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As the global population heads toward 9 billion by 2050, decisions made today will lock countries into growth patterns that may or may not be sustainable in the future. Care must be taken to ensure that cities and roads, factories and farms are designed, managed, and regulated as efficiently as possible to wisely use natural resources while supporting the robust growth developing countries still need. Economic development during the next two decades cannot mirror the previous two: poverty reduction remains urgent but growth and equity can be pursued without relying on policies and practices that foul the air, water, and land.

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World Bank Group

The report discusses two crucial questions: How do “green” and “growth” hang together in practice? How will green environmental policies affect GDP growth, employment, and international competitiveness?

The report’s overarching finding is that policies to increase energy efficiency have substantial potential for green growth. A successful green growth policy will require South Africa to have solid, well-thought, and distinct policy agendas if it is to better pursue its growth and environmental objectives. While green policies can have large synergies and co-benefits with the growth and employment agendas, they are no substitute for it.

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The World Bank

This report evaluates the requirements for an assessment of climate change impacts on agriculture to guide policy makers on investment priorities and phasing. Because agriculture is vital for national food security and is a strong contributor to Brazil's GDP growth, there is growing concern that Brazilian agriculture is increasingly vulnerable to climate variability and change. To meet national development, food security, climate adaptation and mitigation, and trade goals over the next several decades, Brazil will need to significantly increase per area productivity of food and pasture systems while simultaneously reducing deforestation, rehabilitating millions of hectares of degraded land, and adapting to climate change. There is inadequate data to accurately model projected climate challenges facing Brazil. The report concludes that key integrated and linked interventions are needed in the short term to significantly improve currently available assessments of climate change impact on Brazilian agriculture and to guide policy makers with the priorities and phasing of needed investments.

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The World Bank
In response to requests from Brazilian municipalities, this Policy Note was prepared with the objective of providing initial policy inputs to federal, state and municipal governments in Brazil on strategies and policies for green cities, or environmentally sustainable and resilient cities, with a specific focus on cities and climate change. The intent of this Note is not to cover the entire urban sustainability agenda, but rather to provide an overview of the role of cities in 
climate change in Brazil as well as recommendations of local policy options that can be implemented - in metropolitan areas, to mitigate and adapt to impacts of climate change, and in secondary cities, to learn from and avoid replicating poor practices of metropolitan areas.
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

This paper outlines a conceptual and policy approach to bringing social concerns to the forefront of green economy and sustainable development debates. It examines a wide range of social problems and other issues associated with green economy, reasserting that any development transformation must be both green and fair; leading to a green society not just a green economy. However, different transition pathways exist, each with different developmental implications. This paper addresses the key role of social policy, agency and participation in crafting transition paths that are green and fair. A comprehensive or transformative social policy is argued to play a key role in mitigating unfair consequences, influencing behaviour and transforming patterns of inequality. This paper concludes by highlighting issues of fragmentation associated with knowledge, institutional arrangements and socil agency, and suggests the need for 'joined-up analysis, policy and action'. 

This summary was prepared by Eldis.