Date: Thursday, 23 February 2017, 12:30pm - 2:00pm.
Summary: The overstepping of a number of planetary boundaries and the tremendous challenges resulting from climate change appear to require rapid far-going changes in our socio-economic system and development model. They call into question the global equality of opportunity for prosperity.They are also a huge developmental challenge for all countries, but particularly for the global South. Against this background, the question arises whether the “green economy” and “green growth” are a feasible concept and approach for the future.
Speakers:
Introduction
Vicente Paolo Yu, Deputy Executive Director, South Centre
Book Presenters
- Lili Fuhr, co- editor of "Inside the Green Economy: Promises and Pitfalls",issued by the Heinrich Boell Foundation
- Ulrich Hoffmann, co-author of "Green Growth: Ideology, Political Economy and the Alternatives", publication resulting from the UN University Project on Green Growth
Commentator
Ben Simmons, Green Growth Knowledge Platform, UNEP
Moderator
Francesco Pisano, Director, UNOG Library
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