Green growth

We need a healthy environment to survive. We need economic development to thrive.

Green growth is the pursuit of economic development in an environmentally sustainable manner. CDKN is a knowledge partner of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform.

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Stories

NEWS: Join regional ‘Communities of Practice’ on low emission development

The Low Emission Development Global Partnership (LEDS GP) creates opportunities for professionals to exchange experience on practical aspects of low emission development. Members of our network say they value these platforms for skills exchange and learning – whether it is in person, or increasingly through ‘virtual’ meetings and conversations. Join a technical 'community of practice' today! [more...]

May 22, 2018

OPINION: NDCs – Prospects for progress in 2018

February 19, 2018

FEATURE: Emerging and exponential technologies could open new opportunities for low-carbon development

October 31, 2017

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Projects

PROJECT: Mainstreaming adaptation to climate change in the transport sector in Colombia – Vulnerability assessment of the national pri...

Project Reference: TALA-0028f

This project aimed to provide the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Environment of Colombia with a vulnerability and risk analysis of the national level primary road system. [more...]

PROJECT: Strengthening of the capacity of ‘Invest in Cartagena’

Project Reference: TALA-0039

PROJECT: Fostering LEDS LAC and CDKN partnership

Project Reference: LEGL-3003

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Resources

POLICY BRIEF: Promoting green urban industrialisation in Ethiopia

A recent CDKN study across the towns of Kombolcha and Mek’ele in Ethiopia, both of which host new industrial parks, investigated whether taking a corridor approach to urban-industrial development can support more sustainable patterns of urban growth. [more...]

January 29, 2018

WORKING PAPER: Emerging and exponential technologies – New opportunities for climate compatible development

November 1, 2017

WORKING PAPER: Working across scales – Learning from seven years of climate compatible development in Asia

September 19, 2017

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