What we're doing
We have come together to:
- improve communication between stakeholders and among green economy initiatives
- forge a coherent new economic vision that works for all
- encourage that best practice is scaled up
- promote ways of halting bad practice
- encourage innovation that explores prosperity within planetary boundaries
- influence key decision-makers.
To find out more about our motivations for coming together read our shared analysis and our towards a green economy flyer. For information on our governance structure have a read of our Terms of Reference or contact us directly.
Coalition updates
Green Transition Scoreboard shows investment reaches $3.3 trillion
Coalition member, Ethical Markets Media, released their 2012 GREEN TRANSITION SCOREBOARD® tracking private sector investments since 2007 in green companies and technologies globally, now totaling more than $3.3 trillion....
IIED unveils exciting plans for Rio+20
GEC founding member, IIED, will be hosting a major international event in Rio over the weekend immediately before Rio+20, and would like to talk to organisations interested in being...
Join us for the Global Transition Dialogue, New York
The Green Economy Coalition has teamed up with Stakeholder Forum, the New Economics Institute, and the New Economics Foundation...
Measuring What Matters evening debate: next steps
On 15 February, the Coalition held the first of five Green Economy Debates, focused on 'Measuring What Matters', in preparation for Rio+20. The debate picked up on the three propoals for alternative metrics in the Rio+20 negotiating text:...
Coalition takes part in live Earth Debate on 'Beyond GDP'
In response the Coalition's focus on Measuring What Matters (one of our five themes of change) we were asked to take part in a live discussion at the Natural History Museum, hosted by...
Green Economy Coalition responds to the GSP Report
We salute the Global Sustainability Panel for their vision and ambition. If the conversations at Rio replicate the same ambition, collaboration and scale, and are supported by time-bound commitments, then we will witness a turning point for the future...
Talking Green Economy: Johan Rockstrom
In the first of our 'Talking Green Economy' series we sit down with Johan Rockstrom, from the Stockholm Resilience Centre and lead scientist behind the concept of...
Event: Measuring What Matters
If there is one thing that will come out of the UN summit on sustainable development (Rio 2012) in June it will involve metrics.
The call for more robust and integrated corporate reporting; the proposal for alternative ...
Green Economy Coalition responds to the Rio+20 negotiating text
These world summits only come round every ten years. This text needs to be as bold, visionary and urgent as the moment demands. This is one step forward. There are three more to go: This plan needs to be financed; have clearer responsibilities;...
