We are Stuck in a Climate Paradox: Can We Resolve It?
In this summer of climate extremes, one thing is clear: we are collectively stuck in a climate paradox. Momentum to seriously address the climate crisis appears to be accelerating, yet top line indicators linked to global...
Pre-COP27 Reality Check: Sustainability Targets in the MENA Region
As COP27 approaches this November in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, attention will again turn to national climate commitments and the tug of war between target-setting, activist scrutiny, and everything in between. COP...
UK Green Economy Progress: Fact or Fiction?
Visiting post-Brexit, COP26 Britain last week begged the question: what is going on in the UK's green economy lately? Phil McNally of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change sums it up as follows:"Much of the (UK)...
Where is Momentum in the Green Economy Today?
The new 2022 Global Green Economy Index™ (GGEI) offers real-time insight into which of the 160 markets it covers have green economy momentum today. By tracking the change in performance over time across the 18 GGEI...
Results from the 2022 Global Green Economy Index™ (GGEI)
Covering 160 countries, this new GGEI represents a novel approach to measuring national sustainability performance: for each of its 18 indicators, it looks at both the degree of progress each country has made from 2005 to...
Preview the 18 GGEI Indicators
As we near the launch of the special 10-year anniversary edition of the Global Green Economy Index™ (GGEI), we wanted to give our subscribers a preview on the 18 indicators that will define this new GGEI and why they...
Two Innovations in Two Minutes
As we near the launch of the special 10-year anniversary edition of the Global Green Economy Index™ (GGEI) early in 2022, we wanted to share two analytic enhancements to the product we are working on and why they...
Results from the “Climate Moment 2020” Modeling
Since the Paris Climate Conference in 2015, we have been working with KnowlEdge srl to track country progress towards emission reduction targets set at COP21. As the 5-year anniversary of COP21 approaches, we...
Survey Results from “Getting to a 2020s Green Breakthrough”
Between January 28th and April 1st of 2020, we asked global experts working on climate change, sustainable finance, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the environment a question: how can policy, markets, and people...
New Atlas of the Green Economy
We are proud to announce the publication today of the 1st Atlas of the Green Economy for the Francophonie. Conceived by the Institut de la Francophonie pour le développement durable (IFDD) and based in data from the...