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Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication - Enabling Conditions Supporting the Transition to a Global Green Economy
» Peter Wooders, Mark Halle, Christopher Beaton, Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, Aaron Cosbey, Tara Laan, Kerryn Lang, Oshani Perera, David Sawyer, Yasser Sherif (Environics Consulting Firm), UNEP, 2011. Book, copyright: UNEPUnited Nations Environment Programme’s Green Economy Initiative, in collaboration with economists and experts worldwide, compiled the book: “Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication.” The chapter: “Enabling Conditions Supporting the Transition to a Global Green Economy” was written by IISD staff and Environics Consulting Firm. The chapter focuses on the changes that could feasibly be introduced in the short to medium term by governments at all levels to enable the conditions that make green sectors attractive opportunities for investors and businesses. It discusses the five key areas of policy-making that have been highlighted in the previous chapters of the book as creating the enabling conditions that support a green economy transition:
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how public investment and spending can be used to leverage private investment, including public infrastructure projects, green subsidies and sustainable public procurement;
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how market-based instruments, such as taxes and tradable permits, can level the playing field and provide market incentives to promote the greening of key sectors;
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how subsidy reform should be implemented in areas that deplete natural capital;
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how a country’s regulatory framework of legislation, institutions and enforcement can be designed to channel economic energy into environmentally and socially valuable activity; and
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how international frameworks that regulate economic activity can play a role in driving a green economy.
The chapter concludes with a discussion of additional supporting measures that may be required—capacity building and investment in training and education.
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Solutions for Improved Human Well-Being
» Dave Wilkins, IISD, 2012.The 2011–2012 IISD Annual Report highlights the institute’s efforts over the past year to meet the core challenge of its strategic plan—to find solutions through transformative change that improve human well-being. The strategic plan defines 12 themes encompassing 28 goals to realign macroeconomic policies, management of ecological and social systems, and global environmental governance with sustainability.
The annual report contains a series of articles on the work done to date toward achieving selected goals of our strategic plan. In the context of finding solutions for improved human well-being, the cover photo celebrates the progress made toward achieving the Millennium Development Goal related to halving by 2015 the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation.
The report also includes a list of our funders by strategic plan theme and a summary of our financial performance for the year ending March 31, 2012.
See our complete audited financial statement: English (PDF - 105 KB) - Français (PDF - 145 KB).
For a free copy of our annual report, please contact info@iisd.ca.
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