Enabling the Transition to a Green Economy: Government and business working together proposes means by which the Government and business in the UK can work together to catalyse the transition to the green economy. It explains the potential benefits that the green economy will bring to the UK including: mitigating risks from increasing and...

The UK Low Carbon Transition Plan: National strategy for climate and energy sets out the UK’s transition plan for building a low carbon UK as part of the Government’s five point plan to tackle climate change: cutting emissions, maintaining secure energy supplies, maximising economic opportunities and protecting the most vulnerable...

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The UAE State of Green Economy Report 2017 will help the country make solid advancements toward a green economy, by providing the public with an overview of public and private efforts and a benchmarking of the country’s current standing through performance indicators that...

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The UAE State of Green Economy Report 2017 will help the country make solid advancements toward a green economy, by providing the public with an overview of public and private efforts and a benchmarking of the country’s current standing through performance indicators that...

Towards a Green Economy in Uruguay: Enabling conditions and opportunities recommends the development of two mixed indicators for Uruguay, one that describes and measures the level of green employment, and one that describes and measures the levels of green investment. The implementation of the green economy policies that were assessed...

The term “Bio-economy” encompasses biotechnological activities and processes that translate into economic outputs, particularly those with industrial application. Within the South African context, these may include but are not limited to, technological and non-technological exploitation of natural resources such as animals, plant biodiversity, micro-organisms, and minerals to improve human health, address food security and subsequently contribute...

Over the next twenty years, South Africa will need to develop an additional approximately 52GW of new energy generation capacity to 2030. South Africa has world-class wind and solar resources by any measure that can contribute a significant element of this capacity. In so doing, it can simultaneously enable the...

Green Growth Indicators for Slovenia is the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia's first report on green growth indicators for the country. Indicators were selected from the recommended OECD list of indicators and supplemented with additional indicators which further describe the actualisation of green growth in Slovenia. Then also other indicators were...

Study on Achievements and Perspectives towards a Green Economy and Sustainable Growth in Servia was prepared with the broad participatory involvement of relevant stakeholders at national and international level. The report identifies the following as strategic directions for the development of a green economy in Serbia:

• Harmonizing socio-economic development with...

A Strategy for Economic Diversification and Sustainable Growth is aimed at addressing the primary challenge of Botswana, which is to diversify the economy to ensure that Batswana continue to enjoy the fruits of sustained economic growth post depletion of minerals, especially diamonds. Minerals are a non-renewable resource and therefore not...