The objective of this study is to analyze the main arguments in favor of a transition towards a green economy in Brazil, emphasizing the potential benefits at the three required levels: economic, social and environmental. The main point is to present the green economy as a possible path for economic development where social inclusion and environmental conservation act as engines (rather than obstacles) for higher levels of activity and welfare. This paper is divided in five sections. The first section introduces main aspects of the study. Second, the review of the literature is carried out and the indicators on the Brazilian experience are selected. Third section is dedicated to the elaboration of an input-output model estimating the employment and wages effects of the expansion of selected sectors. Fourth section analyses selected sections in terms of green growth while the fifth last section poses some final remarks.
In this perspective, the project “Enhancing South-South Cooperation – Building the Capacity of Developing Countries to Promote Green Economies” provides a forum to share the South’s various experiences and national-level initiatives for transitioning to resource efficient, low carbon and socially inclusive economies. The project also addresses the use of indicators for green economy policymaking, implementation and evaluation. Through this knowledge exchange platform, it aims to raise awareness of different concepts and, at the same time, inspire and support the participant countries of the ASEAN region in pursuing their pathways to sustainable development.
This paper reviewed systematically practices and progresses of international and domestic emission trading policy in China during the past two decades, and concluded that emission trading is broadly used in the air pollutants reduction in USA, and the global carbon reduction with better effects, the emission trading policy exploration in China could be roughly divided into three stages: Initial Development stage (1988-2000), Piloting exploration stage (2001-2006), Deepening Piloting stage (2007-). Also, nine characteristics of the current emission trading practice in China were concluded and six key issues influencing the advancement of emission trading piloting were identified and discussed. And lastly, the paper proposed the pilot roadmap for implementation of the emission trading, and pointed out that efforts in the near future should focus on the construction of “six systems”, that are key technical supporting system, fair and reasonable allocation system of the emission permit, emission trading market system, laws and regulations system, pollution source monitoring and management system, and law enforcement and supervision system.
This paper is primarily a critical analysis of the social sustainability assumptions of green growth. It examines the extent to which the overall approach and assumptions inherent in the green growth model allow it to adequately address key social sustainability underpinnings of sustainable development e.g. multi-dimensional poverty, inequality and social justice. In so doing, the potential for green growth to deliver in important ways for poor and marginalized individuals is also considered. The false dichotomy that may unintentionally be created between economic efficiency and social equity considerations is investigated in further depth. Employing a social justice lens informed by the existing socio-environmental and socio-ecological literature, explicit and inexplicit synergies, trade-offs and conflicts are explored. A largely theoretical review, it will also be complemented by analysis of one of the more well-known sustainable development public policy responses to-date: biofuels. Advancing a more multidimensional theoretical approach to the longstanding problem of sustainable development i.e.
Today’s development model promotes the exploitation of natural resources regardless of the consequences for the environment or the impact that the quality of the environment has on people’s lives and livelihoods. Without a shift in current consumption and production patterns, a sustainable model of development is out of reach. The 1992 Earth Summit acknowledged the need to marry growth and environmental sustainability, but more than 20 years later the world still lacks concrete goals, commitments, benchmarks of progress and frameworks to secure benefits across social, economic and environmental dimensions. The global South is emerging as a green growth laboratory, with innovation and creativity to tackle these concerns. This article analyses these efforts in the context of public policy, and shows that both positive and negative patterns in practice and policy are emerging, which should be considered as broader global green growth efforts are further consolidated and the post- 2015 development agenda is being defined.