Better, smarter urban growth could be an economic opportunity for India worth up to 6% of GDP by 2050, according to the latest research from the New Climate Economy.
Developing countries like India, China, and Brazil took many important steps on climate action in 2016, writes Naina Lal Kidwai in The Hill.
Land restoration is not a choice; it is a necessity, writes Sofia Farqui in Project Syndicate.
Investing in sustainable infrastructure is key to tackling the three central challenges facing the global community: reigniting growth, delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals, and reducing climate risk in line with the outcomes of Paris, writes Lord Nicholas Stern in The Independent.
Washington, D.C., November 4, 2016: Economic transformation can revive Africa’s growth rates while promoting development and climate goals, according to a new report from the New Climate Economy.
The report, Africa’s New Climate Economy, is the first to bring economic transformation together with development and climate change in one comprehensive assessment.
We have a choice in the next few years. Invest in the dirty, unhealthy, and unsustainable infrastructure of the past, or leap forward to the clean, efficient, and affordable infrastructure of the future, writes President Felipe Calderón in CNN Money.
Washington, D.C., October 6, 2016: A major new report from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate calls on governments and finance institutions to scale up and shift investment for sustainable infrastructure as a fundamental strategy to spur growth.
In light of the news that the Paris Agreement has achieved enough ratifications to trigger entry into force in 30 days, Felipe Calderón, former President of Mexico and chair of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, has issued the following statement:
On October 6, 2016, the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate will launch it's third major report, The Sustainable Infrastructure Imperative: Financing for Better Growth and Development, at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC.
Africa has the chance to become a world leader in low-carbon urban development, writes Yvo de Boer and Dr. Carlos Lopes in This is Africa.