This e-course enables learners to familiarize themselves with the rationale and core concepts guiding an inclusive green economy. It discusses both opportunities and challenges at the national and global levels to achieve low-carbon, resource-efficient and socially-inclusive development.
Structured around five modules, the course will help participants:
- Describe the rationale and core concepts for realizing an inclusive green economy against business-as-usual practices
- Identify enabling conditions for greening national economies
- Outline principal opportunities and challenges in key sectors
- Provide examples of national strategies and planning to advance an inclusive green economy
- Distinguish international frameworks and initiatives in support of an inclusive green economy
The course should be of particular interest to civil servants in national ministries, sub-national departments and local authorities, environmental managers in private sector and civil society organizations, faculty, researchers and students, and interested citizens.