Friday, November 29, 2019 — A delegation from the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) will take part in the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 in Madrid on December 2-13. The delegation is led by Susanne Pedersen, GGGI’s Assistant Director-General and Head of Investment and Policy Solutions Division (IPSD) and includes senior representatives – Fenella Aouane, […]

November 19, Suva, Fiji – The Fijian Government has proven its commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by hosting a workshop that is helping turn national climate change plans into tangible climate action. In line with its commitment to the Paris Agreement, Fiji has national targets to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 30 […]

The Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya underlined that climate change mitigation efforts in Indonesia are carried out with a national resilience approach. This was stated at the Climate Festival at Manggala Wanabhakti on Wednesday, October 2. She also gave a reflection on climate actions for the past 5 years and related environmental issues […]

September 25, 2019 – Regional Pacific NDC Hub High-Level Event GGGI Director Mahamadou Tounkara took part in the Regional Pacific NDC Hub High-Level event on implementing ambitious NDCs in Pacific Island countries. The Prime Minister of Fiji gave the opening remarks of the event. The President of Kiribati, Taneti Mamau, in his speech, expressed his […]

NEW YORK, United States of America; September 23, 2019– Summit of Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 On September 23, GGGI took part in the Summit of Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030, organized by P4G. The President of the Republic of Korea, Moon Jae-in gave the announcement that […]

On May 21, GGGI and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MONREC) of Myanmar organized a workshop on “NDC Implementation in the Energy Sector: Investment Opportunities through EU China South-South Cooperation and Energy Sector MRV”. The workshop was attended by high-level policy and decision makers, including representatives from Ministry of Investment and Foreign […]

Thirteen out of fourteen Pacific Island governments have nominated their focal points for the Pacific Nationally Determined Contributions Hub (Pacific NDC Hub) showing the on-going commitment of the region to accelerating its full establishment and operationalization. The focal points agreed on the process for selection of steering committee members and indicated that it must be […]

As part of GGGI’s support for the development of Fiji’s NDC Implementation Roadmap, a workshop on NDC roadmapping methodology was held in Suva on Dec 7, 2017.  The half-day training class was based on the NDC Development and Methodology Guidelines developed by GGGI to accompany Fiji’s NDC Implementation Roadmap. The training workshop included participants from […]

East Kalimantan’s lush, tropical rainforest and its snaking, babbling rivers welcomed representatives of the Governors’ Climate and Forest Task Force (GCF) Annual Meeting 2017. They flew in from nine countries to advance jurisdiction-wide approaches to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) and low emission development. The initiative was launched in 2009 by 10 […]

Indonesia’s NDC targets can be achieved by incorporating the targets into subnational governments working plans. As the fourth most populous country in the world, Indonesia’s actions to respond to global warming will have tremendous impacts to both its citizens and the world. The ratification of the Paris Agreement shows the country’s transition to a low […]

GGGI has identified and developed six key areas – Governance, Implementation of Targets, Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV), Financing, Capacity Building and Knowledge Sharing and Sectoral Interventions – to respond to the main challenges of its Member and partner countries. GGGI is well-positioned to deliver on the commitments of the Paris Agreement through supporting its […]