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Event
Location
Date
Speaker
Title
UNEP
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Outline
Multiple crises
Global economic
growth in past 50
years accompanied
by accelerated
environmental
decline
Opportunity as
governments
jump start
economies
Renewable Power
Non-Energy 9%
25% Building EE
15%
Grid
21%
Low Carbon Vehicles
Rail
4%
26%
Global Green New Deal Components
Inernational Policy
Architecture
• International Trade
• International Aid
• Global Carbon Market
• Global Markets for Ecosystems Services Fiscal Stimulus
• Development and Transfer of Technology in 2009-2010
• GGND International Coordination • Energy Efficient Buildings
• Sustainable Transport
• Sustainable Energy
• Agriculture and
Domestic Policy Initiatives Freshwater
• Perverse Subsidies
• Incentives & Taxes
• Land Use and Urban Policy
• Integrated Management of Freshwater
• Environmental Legislation
• Monitoring and Accountability
Green Economy: Key Questions
G uca tric en
ed me loy
Green Economy
al
GN tio s fo t g
re gic
em
D n & r g row
Bi Eva uctu olo Report
i n tr r e t h
p
tr Ec
ve ai en
in si g
Demonstrating that Greening
e r t in
as g
st n i
es ty
m
fr in
m ng
B div ua
In uat
en ,
l
t,
Ev
enabling conditions
TEEB
Green Jobs
Demonstrating the value of
Sizing and
ecosystems & biodiversity,
incentivizing growth in
capturing these values, and
green & decent jobs
reversing the vicious cycle
of environmental losses and
persistent poverty
UNSD
UNEP UNECE
UNCEB
UNDES
ILO
sizing sectoral opportunities,
addressing hurdles &
enabling conditions
Business
& Civil Society Multilateral
Groups Institutions
Universities Regional Countries
Forums
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Green Economy Reports
Investments to reduce
climate change and its
effects are generating new
jobs
700,000-
Nigeria
1m
S. Korea 3.5 m 334,000 350,000
Thailand 182,000
UK 160.000
To motivate actions to
significantly reduce
biodiversity loss by 2010
Economic Size
& Welfare
Impact of
Losses is huge
Strong link with
Poverty & risk of
MDG’s failure
Discount rates
are ethical choices
TEEB – Interim Report
“From Economics to Policies”
25
Rethink todays
subsidies to meet
tomorrow’s
priorities
Reward unrecognized
benefits, penalize
Uncaptured costs
Measure what
we Manage !
TEEB II Deliverables
‘Ecological Footprint’
already exceeds Earth’s Global GHG Emissions at
regenerative capacity… 42 GtCO2e per annum are
our demands on the 5 times higher than the
planet have doubled over Earth can absorb …
the last 40 years…
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Green Economy Report
…. and its offshoots
GGND :
A
Enabling Policy
Conditions Brief
- Finance
- Subsidies
- Markets
-
Regional
UNEP /ETB
Regional /
Country
Country
Reports
Reports
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The UNEP Global Green New Deal
Note : Each Chapter has a “Writing Team” composed of the chapter authors, contributors and
Other experts and stakeholders from government, international institutions, business and civil society
Investing in Green Sectors
Renewable energy
Clean tech : materials & energy
efficiency
Low carbon cities , buildings & transport
Waste management & mitigation
Ecological infrastructure
Biodiversity-based businesses
Sustainable Cities
Delivering the
smart city: The
GER will a
guidance plan for
mayors to improve
sustainability and
growth in cities.
Green Buildings
Projected investments of
US$ 630b in renewable
energy sector by 2030
would translate into at
least 20 m jobs.
Renewable energy: case study
China: RE sector generates
output worth US $ 17 bill &
employs 1 mill.
Nigeria: a biofuels industry
based on casava & sugar can
provide 200,000 jobs
India: 900,00 jobs could be
created in the biomass
gasification by 2025
Bangladesh: At least 20,000
jobs have been created with
the uptake of 3 renewable
energy technologies (PV
solar home systems biogas
facilities, & improved
cooking stoves)
Water
● Estimated Investment
of USD 15 bn per
annum.
Mexico Korea
“Green Fund” President’s “Green Growth
National Vision” of August
combined gov’t/biz vision
‘08
and implementation
Jan’09 “Green New Deal”
cogeneration
Significant “Green”
will announce goals for components of Fiscal
2012. Going for Stimulus Package..
stats and research-backed …..700,000 of 1 mio new
policy change… jobs
they have own ‘Stern …..$ 28 billion / $ 36
Review’ (3x cheaper now billion total
vs later)… Cleaning 4 main rivers,
“Green Agenda” as Reforestation,
growth driver… Renewables, Buildings…
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A new Engine for the Economy ?
http://www.unep.org/greeneconomy/