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Our issue experts share their thoughts and analysis on the practical dimensions of how to make a transition to a green economy. You can filter entries by using the theme links to the right. Please contact us to contribute an article and add your voice to the comments.
What does it take to measure what matters?
On Monday, Moody’s credit rating agency announced that the British economy has a ‘negative outlook’. These two small words have sent shivers through the Treasury and the city. Downgrading the creditworthiness of a national economy can have such catastrophic impacts on... Continue reading
Report or Explain...
How can markets, governments, companies and consumers together make the needed transition to a sustainable Green Economy? This is one of the key questions to be discussed during the last phase of the preparatory process of the Rio+20 conference. The negotiations need to aim at a bold and... Continue reading
One Planet Economy Network – A European Example on how to measure what matters
As indicated by the Rio 2012 submissions, there is wide agreement among governments and civil society alike that we must learn how to measure what matters. Only then can we shape policies that accommodate the people and the planet. But where do we start? And how do we comprehensively assess the... Continue reading
How can stock exchanges drive the sustainability agenda?
2012 ought to be a big year for sustainable investment. Calls for a more responsible approach to capitalism are growing, along with the sense that a more sophisticated understanding of investment risk – one which takes longer-term sustainability issues into account – is... Continue reading
Green Economy Coalition gives Rio 2012 text a Grade B: Good effort, but really MUST try harder
Twenty years on from the first summit on sustainable development, this week the UNCSD Bureau released their first negotiating draft for Rio 2012. They have called the draft ‘the future we... Continue reading
The reform of money for a new green economy
In the first part of our analysis we showed that the root cause of the constant, and ultimately unsustainable, pressure for economic growth might lie in money, specifically in the “way how money is created in our present system”. We... Continue reading
In-debt to a destructive economy
Those involved in the debates around Green Economy are probably familiar with the topic of decoupling economic growth and environmental problems. A lot has been written about slowing down growth, steady state economics, and even degrowth. There are different views on the transition path but the... Continue reading
Natural capital: pricing the priceless
With all eyes fixed on the latest global share prices and bond yields, there was relatively little interest in the most recent figures published in the annual red list.
This is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the... Continue reading
The green food economy doesn't need to cost the earth
The country submissions to the UN Rio+20 compilation document make for interesting reading. Many countries express welcome statements on the need to put sustainable agriculture and sustainable production and consumption issues at... Continue reading
Green economy: developing country stakeholders have their say
If I were to ask you what Mali, India, the Caribbean and Brazil all had in common I suspect you might be stumped. They represent a vast spectrum of political, environmental, economic and cultural contexts. But each are exploring the meaning of a green economy in their own regional and national... Continue reading
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