The outcomes of the Rio+20 conference identify many areas for further work to move towards sustainable development and a greener economy. The OECD stands ready to assist countries to tailor green growth to their specific circumstances in areas including, for example, reforming fossil fuel subsidies, greening jobs and skills, innovation, and ensuring the necessary financing is provided. Through its work programme on measuring well being and progress beyond GDP, including developing and applying green growth indicators, the OECD is supporting countries in tracking their progress. This will also contribute to future efforts on elaborating Sustainable Development Goals – a key outcome of Rio+20.

Rio+20 was also an opportunity to bring together people from around the world working on many exciting initiatives which are contributing to building greener economies. The OECD organised four side-events at Rio+20 and participated in over 40 others.

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“We acknowledge that green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication will enhance our ability to manage natural resources sustainably and with lower negative environmental impacts, increase resource efficiency and reduce waste.”

- Rio+20 outcome document: The future we want.

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• 09/07/2012: OECD Insights blog: Rio+20: Half full or half empty?
• 22/06/2012: OECD Insights Blog: Rio+20=0?
• 21/06/2012: Global Dialogue on Sustainability and Inclusion, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría   
• 21/06/2012: Sustainable Development in an Unequal World, Secretary-General Angel Gurría speaking at on a panel organised by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
• 20/06/2012: Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities
• 12/06/2012: Media advisory: Rio+20 must deliver inclusive green growth, says OECD’s Gurria
• 12/06/2012: OECD Insights Blog: Not just for the rich: Green growth and developing countries
• 04/06/2012: OECD Insights Blog: The arithmetick of green growth

• OECD work on measuring well-being and progress towards green growth (June 2012)
• Inclusive green growth for the future we want - OECD work relevant to Rio+20, brochure (June 2012) (pictured)
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• Green growth and development (June 2012)
• The OECD and Rio+20 overview (May 2012)
• OECD Development Assistance Committee Policy Statement for Rio+20  (04 April 2012)
• Policy Statement from the OECD Environment Policy Committee Ministerial to Rio+20 (30 March 2012)
• OECD inputs to the Rio+20 compilation document (Dec 2011)

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Presentations

• Measuring Well-Being And Progress Towards Green Growth
• Environment-friendly tax structures for inclusive growth
• Green Growth and Developing Countries Report for OECD Green Growth Strategy
• Green and Inclusive Business Models - Is it Possible?
• International Business Green Economies Dialogue: Getting Green Growth Policies Right

 In today’s world, well-being is no longer a choice between a growing economy and a cleaner planet; it is about both. Ever since the Rio Earth Summit two decades ago, we have known that green and growth go together. With the Rio+20 anniversary summit scheduled for June, we must ensure that 2012 becomes the year of “making it happen”. The OECD Green Growth Strategy is assisting policymakers and stakeholders in addressing the major global environmental challenges, while expanding economic opportunities.
- Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, “”