scholarly journals The post-politics of the green economy in Turkey: re-claiming the future?

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ethemcan Turhana ◽  
Arif Cem Gündoğan
Keyword(s):  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
International Environmental Agreements ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Environmental Agreements ◽  
Human Wellbeing ◽  
The Future ◽  
Structural Roots ◽  
Market Driven

Abstract The green economy is often defined as an economic configuration that results in improved human wellbeing and social equity, while reducing (or at least decoupling from) environmental risks. It is elusive, and can be read as a new way of ensuring and maintaining capital accumulation accompanied by neoliberal austerity policies, where a green rationale is required to maintain the structural roots of the global political economy. As such, critics often identify its self-contradictory nature, in giving legitimacy and coherence to a number of public policies. This article critically examines the post-politicisation of the green economy, by tracing its social construction and meaning-making. In doing so, it follows the green economy debate in the post-politicization of the environment in Turkey, a rapidly developing country with significant socio-ecological challenges. The analysis suggests that the green economy will become more important at Turkey tries to meet international environmental agreements. The article sheds light on its preparatory report for the Rio+20 Summit, titled Turkey's sustainable development report: claiming the future 2012. We find that the green economy serves as a useful discursive tool to legitimize a statefacilitated, market-driven, full-frontal assault on ecosystems in Turkey, particularly in the energy sector. We argue that a clear rejection of such framings and the development of alternatives to postpoliticization, are the two key challenges facing the environmental movement in the country. Key Words: green economy, Turkey

Overlapping International Environmental Agreements

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 73-134
Author(s):  
Rachael E. Goodhue ◽  
Susan Stratton Sayre ◽  
Leo K. Simon
Keyword(s):  
International Environmental Agreements ◽  
Environmental Agreements

THE FUTURE OF CORPORATE REPORTING REFLECTIONS ON THE CRITICAL QUESTION OF THE NECESSITY OF FORWARD-THINKING PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE OF REPORTING WORLDWIDE

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 1455-1466
Author(s):  
Hristina Oreshkova
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Critical Question ◽  
Corporate Reporting ◽  
Global Problems ◽  
The Future ◽  
Strategic Goals

Over the most recent decades corporate reporting has proved to be essential to achieving the strategic goals of humankinds and the ever-increasing necessity of truthful information and transparency. Corporate reporting is a socially significant process and practice. The quality of corporate reporting reflects the degree of relevance of the manner enterprises and businesses communicate with the surrounding world and environment (natural or industrial) and millions of people concerned – societies, present and future generations, employees, workers, and many other people, and other living beings. On most authoritative international scientific forums – symposia, conferences, congresses, assemblies, summit meetings and events, conducted in Europe and worldwide, it is pompously declared that corporate reporting should provide useful and reliable information both financial and non-financial one. The responsibilities of accountability and stewardship seem out to be of great importance to the fulfillment of the strategic goals of our centuries.The belief of the author is that the simultaneous analysis of the global problems challenging humankinds such as climate changes, destruction of biological diversity on the Planet, the matter of the necessity of actions of creating Green Ethics and Green Economy worldwide, the increasing need for combined and well-coordinated efforts in the combat supporting the eradication of poverty globally, and the relevance of corporate reporting to solving these unique problems the mankind is facing, would highlight and confirm their intricate interrelation (the key aim of the present research), consequently rendering the debate on the future of corporate reporting more meaningful and constructive. The debate would most probably promote the standpoint we personally maintain, which is also endorsed by an increasing number of supporters in Europe and around the world, implying in particular that apart from a process of unification and reduction of essential differences in the international financial reporting, what is also necessary is the radical change in the philosophy and culture of corporate reporting and presentation. Undeniably, it includes revealing of the financial state and the substantial effects and impacts of the businesses operating activities in a straightforward manner, as complete insights and understanding of the broader and far-reaching goals to which the corporate reporting must be subordinated – at present and in the long-lasting future.

La "green economy" e la realizzazione dei diritti dell'uomo alla base dello sviluppo sostenibile

2012 ◽  
pp. 587-607
Author(s):  
Pia Acconci
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
International Law ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
International Organisations ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
International Economic Relations ◽  
The Future

This article focuses on the relevance of the ‘green economy' for the promotion of human rights as the base of sustainable development, in light of major trends in international law. In June of this year, at the end of the UN Conference Rio +20 on Sustainable Development, States adopted a document - "The Future We Want" - which refers to the ‘green economy' as an economic model for the future. "The Future We Want" confirms the tendency towards the increasing involvement of private parties in international economic relations. However, complex policy issues concerning the interaction between economic and non-economic interests/concerns have arisen from current trends towards interdependence, liberalization and privatization. Some issues have brought about international disputes which are difficult to be settled, since the applicable principles and rules to the merits are insufficient and fragmented. As disputes owing to conflicts between economic and non-economic interests/concerns constitute a relevant investment and/or trade risk, all States need to promote the rapid settlement and prevention of such disputes. To this end, States and international organisations might increase the level of integration of non-economic concerns into international agreements concerning economic matters and adopt interpretative guidelines and clarifications of the existing rules.

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