The greening of urban development is finally receiving increased attention. This is long overdue, as the globe’s burgeoning urban population is using ever more resources and energy, which intensifies environmental pressures. If the demands on the biosphere’s resources are not to exceed the limits of sustainability, major changes are needed...
The Green Economy is increasingly recognised as a tool to achieve sustainable development. The concept has been adopted by several countries across the globe. In Egypt, one of the main policy objectives is to achieve sustainable development with an emphasis on employment generation, poverty reduction, social equity, and environmental integrity...
Consumers are key to driving sustainable production and play a central role in sustainable development. This report highlights OECD government initiatives to promote sustainable consumption, with an emphasis on individual policy tools and instruments and their effective combination. Here, the sustainability of consumption is considered in economic, environmental and social...
Ontario has successfully implemented its policy to put an end to coal use by the end of 2014. The coal phaseout in Ontario has become “the single largest GHG reduction measure in North America”. Since 2007, when coal accounted for about 25 per cent of its electricity generation, the province...
Korea’s bold initiative, the Green Growth Plan (GGP), spanning 2009 to 2013 with fiscal outlay of US$84 billion, posed a significant challenge to sustainable public finance management in Korea. This paper reviews how Korea accommodated the huge cross-cutting expenditure plan in its annual and medium term budgets. Notably Korea’s medium...
The concept of Green Growth has been recently advocated in different international venues such as OECD, UNEP, World Bank, IEA, and at the G8 and G20 meetings. Within this framework, South Korea is the first country in the World to make Green Growth Strategy a national one. This article aims...
In recognition of their capacity to respond to climate change, cities around the world have engaged in best practices such as Green Infrastructure and integrated transportation policies to mitigate climate change impacts. Whilst, these common best practices that are discussed have benefits for human health, climate change is increasingly posing...
Water security and water quality affect numerous economic sectors and areas: agriculture, energy, disaster management, and others. Countries need balanced and integrated approaches that are economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable. Threats related to climate change have added to the complexity, and to the importance, of water resource management. Korea’s integrated...
This report identifies and assesses best practices for inclusive green growth in Morocco and it focuses on agriculture, energy and waste management. The report contributed to informing the Fifth Issue of the Sustainable Development Report on Africa, which was produced under the theme "Promoting sustainable development in Africa through inclusive...