What we're doing
We are guided by three objectives:
- to mobilise a civil society movement around green economy issues, ensuring that multi-sector perspectives and voices from the South are integrated into all discussions;
- to build and share knowledge on green economy;
- to influence the policy discussions at the international level, and jointly communicate policy messages to key audiences.
Rio 2012
Next year, governments and world leaders will gather in Rio, Brazil, for the Earth Summit on sustainable development. The Green Economy is high on the agenda.
View full timeline of our activities along the road to Rio...
National dialogues
Each country faces its own unique set of green economy challenges. To build up our understanding the Coalition has been supporting a series of national dialogues.
Find out about past and future national dialogues...
Coalition updates
Talking Green Economy with Mark Fulton (Deutsche Bank)
As part of our initiative Banking - as if the future matters we are interviewing leading figures across finance, business and civil society to find out their five top suggestions for reforming the finance...
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Measuring What Matters: join us in Rio!
We're delighted to announce that we will be hosting a joint side event at Rio with the Prince's Accounting For Sustainability project and Stakeholder Forum on our theme...
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Banking as if the future matters: Online consultation
New initiative launches this week
According to a UNEP poll published this year, the biggest barrier to businesses becoming more sustainable is '...
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May Update
- Launch of a new global consultation; Banking - as if the future matters
- Talking Green Economy with Mark Fulton, Deutsche Bank ...
Making green economy work - UNEP webinar
Want to find out more about what civil society organisations are doing around a green economy? Curious to see what activities and research are already underway? Wondering what messages will be carried to Rio from organisations North and South?
Come and join a...
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Cuales son los principios de una economía verde? (en español)
Mientras la política de una economía verde coge ímpetu, aún quedan asuntos importantes en relación con el significado y las consecuencias de transición, sobre todo para los más pobres del mundo. A medida que los gobiernos empiezan a identificar...
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Talking Green Economy - Paul Ekins
The shift from a brown economy to a green economy is a transformation of epic proportions. The good news is that the transition is already well underway. There are many glimpses of a green economy all over the world. But the big question is how...
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Global webinar on 'Defining the Green Economy'
What does a green economy look like? Can a green economy be the path to universal human well-being? How can we ensure that it does not privatise and commoditise the natural world?
To tackle some of these big questions Oliver Greenfield, Convenor of the Green Economy Coalition, led a...
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- How can we scale up resource efficient industries?
- What would economist, Paul Ekins, do if he were in charge? Check out the latest in our Talking Green Economy series
- Consultation on the 9 Principles of a Green Economy goes global
- More on IIED's...
9 principles of a green economy? An online consultation
While political momentum on a green economy is now gathering pace there are still some important concerns regarding the meaning and consequences of a transition, particularly for the world's poorest. As governments begin to identify opportunities and policy frameworks at the national level...
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