This report outlines challenges and innovations arising around the world as communities and governments pursue an agenda of justice based on inclusive and sustainable use of natural resources and the environment.
Green economy has become one of the most fashionable terms in global environmental public policy discussions and forums.
The financial and economic crisis was preceded by an energy, food and climate crisis. Until 2008, prices for oil, food and various minerals were increasing due to accelerating scarcity in peak capitalism.
OECD Environmental Performance Reviews provide independent assessments of countries’ progress towards their environmental policy objectives.
‘Green economy’ and ‘green growth’ policymaking is moving to the centre of many national development strategies.
Environmental law may be the one institution standing between us and planetary exhaustion. It is also an institution that needs to be reconciled with human liberty and economic aspirations.
This publication suggests solutions that can be built into the design of urban development projects undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to address the common problems and grievances of the urban poor, and to improve urban governance overall.