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Towards a green economy : pathways to sustainable development and poverty eradication.

By: UNEP.
Contributor(s): United Nations Environment Programme.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: [Nairobi, Kenya] : UNEP, c2011Description: 630 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.ISBN: 9280731432; 9789280731439.Other title: Green economy.Subject(s): Economic development -- Environmental aspects | Environmental economics | Green movement | Sustainable development | Poverty
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Investing in natural capital -- Agriculture -- Fisheries -- Water -- Forests -- pt. II Investing in energy and resource efficiency -- Renewable energy -- Manufacturing -- Waste -- Buildings -- Transport -- Tourism -- Cities -- pt. III Supporting the transition to a global green economy -- Modelling global green investment scenarios -- Enabling conditions -- Financing.
Summary: The report is compiled by UNEP's Green Economy Initiative in collaboration with economists and experts worldwide. It demonstrates that the greening of economies is not generally a drag on growth but rather a new engine of growth; that it is a net generator of decent jobs, and that it is also a vital strategy for the elimination of persistent poverty. The report also seeks to motivate policy makers to create the enabling conditions for increased investments in a transition to a green economy.
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Machine generated contents note: pt. I Investing in natural capital -- Agriculture -- Fisheries -- Water -- Forests -- pt. II Investing in energy and resource efficiency -- Renewable energy -- Manufacturing -- Waste -- Buildings -- Transport -- Tourism -- Cities -- pt. III Supporting the transition to a global green economy -- Modelling global green investment scenarios -- Enabling conditions -- Financing.

The report is compiled by UNEP's Green Economy Initiative in collaboration with economists and experts worldwide. It demonstrates that the greening of economies is not generally a drag on growth but rather a new engine of growth; that it is a net generator of decent jobs, and that it is also a vital strategy for the elimination of persistent poverty. The report also seeks to motivate policy makers to create the enabling conditions for increased investments in a transition to a green economy.

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