scholarly journals Towards a "green" economy: The way to sustainable development and poverty eradication. Nai-robi (Kenya), Geneva (Switzerland), Moscow (Russia): UNEP, 2011. 738 p.

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 41-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Galina Eduardovna Kudinova ◽  
Gennady Samuilovich Rozenberg ◽  
Vladlena Sergeevna Yurina
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Poverty Eradication ◽  
The Way

scholarly journals The Eighth Sustainable Development Goal considering the economic system and its contradictions – A Critique

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-52
Author(s):  
José António De Sousa Pinho
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Global Community ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Employment Sector ◽  
The Way

This article focuses on the eighth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for the global community, analysing its objectives and recommendations that are to be achieved by 2030 in the sectors of economic growth and employment. It is a critique of the SDG chosen, in light of the current economic system and its contradictions, taking into account the new factors of the decade, such as technology and the environmental crisis. Economic growth was present in every economic analysis in the past decade, but should it be the focus of the next? The current environmental concerns have forced the global community to rethink the way we look at economic growth and the system in general. The article will also explore the contradictions in employment and work while attempting to explain the problems of this sector. A special attention will be given to profit and the way it prevents the creation of decent jobs. The new possibilities of the green economy and the technological progress will be taken into account and developed. It will finish with a reflection on the economic system in general and the SDGs, while also proposing a solution to the problems of the next decades concerning the economic and employment sector.

scholarly journals Exploring the connections between green economy and informal economy in South Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol Volume 111 (Number 11/12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Smit ◽  
Josephine K. Musango ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Informal Economy ◽  
Sustainable Livelihoods ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Poverty Eradication ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities ◽  
Different Levels

Abstract The notion of an inclusive green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication requires an approach that engages with the informal economy. However, the informal economy is generally ignored or undervalued in discussions on the green economy. This paper set out to bolster this argument by identifying the ways in which the green economy and the informal economy may be connected by establishing the extent to which policies and plans relating to green economy connect with the informal economy, and recognising several informal green activities. The barriers and opportunities for connecting the two spheres were also explored as well as possible ways in which such activities may be supported at different levels of organisation. In the case of South Africa, many informal green activities that contribute to sustainable livelihoods are recognised. However, issues pertaining to procedure, process and participation hinder the transition to a truly inclusive green economy.

scholarly journals The Essence of "Green Bonds" and Issues of Effective Management in Georgia

Economics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (3-5) ◽  
pp. 51-59
Author(s):  
Tengiz Lachkepiani Tengiz Lachkepiani ◽  
Maya Kiladze Maya Kiladze ◽  
Mtvarisa Tananashvili Mtvarisa Tananashvili ◽  
Maia Lomishvili Maia Lomishvili
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Poverty Eradication ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Ecological Relations

Green bonds can be considered as a model of economic development, that reduces environmental risks and ecological problems, promotes sustainable development, reduces the negative impact on the environment. In addition, it can be considered as a mechanism for the sustainable development and poverty eradication, and its result will also improve the human well-being and social equality. Like any new form of financing, including "green bonds", it is still in its infancy and can be evaluated after some time. We think this financing tool will be useful for financing environmental projects. In addition, the establishment of the new Green Bank (or fund) will facilitate the direct investment or risk mitigation tools, or both, for the climate-related projects. LEDS and NEEAP have independently submitted options for setting up a public organization with a special mandate about green funding. Investors, commercial banks and corporations operating in Georgia may benefit from such a national funding organization for climate change measures to protect their investments from risks. One of the priority directions of ecological relations for Georgia is the creation of normative acts, which enable the unification and harmonization of ecological legislation, including in the field of "green economy". The development of "ecological technologies" is also of great importance for the development of the "green economy". The "green economy" strategy should become a model of sustainable development in the long run. In Summary, Green bonds may have been a good response by governments to restore the pandemic-reduced economic activity. With the reduced liquidity, this could be a good opportunity to access capital and increase investor confidence in the private sector and to attract more investments. Keywords: Green bond, Financial market, Issuer, Finance, Green Bank.

scholarly journals "Rio +20: what we can learn from the process and what is missing"

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 492-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Poverty Eradication ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Environment And Development ◽  
Policy Agendas ◽  
The City ◽  
Important Progress ◽  
Made In

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) took place in the city of Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and put the concept of Sustainable Development definitively on policy agendas at all levels from global to local. Twenty years later, even though important progress has been made in several areas, the world still struggles to implement the decisions following up the UNCED and to steer humanity towards a more sustainable path. The UN has set two broad themes for the Earth Summit in 2012, or Rio+20: institutional framework for sustainable development (IFSD) and green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication. This article makes an overall analysis of the discussions generated by Rio+20. The article starts with a short overview of the debates on sustainable development since the UNCED, until the recent debates on green economy and institutional frameworks for sustainable development. It then highlights some lessons from the discussions catalyzed by Rio+20 analysing why and how progress has been achieved in certain areas and what the obstacles are to move the agenda of green economy and good environmental governance forward to achieve a more sustainable development. It concludes that, besides the tremendous obstacles to implement the agenda on green economy and IFSD, these themes brought about in Rio+20 are still lacking conceptually in the discussions on important topics such as equity and need to changes in values, as well as the debates on governance beyond the international level.

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adib Rifqi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Future ◽  
The Way

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) empowers people to change the way they think and work towards a sustainable future.

Formation of background of sustainable development and transition to the «green» economy strategy

2020 ◽  
pp. 75-83
Author(s):  
L.Z. Khalishkhova ◽  
A.Kh. Temrokova ◽  
I.R. Guchapsheva
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Environmental Processes ◽  
Environmental Development ◽  
Current Stage

The article is devoted to the issues of measuring environmentally oriented economic development. The current stage of economic development requires the integration of environmental development, taking into account: environmental boundaries, biosphere processes, social problems, human needs and environmental processes. A green economy can become the main point of growth for the modern global economy. The article presents a complex of measures for the transition to a green economy, as well as tools for their implementation.

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