”    Rabat, Morocco May 18, 2022 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in close collaboration with the Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, organized the third steering committee virtual meeting of […]

Seoul, Republic of Korea – On 9 June 2022, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) completed the 3-month consultation phase for its latest initiative to promote the opening of international carbon markets, the Carbon Transaction Platform (CTP). The “Global Event on Article 6 and the Carbon Transaction Platform” was a hybrid online/in-person event hosted at […]

Article 6.4 of the Paris Climate Agreement to allow private companies to access this new market is being configured, a Senegalese official announced. The carbon market is a mechanism for trading greenhouse gas emission rights. It is one of the incentives provided for by the Kyoto Protocol to encourage states to reduce their emissions and […]

September 30, 2021 – As a part of the implementation of the Designing Policy Approaches under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement DAPA project, GGGI Senegal held a kick-off meeting to officially mark the beginning of the second stage of the program. The meeting was chaired by the Director of Environment & Classified Establishments on […]

                                        Related posts   Click the calendar to see in full view:   The UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), hosted by the UK in partnership with Italy, kicked off on October 31 and […]

February 1, 2021 – Recognizing the importance of a green post COVID-19 recovery as a critical moment for sustainable finance, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) participated in the Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum on January 20, 2021. GGGI Director-General, Dr. Frank Rijsberman, took part in a panel discussion to share his insights on a sustainable […]

Rabat, Morocco February 11, 2020 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in close collaboration with the Department of Environment within the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Environment and with support from the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment organized a one-day consultation workshop on Policy Approaches under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. The […]

Dakar, February 7, 2020 – The workshop on GGGI Article 6 Project was held on February 07th ,2020 in the meeting room of the Directorate of Environment and Classified Establishments (DECC in French). The Session was chaired by M. Ousmane Fall SARR, President of the Climate change National Committee (COMNACC in French), and co-chaired by […]

On Friday, December 13, 2019, a UNFCCC COP25 Official Side Event on the role of carbon markets and climate finance for NDC implementation in developing countries will take place, hosted by Perspectives Climate Group and Center for Climate and Sustainable Development Law and Policy (CSDLAP), with the participation of representatives from the Global Green Growth […]

MADRID – 4th December 2019 – Today, the Swedish Energy Agency (SEA) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) signed a cooperation agreement on the sidelines of COP25 to launch the Mobilizing Article 6 Trading Structures (MATS) Program, a pilot project aimed at establishing Article 6 Activities under the Paris Agreement. The objective of this […]

Background: On the sidelines of COP 25, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment are hosting the side event on Designing Policy Approaches Under Article 6. During the event, GGGI’s Principal Green Finance Specialist, Fenella Aouane, will deliver a presentation on GGGI’s newly announced project on designing national […]

Madrid, December 10, 2019 — Within the upcoming COP25 in Madrid, GGGI’s Assistant Director-General and Head of Investment and Policy Solutions Division (IPSD), Susanne Pedersen, today delivered the congratulatory remarks at the COP25 side event on Asia-Europe Cooperation on Low Carbon Development. The event was hosted by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), the Asia-Europe […]