This report investigates the current levels of investment in green economic initiatives and infrastructure in Jordan. The report also defines the economic, social and environmental challenges faced by Jordan and identifies the sectors that present the greatest opportunities for further investment to drive the transition to a green economy. The report identifies sectors that include energy, water, transport, waste management, agriculture and tourism.
This summary was prepared by the Division for Sustainable Development, UNDESA.
Climate change (CC) adaptation and mitigation are identified as priorities in the Updated 2004 – 2010 Medium -Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP), in the light of increased occurrence of extreme weather events that are disturbing not only communities and livelihoods, but also the natural resource base, thereby critically threatening the pace of economic growth and development. Recognizing this, the Climate Change Act 1 of 2009 mainstreams CC adaptation and mitigation into government policies.
Against this background, the Philippine Government through its Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) requested GTZ to integrate measures for CC mitigation and adaptation into the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Development Strategy for the period 2010 to 2016.
These publications by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) set out the ICC’s proposed roadmap for the green economy based on 10 conditions that are needed to drive growth in a resource‐constrained world with strong demographic growth. The ICC represents hundreds of thousands of companies in over 120 countries. Some of the key conditions are:
This guide provides a core set of enterprise level resource productivity and pollution intensity indicators. It has been developed specifically to promote and support the implementation of Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) practices and technologies in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing and transition countries. For National Cleaner Production Centers (NCPCs) and other RECP service providers, this guide provides a basis for quantifying the results of their RECP services to companies. The guide may also serve as a basis for the development or enhancement of NCPC services that are offered to companies and can contribute to the promotion of RECP services.
This publication aims to develop a set of green economy principles based on some of the most prominent existing principles relating to sustainable development and the green economy from the existing literature. Fifteen principles are identified that represent a consolidation of existing international agreements and more radical and forward‐thinking proposals, cutting across The Stockholm Declaration, the Rio Declaration, The Johannesburg Declaration, The Earth Charter, The One Planet Living Principles, The Green Economy Coalition, the TUC ‘Just Transition’ principles, and The New Economics Foundation.
This report from UNESCO recognises that there are increasing social disparities and inequity in the world, alongside population growth, climate change, the deterioration and pollution of the environment, the unsustainable use of freshwater and depletion of ocean resources, as well as increasing cases of natural and human‐made disasters. The report reveals UNESCO’s vision that aims to counter the above challenges by providing a ‘new way forward’ through the development of an inclusive green society and economy. The report identifies five priority areas for UNESCO in the transition to a green economy. These are:
The 2007 International Labour Conference report and conclusions on sustainable enterprises address several economic, social and environmental aspects which are to be taken into account in order for businesses to be sustainable. The main purpose of the present paper is to illustrate the environmental elements of a strategy towards the creation of sustainable enterprises by highlighting impacts on employment of different environmental instruments and policies.