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November 2018 - Issue 7
This Month in Paris: 
Major Momentum Towards a Greener Future

From 26-30 November 2018, leading organizations and experts will convene in Paris, for a week of events, discussion and networking for a greener future. Key events include the Sixth GGKP Annual Conference, held in conjunction with the 2018 OECD Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum on "Inclusive Solutions for the Green Transition"; the 2nd Global Forum on Green Economy Learning, on the theme of " Green Economy: New Challenges, New Skills "; the UN Environment Finance Initiative's biennial Global Roundtable; and the Natural Capital Policy Forum, which will focus on the theme of "Working together to improve decision-making: Special Insights on climate change and biodiversity

Further details are available on the GGKP website, including how to engage and follow the action from home ggkp.org/major-momentum-in-paris



A New Benchmark for Quality of Growth from ADB
This report launches the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Inclusive Green Growth Index (IGGI) - a new metric for quality of growth that reflects economic growth, social equity, and environmental sustainability. Building on current measures and indices, the IGGI is designed to guide policymakers to make informed decisions about prioritizing infrastructure investment and financial allocations to determine a better quality of growth. The report emphasizes the need for strengthened coordination between agencies for prioritizing, planning and implementing infrastructure investment and services, as well as deepened integration between local, provincial and national agencies to improve efficiencies in project management and for optimizing financial resources. 

"The Coral Reef Economy: The Business Case for Investment in the Protection, Preservation and Enhancement of Coral Reef Health", a new report from UN Environment, the Prince of Wales' International Sustainability Unit (ISU), and the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI), presents a new analysis of the value, costs and benefits of shifting the trajectory of coral reef health from one on continuing decline towards a healthy state could unlock tens of billions of dollars in additional value. The findings show that the shift can be largely achieved through strategic interventions using existing tools and methods. 

The World Bank, the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), and the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS), have released "Where Sun Meets Water: Floating solar market report". This Executive Summary presents an overview of floating solar technologies, current deployment market and future opportunities, challenges related to floating solar deployment, policies and regulatory considerations, and current costs and project structuring. 


Twice per year, the Economic Development Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Office for the Southern Cone of Latin America produce the report, "Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean". This edition addresses the region's environmental challenges and their multiple linkages with job creation and decent work. It emphasizes that the transition to a greener economy is urgent from both an environmental and employment standpoint, and that green policies must be accompanied by integrated legal frameworks, social protection, skills development, and gender equality policies. 


Recommendations for Mainstreaming Sustainable Finance
A new discussion paper from the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, "Transforming the Financial System for Delivering Sustainable Development: A high-level overview", provides high-level recommendations for mainstreaming sustainable finance into national and international financial systems. The paper spotlights actions governments can take to create an enabling environment for sustainable finance, including through providing long-term policy signals to investors, financiers and businesses to overcome short-termism; using public finance levers more effectively to crowd-in private investment and de-risk projects, and a range of targeted financial regulatory interventions. 




New Platforms and Tools
The Carbon Pricing Dashboard is an interactive online platform that provides up-to-date information on existing and emerging carbon pricing initiatives around the world. Users can navigate key statistics and information on carbon pricing initiatives implemented or scheduled for implementation. It builds on the data and analyses of the annual State and Trends of Carbon Pricing report series

Open Foris is a set of free and open-source software tools that facilitates flexible and efficient data collection, analysis and reporting, including data collection through Google Earth and other high-resolutions satellite imagery. Government, research institutions and NGO's use these tools for a wide range of monitoring purposes, including forest inventories; climate change reporting; socio-economic surveys; biodiversity assessment; land use, land-use change and forestry management; deforestation monitoring with remote sensing, and detecting desertification outside of forest.   



Upcoming Courses and Webinars
20 November, Webinar: Markets & Finance Mechanisms to Advance Resilience , United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
10-14 December, Course: Green Building and Construction: Pathway Towards Inclusive Growth and the Creation of Decent and Green Jobs, Green Jobs Programme of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the ILO International Training Centre (ITC-ILO), Turin, Italy - Application deadline: 2 November 2018 


Upcoming Events
26-27 November, 2nd Global Forum on Green Economy Learning , Partnership for Action on Green Economy, OECD, Environment for Development, Global Green Growth Institute, Green Economy Coalition, Green Growth Knowledge Platform
27-27 November,  Natural Capital Policy Forum, Natural Capital Coalition, WAVES (World Bank), UN Statistical Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, UN Environment
27-29 November, Sixth GGKP Annual Conference / 2018 OECD Green Growth and Sustainable Development ForumGreen Growth Knowledge Platform and OECD
26-28 November, UNEP FI Global Roundtable and Paris Climate Finance Day, UN Environment Finance Initiative and Finance for Tomorrow
28 November, Natural Capital Coalition Collaboration DayNatural Capital Coalition


Vacancies
Green Industry Programme Management Officer, Green Growth Knowledge Platform
Media and Communications Officer , International Institute for Sustainable Development
Policy Researcher, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
About the GGKP
The Green Growth Knowledge Platform ( GGKP ) is a global community of organisations and experts committed to collaboratively generating, managing and sharing green growth knowledge. Founded by the Global Green Growth Institute ( GGGI ), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ), the United Nations Environment Programme ( UN Environment ) and the World Bank Group , the GGKP now draws together 60 partners organisations.