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"Risks are not a necessary burden of the metals industries," says Imperial College London Honorary Research Fellow Dr. Mike Holland in his paper,
Reducing the health risks of the copper, rare earth and cobalt industries: The transition to a low-carbon economy
.
"Creative solutions are needed, linking government and supply chain action."
Dr. Holland will present his paper at the OECD's 2019 Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum
(#GGSD) convening under the theme of "Greening heavy and extractive industries: innovation and fiscal implications", which will
take place on 26-27 November 2019 in Paris, France.
Registration deadline is 22 November 2019.
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The Green Industry Platform and the Green Finance Platform have launched a case study competition to spotlight
innovative financing for sustainability-driven women-led startups in the Asia Pacific region. The case studies will feature SMEs that have successfully accessed financing for sustainable business solutions or financial institutions that offer financial products designed to help SMEs green their operations, services or end products. Winners will be showcased on a range of GGKP channels and will be invited to participate in a four day workshop on access to finance for women-led startups. S
ubmission deadline is
27 November 2019 (5 p.m. CET).
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The International Resource Panel (IRP) has released the report "Mineral Resource Governance in the 21st Century: Gearing Extractive Industries Towards Sustainable Development". The report calls for a new governance framework for the extractive sector referred to as the "Sustainable Development Licence to Operate" and includes consensus-based principles, policy options and best practices that are compatible with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and other international policy commitments. It also discusses the creation of an International Mineral Agency to share relevant information and data, and periodical reporting of progress towards sustainable development through a global "state of the extractive sector" review or an equivalent process.
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The Climate Policy Initiative has released the 2019 edition of the "Global Landscape of Climate Finance", which provides a global overview of climate-related primary investment. This year's report includes six years of consecutive data, including the first major wave of investments following ratification of the Paris Agreement, in 2017 and 2018. CPI reports that climate finance flows reached a record high of $612 billion in 2017, driven particularly by renewable energy capacity additions in
China
, the
US
and
India
, as well as increased public commitments to land use and energy efficiency. This was followed by an 11% drop in 2018 to $546 billion.
While climate finance has reached record levels, action still falls far short of what is needed under a 1.5˚C scenario.
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UN Environment has released the report "
Growing in Circles: Climate-ready, resilient, resource-efficient and equitable cities". The report gathers lessons from the Global Initiative for Resource Efficient Cities' (GI-REC) pilot work with city leaders and technical professionals, and summarizes practical pathways towards resource efficiency and a circular economy. The report outlines three pathways taken in the piloting experience: circular economy in cities, recognising linkages, and community-scale action on pilot projects performed in eight cities: Medellin,
Colombia; Cusco,
Peru; Sao Paulo,
Brazil; Recife, Brazil; Brussels,
Belgium; Dongguan,
China; Sorsogon, the
Philippines; and Cape Town,
South Africa.
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In July 2018, insurers, insurance market bodies and key industry stakeholders from around the world signed the first-ever insurance industry statement to protect World Heritage Sites. Building on this statement, UN Environment's Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative and WWF have released the report, "
Protecting Our World Heritage, Insuring a Sustainable Future". The report explains the risks that insurers face and the role of key actors in the insurance industry. It also provides practical tools and a set of recommendations that insurers can implement in their risk management, insurance and investment activities to protect World Heritage Sites, while reducing carbon emissions, building resilience to climate change impacts, and tackling biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation.
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The International Trade Center has released the fourth edition of the global report, "
The State of Sustainable Markets 2019: Statistics and Emerging Trends". The report provides market and statistical data about 14 major sustainability standards for bananas, cocoa, coffee, cotton, oil palm, soybeans, sugarcane, tea and forestry products. The report intends to inform readers, encourage additional data collection and promote accountability in sustainable markets. It also serves as a resource for further analysis and informed decision-making by researchers, policymakers, industry actors and other stakeholders.
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The OECD has released "
Taxing Energy Use 2019" - a snapshot of where countries stand in deploying energy and carbon taxes, tracks progress made, and makes actionable recommendations on how governments could do better. The report contains new and original data on energy and carbon taxes in OECD and G20 countries, and in international aviation and maritime transport. Tax rates and tax coverage are detailed by country, sector, energy source and tax type. The use of a common methodology ensures full comparability of tax rates and structures across countries while the summary indicators facilitate cross-country comparisons.
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19 November, Ten Years After Pittsburgh: Changing Finance for Good, Finance Watch, Brussels, Belgium
20 November, Climate Technology Matchmaking Event, Climate Technology Centre and Network, Brussels, Belgium
26-27 November, OECD Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum, OECD, Paris, France
28 November, UNEP FI Regional Roundtable on Sustainable Finance - Europe, UNEP FI, Luxembourg
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About the GGKP
The Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (
GGKP
) is a global community of organisations and experts dedicated to providing the policy, business and finance communities with knowledge, data, guidance and tools to transition to an inclusive green economy through the policy-focused Green Growth Knowledge Platform, Green Industry Platform and Green Finance Platform. The GGKP is led by the Global Green Growth Institute (
GGGI
), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (
OECD
), United Nations Environment Programme (
UNEP
), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and
World Bank Group
.
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