A growing number of countries at all levels of development have legislation or regulations prescribing the application of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) - and many more are introducing it as part of their policy tools.
This paper explores the policy coherence for development (PCD) dimensions of green growth strategies pursued by OECD member states.
This DAC Reference Paper outlines key issues faced when designing Environmental Fiscal Reform (EFR). EFR refers to a range of taxation and pricing measures which can raise fiscal revenues while furthering environmental goals.
Bangladesh has made important progress in a number of areas relating to environmental management but this has not matched the progress with the growth and poverty reduction agenda.
If everyone lived the global middle class lifestyle of London or Shanghai it would require three planets to support us. And yet the average citizen of Bangladesh consumes the equivalent of just a third of a planet.
This paper builds on this new global sustainable development framework: making the case to mainstream poverty, environment — and now climate — issues into the centre of efforts to implement the SDGs, nationally Determined Contributions and other initiatives towards the 2030 agenda.
The developing world is experiencing substantial environmental change, and climate change is likely to accelerate these processes in the coming decades.
This report contributes new insights into the growing body of literature on inclusive green economy approaches as a key means for eradicating poverty and advancing the evolving post-2015 sustainable development agenda.