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A/CONF.216/PC/7
(b) A growing number of countries are experimenting with a more
comprehensive reframing of their national development strategies and policies along
green economy lines, including as “low-carbon green growth” strategies;
(c) Their combined impact does not yet add up to changes in production and
consumption patterns on a scale equal to the challenges;
(d) An early focus on “win-win” opportunities which realize that significant
short-term co-benefits can build confidence in and support for a green economy in
the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication;
(e) Whether countries derive poverty reduction benefits from their green
economy efforts often depends on sustaining and deepening conventional social
spending, on health, education and targeted income support for the poor;
(f) Improved institutions are crucial to the favourable social outcomes of
green economy policies;
(g) Moving towards a green economy in the context of sustainable
development and poverty eradication is as much about structural change in the
institutions governing economies at different levels as about technological change;
(h) The reach of the institutional framework for sustainable development has
expanded since the watershed Rio Conference, but the lack of coordination and
coherence has held back the full potential; addressing this is now overdue.
Contents
I. Introduction ................................................................... 3
II. How can a green economy contribute to sustainable development and poverty eradication? .. 3
A. Context and concept ........................................................ 3
B. Contribution of the green economy to growth and other economic objectives ......... 5
C. Possible impacts of a green economy on poverty eradication, livelihoods and other
social outcomes ............................................................ 10
D. Contribution of the green economy to environmental objectives and challenges ahead .. 18
III. Institutional framework for sustainable development. ................................. 20
A. Approaches to strengthening the institutional framework for sustainable development .. 21
B. The broader framework ..................................................... 24
C. Governance of the environmental pillar ........................................ 25
D. Governance of the economic and social pillars .................................. 27
IV. The way forward ............................................................... 28
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