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News • June 12, 2024
Empowering Students: Final Training Session on Climate Change Adaptation
Nukus, Uzbekistan, May 8, 2024 – The final awareness-raising youth trainings on climate change adaptation (CCA) were held for students of the vocational school of the Karauzyak district and secondary school No. 20 of the Chimbay district, implemented under GGGI’s KOICA-funded ‘Green Rehabilitation Investment Project for Karakalpakstan Republic to address impacts of the Aral Sea […]
News • June 12, 2024
Enhancing Climate Resilience and Empowering Women Farmers through Weather Forecasts and Early Warning Systems: Experiences from Farmer Groups in Madhesh Province
April-May, 2024, Madhesh Province, Nepal – As a part of the KOICA-funded Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Project, GGGI Nepal Country Office conducted 12 orientation sessions from April 9, 2024, to May 31, 2024, on weather forecasts and early warning systems for eight women farmer groups in six municipalities in the Madhesh Province of Nepal. The […]
News • April 16, 2024
GGGI and Sanoat Qurilish Bank (SQB) sign an MoU in support of green investments in Uzbekistan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan, April 16, 2024 – Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Uzbekistan and Sanoat Qurilish Bank (SQB), under the leadership of Dr. Frank Rijsberman, GGGI Director-General, and Mr. Farruh Abdurahmanov, the SQB Deputy CEO, signed a Memorandum of Understanding “On cooperation in the field of green investment.“ The MoU provides a general framework for cooperation […]
News • April 15, 2024
Advancing Climate Adaptation: Fiji’s Path Towards Resilience
Suva, Fiji, 04 April 2024 – In a joint effort to strengthen Fiji’s resilience against climate change, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in partnership with the Climate Change Division of the Fiji Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MECC), alongside the Green Climate Fund (GCF), NDC Partnership (NDCP), and the New Zealand Ministry of […]
News • April 3, 2024
GGGI Shares Implementation Progress at First 2024 Aral Sea GRIP Project Steering Committee Meeting
Nukus, Uzbekistan, April 3, 2024 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Uzbekistan convened the Aral Sea GRIP Project Steering Committee (PSC). The meeting brought together key stakeholders to share the ‘Green Rehabilitation Investment Project for Karakalpakstan Republic to address impacts of the Aral Sea crisis’ (Aral Sea GRIP)’ implementation progress, highlighting key achievements and addressing […]
News • March 20, 2024
Multipartner Implementation Agreement on CSA Models for Tree Nurseries in Karakalpakstan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan, March 20, 2024 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), under the leadership of GGGI Uzbekistan Country Representative, Dr. Aaron Russell, and the Project Manager of the Regional Project Ecologically-Oriented Development of the Aral Sea Region – GIZ, Dr. Paul Schumacher, signed an Implementation Note […]
News • March 15, 2024
GGGI Explores Regional Cooperation to scale up its successful Forestry Investment and CSA interventions at UNCCD’s Peace Forest Initiative Workshop
Tashkent, Uzbekistan, March 15, 2024 – From March 12th to 15th, 2024, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Uzbekistan attended the “Peace Forest Initiative (PFI): Fostering Land Restoration and Sustainable Management” workshop, organized by the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), held in Tashkent, bringing together participants from the five Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, […]
News • March 1, 2024
Climate Finance Access Network (CFAN): The Pacific Climate Investors Pitch
Nadi, Fiji, March 1st, 2024 – In an initiative to drive green growth and combat climate change impacts, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) hosted the Pacific Climate Investors Pitch session through the Climate Finance Access Network (CFAN). The hybrid event, held in early March, witnessed over 40 participants, including esteemed partners such as DFAT, […]
News • December 2, 2023
Boosting Climate Resilience: GGGI Uzbekistan Conducted CSA Trainings in Karakalpakstan!
Nukus, Uzbekistan, December 2, 2023 – Against the backdrop of the Aral Sea’s dwindling shores, GGGI Uzbekistan spearheaded a series of capacity-building trainings as part of the KOICA-funded Green Rehabilitation Investment Project for Karakalpakstan Republic to Address Impacts of the Aral Sea Crisis (Aral Sea GRIP). Under the Aral Sea GRIP, GGGI Uzbekistan and the […]
News • November 7, 2023
GGGI Uzbekistan conducts the Second 2023 Project Steering Committee Meeting (PSC) for KOICA-funded Aral Sea GRIP
Tashkent, Uzbekistan, November 7, 2023– GGGI Uzbekistan held the Second Project Steering Committee Meeting (PSC) for Green Rehabilitation Investment Project for Karakalpakstan Republic to Address Impacts of the Aral Sea Crisis (Aral Sea GRIP). The PSC meeting presented the progress made since the last PSC meeting held on 19 April 2023 and the project implementation […]
News • September 20, 2023
GGGI Uzbekistan Hands Planting Tools Over to the Forestry Committee of Karakalpakstan
Nukus, Uzbekistan, September 20, 2023– GGGI Uzbekistan handed over 1,384 planting tools to the Forestry Committee of Karakalpakstan to continue the government’s tree planting efforts in cities and towns in Karakalpakstan, to support farmers with trees and to afforest the Aral Sea seabed. The ceremony was organized within the framework of “Green Rehabilitation Investment Project […]
News • September 20, 2023
GGGI Uzbekistan signed an Agreement on Climate Change Adaptation Greenhouse Trainings with Karakalpakstan government
Nukus, Uzbekistan, September 20, 2023 – The Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction of the Republic of Karakalpakstan hosted the signing ceremony of an implementation note on joint capacity–building measures within the “Green Rehabilitation Investment Project for Karakalpakstan Republic to Address Impacts of the Aral Sea Crisis” (Aral Sea GRIP), GGGI project funded by KOICA. […]
News • July 28, 2023
GGGI and DENR sign MoU for Green Growth Cooperation
July 18, 2023 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) are looking into ways to collaborate in the development and design of scalable and inclusive green growth projects to enhance the sustainable management, conservation and restoration of the country’s natural resource base. GGGI and DENR have […]
News • June 7, 2023
GGGI concludes its Fifth Technical Advisory Committee Meeting for the KOICA-GGGI Climate Smart Agriculture Project
June 06, 2023, Janakpur, Nepal – GGGI, in collaboration with the Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoLMAC), has successfully concluded its fifth Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) meeting for the KOICA-GGGI Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) project. The TAC, serving as the project’s apex governing body, provides valuable guidance for the implementation of the initiative. […]
News • June 6, 2023
GGGI Inaugurates Local Emergency Operations Center supported by the KOICA-GGGI Climate Smart Agriculture Project
05 June 2023, Janakpur, Nepal – Government of Nepal mandates the establishment of Local Emergency Operations Center (LEOC) at the level of the municipalities in Nepal. However, not all municipalities currently have provisions for LEOC and GGGI is addressing this gap in the Madhesh Province. GGGI is implementing the Climate Smart Agriculture project in […]
News • July 27, 2022
KOICA signs a Grant Arrangement with GGGI to implement a $5.99M project to support Climate-Smart Agriculture in the Terai Flood Plain, Nepal.
On June 29, 2022, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) signed an agreement for implementation of the project “Building Climate Resilience and Reintegrating Economically Displaced Workers Through Climate Smart Agriculture in the Terai Flood Plain, Nepal.” The project has a budget of $5.99 million and will be implemented […]