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The
Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) has launched two new knowledge platforms
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the
Green Industry Platform
and the
Green Finance Platform
- offering
quick and easy access to
cutting-edge research, data, guidance and tools from leading institutions to empower businesses, banks, insurance and investment firms to make evidence-based decisions on how to green their operations.
The platforms offer everything from global-scale assessments to highly specialised guidance notes. Users can browse by sector, country, region or cross-cutting theme, including gender, jobs, circular economy and natural capital.
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The International Trade Centre (ITC) has released the "SME Competitiveness Outlook 2019". With insights from five thought leaders, seven case studies, and 85 country profiles, this report finds that to boost investment in developing country small firms, stronger investment facilitators (actors which connect firms to investors) are key. Other major findings: bundling investments for small firms into large packages helps scale up financing; disseminating information on small business credit performance improves risk assessments; and helping these firms to be investor-ready improves their commercial viability
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The Climate Finance Leadership Initiative (CFLI) has released the report, "Financing the Low-Carbon Future: A Private-Sector View on Mobilizing Climate Finance".
The report highlights real-world examples of best practices across both developed and emerging economies, along the entire investment chain. In recognition of the opportunity to act in the near to medium term, emphasis is given to readily available and scalable solutions and technologies, examples of successful low-carbon investments and transitions, and policy actions with proven track records of attracting private-sector capital across sectors with the largest emissions reduction potential.
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The OECD has released the report, "Waste Management and the Circular Economy in Selected OECD Countries", providing a cross-country review of waste, materials management and circular economy policies in selected OECD countries, drawing on OECD's Environmental Performance Reviews during the period 2010-17. It presents the main achievements in the countries reviewed, along with common trends and policy challenges, and provides insights into the effectiveness and efficiency of waste, materials management and circular economy policy frameworks.
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The United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative has released the "SSE 10 Years of Impact and Progress". The report provides an overview of the SSE's activities since the initiative was launched in 2009 by former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; an overview of the results of this work and the impact on the market, bringing together data collected from the SSE's databases on stock exchange sustainability activities and market trends; and perspectives from capital market leaders on what the next 10 years of the sustainability transition will look like for stock exchanges and their stakeholders.
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The World Bank has released "Governing Infrastructure Regulators in Fragile Environments: Principles and Implementation Manual" to contribute to improvements in the quality of infrastructure regulation in countries exiting situations of conflict and fragility. It identifies key principles for the governance of infrastructure regulatory agencies and suggests how those principles can be introduced successfully and maintained over time. It highlights that improvements in governance frameworks for infrastructure regulators will support better and accountable regulatory decision-making, as well as increased investment and overall economic development. Case studies from relevant country experience complement and provide context to the discussion on principles.
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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, the Green Industry Platform and the Green Finance Platform. The GGKP is led by the Global Green Growth Institute (
GGGI
), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (
OECD
), the United Nations Environment Programme (
UNEP
), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and the
World Bank Group
.
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