Ireland’s Opportunity for Green Recovery

Ireland’s crisis presents opportunity for green recovery

28.04.2011 - As the world moves towards a green growth regime, Ireland must decide what kind of economy it wants to see emerge from the current crisis. That is according to former UN climate change chief, Yvo de Boer, today global adviser on climate change and sustainability at KPMG.

De Boer will be in Dublin next month as keynote speaker at the second annual Green Economy Business & Leadership Briefing on 31 May, where leading international figures will discuss themes that include green economic growth, sustainable cities and the green credentials of cloud computing. He believes that Ireland’s current difficulties must be seen as an opportunity towards building a sustainable economy, with green recovery and jobs creation.

“The Chinese word for crisis consists of two characters – one is crisis and one is opportunity,” says de Boer. {continued}