The effort will on best practices across all regions of the world and different levels of government. Ecofys is part of the consortium and will play a leading role in the green growth assessment and preparation of the chapters on implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
GGBP will engage many leading experts from developed and developing countries and a broad community of practitioners, policymakers, academics, and private sector stakeholders from all regions of the world in conducting an assessment of green growth best practice. The aim is to identify which approaches work well and which do not work so well in particular circumstances.
“Green growth plans are key instruments to integrate action on climate change, environment and natural resources into development and economic planning. They can help governments to reconcile these important issues in order to safeguard future prosperity. This is why the European Climate Foundation is supporting this initiative”, said Bert Metz, fellow at ECF and the current chair of the Steering Committee for the initiative.
The initiative said plans are already in the works to produce comprehensive reports, a living handbook to document and share experiences and lessons, tailored technical resources and training materials across sectors, and workshops and forums to foster peer learning and innovation on green growth.
“Green growth is a very promising way to tackle climate change. To do this, it is important to show the world that best practices already exist today,” said Dr. Niklas Höhne, Director of Energy and Climate Policy at Ecofys.
A project team with international experts from Ecofys, Energy Research Center of the Netherlands, European Climate Foundation, Global Green Growth Institute, Joint Implementation Network, and the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory is leading implementation of GGBP. GGBP is an affiliated program with the Green Growth Knowledge Platform, a joint effort of GGGI, the OECD, UNEP, and the World Bank.
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