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In focus Active since Sustainable Growth, sustainability, sustainable growth, Clean energy and environment

The conditions for growth are transforming under the risks of climate change. Our content below identifies a new development pathway for countries which combines expanded energy use with lower emissions and protecting vulnerable populations.

Blogs

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Climate priorities in developing countries

Balancing climate impacts and fiscal stability in Uganda’s energy transition

Albert Musisi, Wilson Asiimwe, Edward Bbaale
Blog
Blue Photovoltaic Solar Panels installed on a building rooftop. Rooftop Solar Plant - stock photo
Climate priorities in developing countries

What is limiting renewable energy adoption in Bangladesh’s garment sector?

Atonu Rabbani
Blog
Women collecting water in plastic containers from a volcanic spring, Turkana region, Kenya (Credit: Martin Harvey via GettyImages)
Climate priorities in developing countries

Does climate change cause conflict: What can research tell us?

Hélène Donnat Gonzalez Holguera, Miguel Fajardo-Steinhäuser
Blog
Coins stacked on top of solar panels
Climate priorities in developing countries

From plans to pipelines: The case for country platforms

Saugata Mittra
Blog
Group of people clearing a drainage canal.

Community action against floods: Climate adaptation in coastal Mozambique

Patrícia Caetano, Stefan Leeffers, Jacob Macdonald, Pedro Vicente, Caroline Miehe, Nuno Calaim
Blog
NIGERIA-ENVIRONMENT-POLLUTION Workers load plastic waste in to bags at Kara, Ibafo, Ogun State in southwest Nigeria, on April 1, 2021. - The sprawling neighbouring Lagos megacity of 20 million people produces between 13,000 and 15,000 tons of waste per day, including 2,250 0f plastics,according to the Lagos-based recycling sart-up Wecyclers. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP) (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images)

Creating cleaner cities: Sustainable strategies for urban waste management

Erin Spence, Oliver Harman
Blog
Two people walking in the horiszon on the border of a fish and shrimp farm with a narrow walkway separating the pond.

Shrimp cultivation as climate adaptation in coastal Bangladesh

Jack Thiemel, Krittika Ray
Blog
Garment waste collecting by a river in Bangladesh.

Can multinational buyers help curb river pollution by Bangladesh’s garment industry?

Kazi Iqbal, Moogdho Mahzab, Kazuki Motohashi, Haruka Takayama
Blog
Globe with EU stars around it against a Mozambique flag to demonstrate the impact of EU's CBAM.
Climate priorities in developing countries

Mozambique's strategic responses to the implementation of CBAM

Felix Mambo
Blog
Roof top solar installation with shenzhen downtown skyline view as background,China.
Climate priorities in developing countries

Aligning the GHG Protocol towards corporate incentives for expanding clean energy access

Amna Mahmood
Blog
Mozambique flag and a green outline of the globe to illustrate the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and why it matters for Mozambique.

Why CBAM matters for Mozambique’s industrial future

Felix Mambo
Blog
The picturesque landscape of Khyber Pahtunkhwa in Pakistan with mountains, streams and trees to explore tree cover as part of the Billion Tree Tsunami Afforestation Programme.

Evaluating the environmental impacts of large-scale afforestation in Pakistan

Veronica Salazar Restrepo, Amen Jalal
Blog

COP30

As COP30 launches, the IGC joins the global conversation with new research including a draft proposal on a unified carbon market, activities, events, and programmes such as the Climate and Growth Initiative and the India Sustainable Growth Hub

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Publications

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Carbon Markets

Rohini Pande, Robin Burgess, Maryam Farboodi, Agnes Norris Keiller, Lucy Page
Working paper
A landscape of a wind farm at sunset demonstrates the urgent need renewable energy in Pakistan to overcome the electricity crisis.

Sustainable Pakistan: Addressing climate-driven demands and fiscal challenges for electricity

Tim Dobermann, Sajid Faiz Malik, Faraz Hayat, Zuhair Khan
Growth brief
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Transition-critical minerals

Shahrukh Wani, Jonathan Leape, Tim Dobermann
Policy note
Photo by Adsiz Gunebakan-Anadolu via GettyImages

Sustainable Pakistan: Transforming cities for resilience and growth

Hina Shaikh
Growth brief

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Photo by Prashanth Vishwanathan (IWMI).

White paper: Innovation, growth, and the environment

Robin Burgess, Stefano Caria, Tim Dobermann, Allegra Saggese
Synthesis paper
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Resilient and resurgent Bangladesh: Sustaining economic growth in a changing climate

Aminul Aman, Ashfaqul Chowdhury, Nikita Sharma, Shahid Vaziralli
Synthesis paper
Watkiss et al Policy report August 2022 first page

How to spend 5 billion dollars? Prioritising climate change adaptation measures in Rwanda

Paul Watkiss, Blanche Butera, Jonathan Bower
Policy brief

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Governing growth: Economics & urban regulation in Amman

Sandra Hiari, Salma Shaheen
Policy note
Climate priorities in developing countries

What is limiting renewable energy adoption in Bangladesh’s garment sector?

Atonu Rabbani
Blog

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Victoria Delbridge, Tim Dobermann, Muskan Jain, Juliana Oliveira-Cunha
Policy brief

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21 January 2026 14:00-15:00 online
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