What - or howsoever we are talking about the green economy nowadays, first of all
we should have a green attitude within us. The green economy should be an instrument for
sustainable development, poverty reduction and for inclusive and equitable economic
growth. Economic growth must be sustainable, supported by well-functioning
markets, and preferential markets, and preferential access for green products
at prices that reflect the scarcity value of the natural resources and value of local entrepreneurship/labor. Further,
property rights must be clearly defined to enable and encourage true
stakeholders to use natural resources sustainably- both individually and
collectively. There must also be provisions for technology adaptation and
transfer, easy finance, capacity building and favorable terms of trade and
transit facilities to LDCs in order to facilitate economic transformation that
is needed for sustainable development. Proven, people-centred, pro-poor,
sustainable, and green development interventions should be planned considering
tenurial scarcity and property rights of indigenous people and local
communities to land and other natural resources. This would also require
national commitment to enact appropriate legal and policy frameworks.
Developing countries in general and mountainous LDCs in
particular need support for adopting the customising policies and strategies,
and special provisions for meeting their additional financial, technical and
capacity building requirements. Unsustainable consumption patterns,
particularly in developed countries, must be changed as the trend is also
catching up in urban centres of developing countries. Green economy should
encourage the formulations and implementation of the policies and mechanism
that are conducive in engaging governments, private sector and the civil
society in the green enterprises. Training, capacity building and targeted
interventions, including financial and credit facilities, can help to increase
participation and enable the poor, women and socially excluded groups, and
promote gender and social equity in education, skills and entrepreneurship
development, health care, child welfare and social security.
The LDCs and mountainous countries have very low capacity to control
and manage the expanding ecological footprint of globalization. Special safeguard
measures and global commitment is needed to ensure the promotion of the natural
resources of environmentally vulnerable countries, for protection of the
natural resources of environmentally vulnerable countries, for protecting
livelihood that are being affected by both economic globalization and global
climate change.
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Dear writer,
ReplyDeleteYour articles deserve the following comments from me:
1) Words are very complex and not arranged well. I wanted to know your original view on green economy and educational implications and vice versa. I could not find any clue.
2) Anyways, your attempt is good.
3) Keep it up.
Thank you Subash and Preeti. Keep the efforts going on true ESD.
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