Green growth

With Rio+20 taking place this week, Prachi Seth from the Overseas Development Institute examines the what is meant by the term ‘green economy’ – and what lessons we can learn from past experiences to ensure market mechanisms work to support the most vulnerable.
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Join CDKN at its events in Rio or watch us online – and get involved with some of our partnership activities.
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This project will foster trilateral cooperation between China, Africa and the EU on climate compatible development through the co-development in two African countries of LCZs: particular areas with distinct policy and institutional frameworks designed to enable climate compatible development.
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CDKN and DFID co-hosted the LEDS Collaboration in Action workshop, over 20th-23rd May in the UK, on behalf of the LEDS Global Partnership (LEDS GP). The workshop brought together more than 125 representatives from developed and developing countries, implementing organizations and multilateral institutions.
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CDKN’s Executive Chairman, Simon Maxwell, reflects on the challenges policy-makers face in constructing deliverables post Rio+20 and the G20 meeting, and suggests a new initiative to support countries setting out on the path to green growth.
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Jos Bruggink is professor emeritus of the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) of the VU University Amsterdam and former head of the unit Policy Studies of the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN). In this blog, based on his recent research, he challenges the ‘triple-win’ approach to merging adaptation, mitigation and development in climate compatible development approaches.
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