So,
recently, there has been much talk on the Green Economy as the
pathway to a sustainable future. This is the core ideology on which
the entire sustainable development revolution is hinged on, and is
the rallying call for the forthcoming epic conference in June 2012,
in Rio de Janeiro – Rio+20 (Earth Summit). But the Green Economy
report which has been prepared by UNEP is quite extensive, over 600
pages long, and this has been quite a challenge to many people.
However,
I intend to present a simplified overview of the Green Economy
concept of development in this blog post series. Part 1 will focus on
the outline of the Green Economy, and it is heavily excerpted from
UNEP’s Green Economy Report
(http://www.unep.org/greeneconomy/Portals/88/documents/ger/ger_final_dec_2011/Green%20EconomyReport_Final_Dec2011.pdf).
Definition
of the Green Economy
UNEP
(United Nations Environment Programme) describes the Green Economy as
“one
that results in improved
human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing
environmental risks and ecological scarcities.
In its simplest expression, a green economy can be thought of as one
which is low
carbon, resource
efficient and socially
inclusive.”
The
Green Economy report is divided into three main sections:
Part
1: Investing in natural capital:
Agriculture,
Fisheries, Water, Forests
Part
2: Investing in energy and resource efficiency:
Renewable energy,
Manufacturing, Waste, Buildings, Transport, Tourism, Cities
Part
3: Supporting the Transition to a global Green Economy:
Modeling, Enabling
conditions, Finance
That
sums up end of Part 1; Part 2 will delve into Investing
in natural capital
in detail.