This report assessed potential opportunities and options to promote a green economy, with a focus on key economic sectors as set out by the South Africa’s National Development Plan – Vision 2030. A modelling exercise compared scenarios of investments directed to...
The toolkit aims to assist sub-national levels of government to translate national green economy strategies into local plans and action. It looks at key sectors of relevance to the African context, as well as more general planning principles and approaches. ...
This report analysed the key socioeconomic vulnerabilities to and likely impact of oil price and supply shocks on developing countries, and recommended a broad set of mitigation strategies and policies for ameliorating these impacts. The areas covered included the...
This is an expansion of the three case studies (Malawi, South Africa, Cuba) prepared by the SI for DfID in 2016 (see project: Mitigating vulnerabilities in the energy-food-water nexus in developing countries). Kenya, a lower-middle-income ‘frontier economy’,...
UN-Habitat asked the SI to assemble a series of short booklets to educate city decision-makers on the latest concepts in urban sustainability, in order to encourage them to contribute toward greener economies. The booklets focused on urban infrastructure, density,...
