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Green investment

News • March 6, 2024

Green Growth and Climate Finance Cooperation: FDB, AFD and GGGI Unite for Climate Finance Breakthrough

Suva, Fiji, March 6th, 2024 – In a stride towards sustainable development, the Fiji Development Bank (FDB) formalized a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) to launch the Green Growth and Climate Finance Cooperation program. Through funding support from AFD, GGGI will work […]

News • December 5, 2023

GGGI facilitates the partnership between Senegal FONSIS and Africa Climate Foundation for the Renewable and Efficient Energy Fund implementation

Dakar, Senegal, December 5, 2023 – Senegal Fonds Souverain d’Investissements Stratégiques S.A. (FONSIS, the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Senegal for Strategic Investments) and the Africa Climate Foundation (ACF) have launched a strategic and meaningful partnership to establish the Renewable and Efficient Energy Fund. GGGI was instrumental in facilitating this partnership and will support both institutions in implementing this […]

News • November 1, 2023

Public Hearing on Mechanisms to promote access to financial support from the Green Climate Fund

Bangkok, Thailand, November 1, 2023 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in Thailand in partnership with the Department of Climate Change and Environment (CCE), GIZ Thailand, and the Creagy hosted a public hearing event on Mechanisms to Promote Access to Financial Support from the Green Climate Fund, in Bangkok, Thailand. The event is one […]

News • June 1, 2023

GGGI promotes climate finance in the Dominican Republic

On May 10th, 2023 the Green Climate Fund (GCF) funded Mobilizing international climate finance and private investments for low-carbon development project was launched in the Dominican Republic. With the objective of achieving low-carbon development in the country and increasing public and private sector financing for climate action this project will be delivered by the Global […]

News • July 5, 2022

2022 GGGI Africa Regional Country Representatives Retreat: 27 June – 3 July

Theme: Mobilizing Green Investments to Africa The office of GGGI Senegal led by Assana Magagi-Alio, Country Representative and supported by Mamadou Konate, Country Program Lead have hosted the 2022 GGGI Africa Regional Retreat from 27 June to 3 July 2022 at the Novotel hotel in Dakar. The retreat brough together the leadership of the region, […]

News • June 27, 2022

Second Technical Advisory Consultation for GGGI Aral Sea GRIP – Tashkent, 22 June

On 22 June 2022 GGGI Uzbekistan and the State Committee for Ecology and Environmental Protection (SCEEP) conducted the second 2022 Aral Sea GRIP Technical Advisory Consultation under the ‘Green Rehabilitation Investment Project for Karakalpakstan Republic to Address the Impacts of the Aral Sea Crisis’ (Aral Sea GRIP) in Tashkent. The event was honored with the […]

News • June 17, 2022

Technical Advisory Consultation for GGGI Aral Sea GRIP in Nukus on 14 June

On 14 June 2022 in the Chamber of Commerce (TPP) in Nukus, GGGI Uzbekistan held their Technical Advisory Consultation for the ‘Green Rehabilitation Investment Project for Karakalpakstan Republic to Address Impacts of the Aral Sea Crisis’ (Aral Sea GRIP Project).  This event followed up on the Technical Consultation Workshop that GGGI held in March, during […]

News • August 6, 2021

Chương trình đào tạo chuyên biệt cho các đơn vị đánh giá Trái phiếu xanh tại Việt Nam

Bộ Tài chính vừa khởi động chuỗi chương trình đào tạo dành riêng cho thị trường trái phiếu xanh tại Việt Nam trong khuôn khổ chương trình hợp tác với Viện tăng trưởng xanh toàn cầu (GGGI) về phát triển tài chính xanh. Sự kiện đào tạo đầu tiên nhấn mạnh vai trò của các […]

News • July 28, 2021

Vietnam Picked Up Insights From International Leading Experts On Green Bonds

Pilot green bond issuance through different issuer types (corporate, sovereign, municipal) is one of the steps to accelerate the development of Vietnam’s green bond market, recommended in the freshly launched report by GGGI. On June 25, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) launched its report “Green Bonds Make More Cents?” which analyzes trends of green […]

News • March 18, 2021

Colombia to become the 39th Member of GGGI

Seoul, March 18, 2021. On Tuesday, March 16, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Rodolfo Enrique Zea Navarro, together with the Colombian Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, H.E. Juan Carlos Caiza Rosero, deposited before the president and Chair of GGGI, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and the Director General, Dr. Frank Rijsberman, the instrument […]

News • May 21, 2020

Online Panel Discussion on “Mobilizing Green Investment for Indonesia’s Sustainable Landscape Sectors”

Officially opened by the Indonesia Country Representative Marcel Silvius and the moderator – Vikalp Pal Sabhlok, Investment Specialist, GGGI held an online panel discussion on “Mobilizing Green Investment for Indonesia’s Sustainable Landscape Sectors” on May 14, 2020. This discussion is an effort to continue supporting the Government of Indonesia to explore possibilities and scale up […]

News • March 5, 2020

The Pacific NDC Hub supports the implementation of Tuvalu’s climate targets

February 25, Funafuti, Tuvalu – During the last Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu in 2019 a sign welcomed the Pacific leaders: “Before us we see the devastating effects of climate change on our children; sea level rising, land erosion, cyclone damage. Threats such as these are ever present for Pacific Island nations. Remember: “We must […]

News • October 28, 2019

Workshop: Building the National Bioeconomy Strategy – UKPACT

On October 17, 2019 in Cali, Colombia, the workshop: “Building the National Bioeconomy Strategy” was hosted by GGGI together with the National Planning Department – DNP and the Embassy of the United Kingdom, following the UKPACT project “Support in the implementation of Colombia’s Green Growth Policy through investments and capacity development of public and private […]

News • September 19, 2019

A Look into the Greenpreneurs Projects of 2019

Seoul, Republic of Korea, September 19, 2019 – Four candidates of GGGI’s Greenpreneurs program offered to share their experiences on how they developed the idea for their projects and information on their new green enterprises. Rent-On-Recycle Water Rent-On-Recycle Water is one of the teams in the last stages of this year’s competition, with their project […]

News • August 23, 2019

Green Bond Bootcamp in Jakarta

On July 22-23, 2019, GGGI and UNDP in support to the Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas) held the “Climate Bonds Initiative Green Bond Boot Camp” at Le Meridien Hotel, Jakarta. The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) was invited by Bappenas as experts to provide the technical training. The event was the first Bootcamp held in […]

News • August 23, 2019

GGGI High-Level Meetings & Participation in the GCF Global Programming Conference

Songdo, Republic of Korea – On August 19-20, GGGI’s high-level representatives, including President and Chair, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Director-General Frank Rijsberman, and Director Mahamadou Tounkara for Strategy, Partnerships and Communications (SPC), had a two-day working visit to Songdo to take part in the GCF Global Programming Conference at the Songdo Convensia Center and hold meetings […]

News • June 25, 2019

Press Release: GCF Encourages Sustainable Development

PRESS RELEASE Manokwari, June 19, 2019 – The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has rolled out a financing mechanism called the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to help developing countries tackle the impacts of climate change. Local governments with a vision of sustainable development have a great opportunity to access the climate change […]

News • February 15, 2019

Vision: Blockchain Technology for Indonesia’s Palm Oil Sector

One of the biggest challenges for palm oil as a commodity is that of establishing traceability and sustainability. Indonesia supplies close to 45% of the world demand for palm oil. Over the last two decades, in Indonesia, the palm oil sector has grown tremendously (doubling in terms of area under palm oil plantation), but this […]

News • November 30, 2018

Africa Green Growth Forum 2018, Kigali Rwanda

The Africa Green Growth Forum, held in Kigali, Rwanda on November 26-30, was a combination of discussions with field tours to share best practice, mobilize resources and foster investment and innovation across the continent. Rwanda hosted the First Ever Africa Green Growth Forum that was paperless and plastic free. Africa has everything because it has […]

News • July 10, 2018

What is the Green Climate Fund and How Indonesia Accessing it?

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is a financing mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and is specifically established to provide financial support so that countries like Indonesia can reach its emission reduction targets. As of May 2018, the GCF portfolio has 76 projects worldwide worth USD 12.6 billion with an […]