Items tagged:
Green growth
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How to green Africa from the grassroots
As COVID-19 prompts rethinks, investing in renewable energy, regenerative agriculture and skills could help Africa handle future crises
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The trouble with growth: Make Change Happen podcast episode 4
The concept of economic growth has dominated political and policy thinking for 50 years. But increasingly, that hold is being questioned, as the urgent need to cut emissions, protect nature and create a more socially just world becomes ever clearer. In this episode, IIED director Andrew Norton asks: what is the trouble with growth, and how can we fix it?
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Leading experts set out their vision for a green economy
To mark the launch of its new website, the GEC asked leading green thinkers to set out their personal vision of a green economy. Politicians, activists and industry leaders from around the globe responded. Now the GEC is asking: "What does 'a green economy' mean to you?"
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Highs and lows of the transition to an inclusive green economy
Paul Steele reflects on the highs and lows emerging from this week's UN PAGE conference in Berlin, as leaders in sustainable development gathered to tackle what it takes for a global shift to economies that are fair and green.
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Why social inclusion matters for green growth
From wetland protection in South Africa to scrapping fossil fuel subsidies in Indonesia, the best climate policies are pro-poor
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Formalising the informal
What does it mean to 'formalise' the informal sector? Discussions at an informality event with our partners revealed some of the barriers to successful formalisation and examples of what works
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Photo exhibition highlights varied and vibrant informal economies
Photos exhibited at a recent conference on informal economies and green growth show people working in the informal sector in eight countries
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Green grows the informal economy
An event on the informal sector and the green economy established six principles for a new policy agenda on inclusive green growth
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Lessons from the informal sector
Could the informal economy provide the way forward for the green growth agenda? Ahead of an IIED event on 25 February, Mao Amis looks at lessons that can be learned
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Does green growth miss the majority?
On 25 February IIED is hosting an event on the informal sector – we want to better understand how it can contribute to creating a greener and more inclusive economy
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The biggest 'private sector': what place for the informal economy in green and inclusive growth?
IIED and partners are hosting a conference in London on 25 February that is designed to help build a new policy agenda to integrate the informal economy with inclusive green growth and sustainable development
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Are Kazakhstan's plans for a greener future at risk?
A major recent government restructure could present obstacles as well as opportunities for Kazakhstan's transition to a green economy
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Support for green economy surges but crucial gaps remain
Governments, businesses, investors and others are embracing the ‘green economy’ idea, but differences in the way they interpret it pose barriers to sustainable development, according to a report published today by the International Institute for Environment and Development and the Green Economy Coalition.
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Kazakhstan: Green economy of the future?
Kazakhstan is taking the lead among Central Asian countries by aspiring to make the leap to a green economy. Saule Ospanova sets out ten recommendations to help it on its way.
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Green Growth and equity must go hand in hand
The OECD’s latest report begins to bridge the growing divide between international institutions’ focus on green growth, and developing countries’ need for greater equity.
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Green Growth, and how we get there
A Chatham House hosted meeting on green growth offers clues for governments perplexed as to how and when to get the economy growing again – this time more sustainably.
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Three angles on 'green growth'
How can you marry environment and development? Over the past two years, governments and businesses have begun to trumpet ‘green growth’ as one way of boosting economic growth without compromising environmental sustainability.
