Environment Directorate
Towards Green Growth
In series:OECD Green Growth Studiesview more titles
Published on May 25, 2011
Also available in: French
The Green Growth Strategy, outlined in this book, provides concrete recommendations and measurement tools to support countries’ efforts to achieve economic growth and development, while at the same time ensure that natural assets continue to provide the ecosystem services on which our well being relies. The strategy proposes a flexible policy framework that can be tailored to different country circumstances and stages of development.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Introduction by the Secretary-General and Acknowledgements | |
| Executive summary | |
| The need for green growth strategies | |
| Policy framework for green growth | |
| Promoting the transition towards green growth | |
| Measuring progress towards green growth | |
| Delivering on green growth | |
| Annex 1. Harnessing freedom of investment for green growth |
BACKGROUND
The Towards Green Growth package was published on 25 May during a public session of the 2011 OECD Ministerial Council Meeting. These reports respond to a request from Ministers of the 34 countries who signed a Green Growth Declaration in 2009, committing to strengthen their efforts to pursue green growth strategies as part of their responses to the crisis.
"Ministers welcomed the Green Growth Strategy and provided guidance on future work. They agreed that green growth tools and indicators can help expand economic growth and job creation through sustainable use of natural resources, efficiencies in the use of energy, and valuation of ecosystem services. Ministers noted that innovation, supported by a strong intellectual property rights system, is a key to countries’ abilities to achieve economic growth, create green jobs, and protect the environment."
This strategy provides a practical framework for governments in developed and developing countries to seize opportunities that arise when the economy and the environment work together.
*Note: The Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment of the Netherlands provided financial support for the work presented in Chapter 3 of this report.
GREEN GROWTH STRATEGY PACKAGE
The package consists of:
- Towards Green Growth (current publication above)
- Towards Green Growth - Monitoring Progress: OECD Indicators
- Tools for Delivering Green Growth (PDF)
- Towards green growth: A summary for policy makers (PDF). Available in Chinese | French | German | Italian | Japanese | Korean | Portuguese | Russian | Spanish.
chair'S SUMMARY AND NEWS RELEASE
- Chair's Summary: OECD Ministerial Council Meeting 2011
- Environment: Green and growth go together
- Read more about Green growth at OECD Week 2011
- 2011 OECD Ministerial Council Meeting
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