Special Areas

GREEN GROWTH
Training-Workshop on Volume III-Sectoral Studies of the
Enhanced Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) for the
League of Local Planning and Development Coordinators-Ilocos Sur Chapterhttps://www.ipag.edu/en/blog/green
with PPDO-Ilocos Sur -growth
March 2, 2023
Brentwood Apartelle
Baguio City

Ar/EnP FATIMA NICETAS A.RABANG-ALONZO, PhD, FUAP, PIEP, CHCS

Team Member, North.Planners, Inc.

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GREEN GROWTH
Green growth means fostering economic growth and
development while ensuring that natural assets
continue to provide the resources and environmental
services on which our well-being relies. (Organisation for
Economic Cooperation and Development)
https://www.oecd.org/greengrowth/whatisgreengrowthandhowcanithelpdeliversustainabledevelopment.htm)

Green growth aims to respect biodiversity, natural

resources and working conditions. The green
economy also means limiting greenhouse gas
https://www.ipag.edu/en/blog/green
emissions by removing fossil fuels from our -growth
consumption. https://www.ipag.edu/en/blog/green-growth

Green growth is economic progress that fosters

environmentally sustainable low-carbon and socially
inclusive development. (OECD). https://www.adb.org/features/12-
things-know-2012-green-growth
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Origins of Green Growth
1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
- adopted a set of principles to guide future development, and defined the right of people to
development, and their responsibilities to safeguard the common environment.

- The Rio Declaration states that the only way to have long term economic progress is to link it with
environmental protection and for nations to build international agreements that protect the integrity of
the global environmental and the developmental system.

2009 Green Growth Declaration

(34 Governments: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Community)
https://www.oecd.org/env/44077822.pdf

- acknowledges that “green” and “growth” can go hand-in-hand.

- promotes the development and diffusion of clean technologies, for example carbon capture and
storage, renewable energy technologies, and application of green ICT for raising energy efficiency, and
the development of an international market for environmental goods and services.
Areas of THEMATIC FOCUS in integrating Green Growth in local
development and investment plans (i.e. Comprehensive Land Use Plan,
etc.) in the Philippines toward climate resilient and inclusive green growth:

Sustainable Energy –access to energy through solar photovoltaics (PV)

- transformational in remote rural areas and island barangays and other areas
where energy source is mainly diesel generated, has exorbitantly high rates, highly
subsidized, and yet under supplied, with a potential of displacing coal in the power
mix;

Sustainable Landscapes –promote climate resilient and green agriculture

value chain to increase local income and create jobs for the marginalized; and,
- enhanced climate change adaptive capacity of national, regional and local
governments

Green Cities and Ecotowns – promote sustainable transport (e.g. replacing

gasoline-based tricycle into electric); mainstreaming climate resilient green growth
in MSMEs operation (e.g. solar roofing, green building, etc.); designed to achieve
strategic outcomes of GHGs reduction (SO1); green jobs creation (SO2); increased
access to services (SO3); and increased adaptive capacity (SO6).
https://gggi.org/country/philippines/ Global Green Growth Institute

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Strategies on achieving
Green Growth
1. Renewable power generation- from mainly
diesel and coal to solar and wind to reduce
carbon emissions by 65 million tons in 2040,
improve energy security, foster health co-
benefit.
https://www.ifpri.org/publication/green-growth-strategy-
economywide-impact-promoting-renewable-power-generation

2. Recycling and Zero-waste: select

recyclable materials, limit production of
polluting waste, exclude (ban?) use of
disposable/non-re-usable products, and over-
packaging.

3. Energy efficiency: minimize energy

consumption for same service; knowledge of
artificial intelligence and new technologies for
more responsible digital behavior.
Strategies on achieving
Green Growth

4. Eco-production: produce in an ecological

way based on several principles: optimize
flows (waste, water, energy), processes and
products, strategy and governance, and
buildings.

5. Circular economy: produce services and

goods in a sustainable way; limit waste and
use of disposable objects.

6. Thermal renovation: renovate buildings and

houses to limit energy consumption and
environmental impact.
https://www.ipag.edu/en/blog/green-growth
Strategies on achieving Green Growth
7. Socially inclusive development
- training centers that teach skills to women, the poor and
marginalized, unemployed, older persons and ageing,
youth, physically-challenged and disadvantaged for green
jobs

Training examples:
3.a. Solar panel installation and maintenance- women
participants from the rural areas can now use solar power
in their own households and start small business by
providing installation and maintenance services to other
community households.

3.b. Sustainable construction uses local and recycled

materials, improves working standards, efficiency in the
use of materials, energy and water in construction and
buildings; produces less pollution.
https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/green-jobs/WCMS_214247_EN/lang--
en/index.htm
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 https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/green-
Strategies on achieving Green Growth jobs/WCMS_214247_EN/lang--en/index.htm

3.c. Sustainable agriculture/farming systems:

new production patterns in agriculture reduce impact
on the environment, help to cope with changing climate
(floods, more severe droughts, etc.); soil fertility
management; more efficient and sustainable water
use; crop and livestock diversification; biological plant
and animal health management; appropriate farm-level
mechanization; labor- intensive, thus, creates more job
opportunities in this sector

3.d. Green enterprises: two strategies,

(i) greening of existing enterprises focusing on the
process, i.e. use of renewable energy, water
treatment recycling measures); and
(ii) (ii) creation of green enterprises to produce green
goods and services; results in new business ideas
particularly among youth.

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Other sustainable development paths toward Green Growth
8. Sustainable Tourism- supporting the local economy thru employment of locals (and services),
offering community-based travel experiences for travelers to participate, learn and increase their
spending in the locality, reducing carbon footprint and plastic use, disseminating waste management
and water-saving systems, protecting and conserving nature and wildlife, giving incentives to protect
cultural heritage while still making a financial profit.

- greening the tourism sector allows tourism growth, environmental conservation and social well-being
to be mutually reinforcing – with green tourism creating new, green jobs, supporting the local economy
and reducing poverty.
- https://www.greengrowthknowledge.org/sectors/tourism
- https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_dialogue/---sector/documents/briefingnote/wcms_162197.pd
- https://sustainability-leaders.com/sustainable-tourism-knowledge-hub/
Other sustainable development paths toward Green Growth
9. Green Infrastructure- encompasses a variety of water management practices, such as vegetated
rooftops, roadside plantings, absorbent gardens, and other measures that capture, filter, and reduce
stormwater to cut down on the amount of flooding and reduces the polluted runoff that reaches sewers,
streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans.

- Green infrastructure captures the rain where it falls; it mimics natural hydrological processes and uses
natural elements such as soil and plants to turn rainfall into a resource instead of a waste.

- Examples: green roofs, rainwater harvesting, bioswales, urban tree canopy, permeable pavement,
green parking lots, green streets
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/green-infrastructure-how-manage-water-sustainable-way
 Example of the Philippines’ response to Green Growth

The Philippine Green Building Code, 2015

- a referral code to the National Building Code of the Philippines; answer to sustainable building
regulations

- minimum standards aimed to reduce greenhouse emissions and introduce electricity and cost
savings for buildings

- imposed on buildings with certain gross floor area to deliver improved energy efficiency, water
and wastewater management, materials sustainability, solid waste management, site
sustainability and indoor environmental quality.

- government’s promise to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy and water consumption
by at least 20%, and commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 70% in 2030 to achieve an
environmentally sound Philippines.
Planning (and writing) for Green Growth in the CLUP
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