2011-11-17 - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched a report in Beijing on Wednesday to guide a global shift towards a low-carbon, resource-efficient and socially inclusive future.
The report, entitled Towards a "Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication" {pdf}, aims to debunk myths and misconceptions about greening the global economy, and provides guidance to policy makers on what reforms are needed to unlock the productive and employment potential of a green economy.
It confirms that an investment of two percent of global GDP across 10 key sectors is what is required to kick start a shift from the current brown polluting and inefficient economy to a green one.
The 10 sectors in the report are agriculture, fisheries, water, forests, renewable energy, manufacturing, waste, buildings, transport and tourism. read more>>>
Friday, November 18, 2011
UNEP Green Economy Report 2011
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