Better Growth, Better Cities: Rethinking and Redirecting Urbanization in Africa

Felipe Calderón and Nicolas Stern argue the case for a new approach to the economics of climate change.
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Mr. Trevor Manuel, the former Honourable Minister in the South African Presidency, was a panelist at a high-level session at the African Development Bank Group Annual Meeting.

In a speech at the 2014 UN Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru, Felipe Calderon explained the main findings of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate. The report's practical recommendations will boost growth, generate savings and reduce climate risk.

The U.S. shale gas revolution has dramatically increased supplies of low-cost natural gas, upended U.S. coal markets, and led many electric utilities to switch from coal to natural gas, reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. While there remain concerns about some of the impacts of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”), the trend toward increasing use of natural gas is widely expected to continue.

The UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris is a vital chance to advance a new era of better growth. 24 members of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate call for stronger climate action ahead of COP 21.

Empowered women are not only critical for the environment, but also crucial to the global economy, write Kristalina Georgieva and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

Now that the Paris rulebook is decided, leaders around the world should already be thinking ahead about how they can step up their country's ambition, writes Naina Lal Kidwai.

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New Climate Economy project led by former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón, with government, business and finance leaders from 14 countries

NEW YORK (September 24, 2013)—As evidence of human-induced climate change mounts, a new global commission launched today will analyze the economic costs and benefits of acting on climate change. The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate comprises leaders from government, finance and business from 14 countries, chaired by former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón.  

Maria van der Hoeven, Eduardo Paes, and Caio Koch-Weser have joined the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate.

Nicholas Stern welcomed the Lima climate change agreement as an important step on the path to Paris, but urged even more robust action. He encouraged new investments in clean development, which "hold the key to both managing the risks of climate change and overcoming poverty.”

As part of a series of events in the run-up to the highly anticipated papal encyclical on climate change, the New Climate Economy was invited to provide a strong economic and business voice to demonstrate that climate action and economic growth can and should occur together for a just transition to a low-carbon economy.

Paris – Former President of Mexico and Chair of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, Felipe Calderón, will be in Paris during the UNFCCC Climate Negotiations to lend h