News • May 13, 2024
Government of Lao PDR holds multi-stakeholder consultation on the draft Decree on Carbon Credits
Vientiane, Lao PDR, May 13, 2024 – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Lao PDR, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Government of Australia held a multi-stakeholder consultation on the Decree on Carbon Credits in Lao PDR. The event brought together representatives from development partners, non-governmental organizations, and private sector entities […]
News • January 1, 2024
Sustainable Landscapes Drive Indonesia to Achieve its FOLU Net Zero Goals
Jakarta, Indonesia, January 1, 2024 – Recognizing the pressing need to address climate change, Indonesia has taken a decisive step with its Enhanced Nationally Determined Contribution (Enhanced NDC). This renewed commitment aligns the country with the global aspirations outlined in the Paris Agreement. In 2022, Indonesia bolstered its climate targets, escalating its emission reduction from […]
News • November 28, 2023
GGGI team conduct training on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Modeling and Accounting for Waste Sector
28 November -1 December 2023, Rubavu, Rwanda – The Waste to Resource Project : Improving Municipal Solid Waste and Hazardous Waste Management in Rwanda led by the Ministry of Environment of the Government of Rwanda and funded by the Ministry of Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development of the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, […]
News • November 23, 2023
Building Green in Rwanda – The journey so far
Blog by Dheeraj Arrabothu, Senior Green Building Specialist, and Africa Regional Lead for Green Buildings and Industries at GGGI The construction sector accounts for approximately 40% of global CO2 emissions. About half of the emissions are attributed to building operations and the remaining half to the production of construction materials, also known as embodied emissions. […]
News • July 12, 2022
2022 Pacific Energy Officials Meeting
Suva, Fiji, Friday, 11 July 2022: The 2022 Pacific Energy Officials Meeting was virtually held from 5-7 July 2022 by the Pacific Community (SPC) in partnership with the Government of Vanuatu, as the host and incoming Chair of the Fifth Pacific Regional Energy and Transport Ministers Meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to allow […]
News • March 24, 2022
GGGI strengthens capacity on voluntary GHG emissions reporting by large industries and Greenpreneurs in Fiji
GGGI continues supporting the Climate Change and International Cooperation Division (CCICD) of the Ministry of Economy (MOE) in implementing the Climate Change Act 2021 under the the partnership with New Zealand´s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) through Low Emission Climate Resilient Development (LECRD) Program. The Climate Change Act 2021 is an […]
News • March 21, 2022
GGGI, Government of Rwanda and UNEP Proposed area for Car Free Zone in Huye Secondary City
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 […]
News • March 19, 2022
GGGI-Ethiopia Co-organizes BAU Finalization and Modelling Training Workshop
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), in collaboration with the Ethiopian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) and the French Development Agency (AFD), organized a BAU finalization and modeling training workshop at Adama town, Ethiopia from March 8-10, 2022. The workshop gathered a total of 45 participants including GGGI’s team of experts who joined virtually and in […]
News • March 10, 2022
Fiji Bureau of Statistics Strengthens Capacity on Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Data Management
The Climate Change Act (CCA) 2021 is an ambitious and comprehensive legislation that creates the way forward to take Fiji to reach a bold net zero carbon emissions goal by 2050. As such, it sets solid ground for government, development partners and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), to coordinate and […]
News • February 21, 2022
GGGI hosts 2nd Technical Working Group on Waste to Resource Project
15 Feb 2022, Kigali Rwanda the Global Green Growth Institute hosted the second technical working group on Waste to Resource Project. With the aim to update the members on the progress of implementation of the previous Technical Working Group’s recommendations, to review the capacity needs assessment for solid waste management preliminary study and review the […]
News • January 7, 2022
BAU Validation Workshop on Ethiopia’s LT-LEDS Strategy Development
December 15,2021-The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Environment, Forestry and Climate Change Commission (EFCCC) in collaboration with Agence Française de Development (AFD) convened a two-day workshop to validate the Business as Usual (BAU) Scenario of the Ethiopia’s Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy (LT-LEDS) project from December 15-16, 2021. The workshop brought together a total of […]
News • November 9, 2021
High level Meeting on the Cleaner Production and Climate Innovation Center (CPCIC)
Kigali, Rwanda ,the High Level Business Meeting on increasing industrial profitability and driving the Circular Economy agenda in Rwanda was lead by National Industrial Research & Development Agency (NIRDA) of Rwanda and Rwanda Cleaner Production and Climate Innovation Centre. supported by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Rwanda and Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) through […]
News • November 5, 2021
Rwanda organizes Circularity in Built Environment (CBE) validation workshop
19th October 2021, Kigali – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Rwanda held a virtual validation workshop for the research study on circularity in Built Environment (CBE) in Rwanda. GGGI has been appointed by the One Planet Network (OPN) to conduct an assessment on circularity in built environment in Africa. The study is part of […]
News • August 5, 2021
Sanitation and Climate Change: Assessing Resilience and Emissions (SCARE) project selected to be certified on the road to Dakar 2022
The 9th edition of the World Water Forum will be held in Dakar on March 22 – 26, 2022, with a new approach to focus on action for water. The event aims to ultimately create coherence with SDGs and directly contribute to the 2030 agenda. This edition of the forum will focus on four core […]
News • August 4, 2021
Rwanda government officials complete E-bus System Planning & Optimisation Program Training
As a trusted advisor, GGGI plays a neutral role in advocating for technology choices such as charging infrastructure, bus models, and more. GGGI Rwanda Sustainable Mobility Program supports the government of Rwanda to: • Provide strategic advice on the development of Rwanda’s e-mobility transition, specifically in the adoption of electric public buses • Support in […]
News • June 8, 2021
World Environment Day : How GGGI is supporting Rwanda’s green growth strategy
5th June, Kigali , Rwanda. Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) has joined Rwanda and the rest of the World to celebrate World Environment Day (WED) on May 5, under the theme “Ecosystem Restoration”. Okechukwu Daniel Ogbonnaya, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Country Representative Rwanda said that the theme aligns with GGGI’s Strategy 2030 that […]
News • May 5, 2021
GGGI launched the Sanitation and Climate Change: Assessing Resilience and Emissions (SCARE) Project
Four (04) countries in Africa and Asia, including Senegal, are embedded in a research project on Sanitation and Climate Change: Assessing Resilience and Emissions (SCARE). The project is coordinated in Senegal by GGGI with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a consortium of research institutions worldwide (Universities of Bristol, Leeds, University […]
News • December 7, 2020
GGGI Rwanda Co-Organizes African Mobility Month
Globally, transport contributes to 16.2% of total GHG emissions. Overall, GHG emissions from the transport sector have doubled since 1970. The majority of these emissions come from road transport due to of petrol and diesel by cars, trucks, motorcycles, and buses. In Rwanda, transport accounts for 13% of all GHG emissions and is expected to […]
News • September 4, 2020
GGGI supports revision of Saint Lucia’s NDC
SAINT LUCIA, Caribbean – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), an international, intergovernmental organization, is working closely with the government of Saint Lucia and project partners Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Climate Analytics, and the World Resources Institute (WRI), on the Climate Action Enhancement project, funded by the NDC Partnership. The project is aimed […]
News • July 17, 2020
ECCK – GGGI Energy & Environment Seminar
July 16, 2020; SEOUL, Republic of Korea – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ECCK) held the ECCK – GGGI Energy & Environment Seminar on Thursday, July 16, 2020. GGGI Director-General, Dr. Frank Rijsberman, opened the event by delivering a presentation on the importance of achieving net-zero targets […]