Reports, videos and analysis on the Green Economy.
This country profile is part of the research on the inequality of overconsumption which attempts to quantify the full ecological footprint of the richest people in different countries around the world.
This country profile is part of the research on the inequality of overconsumption which attempts to quantify the full ecological footprint of the richest people in different countries around the world.
This country profile is part of the research on the inequality of overconsumption which attempts to quantify the full ecological footprint of the richest people in different countries around the world.
This country profile is part of the research on the inequality of overconsumption which attempts to quantify the full ecological footprint of the richest people in different countries around the world.
Introduction This methodology is part of the research on the inequality of overconsumption which attempts to quantify the full ecological footprint of the richest people in different countries around the world. Read a summary of the working paper published by the Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University (read […]
Molly Scott Cato / Gaian Economics / September 2012 This blog reveals some of the tensions on how to define the green economy. Cato argues the concept of a green economy has been co-opted to promote a “greener” version of the existing growth model and […]
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) / July 2011 Animated video highlighting the services and products provided by forests that are essential to every aspect of everyday life. These include regulation of the climate, reducing the impacts of floods and contributing to the livelihood of 1.6 […]
ETC Group / November 2011 This report argues the “green economy” and the “great green technological transformation” will mean a shift where industrial production is based on biomass instead of fossil fuels. According to ETC Group biomass includes food and fibre crops, grasses, forest residues, […]
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) / November 2011 Ahead of the UN conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) held in 2012 representatives from UNEP, academics and business leaders talk about the urgency of a transition to a green economy. Achim Steiner (United Nations Environment Programme Executive […]
A Primer for Sellers of Ecosystem Services on Identifying & Approaching Prospective Private Sector Buyers / Forest Trends This basis of this report is that “over 60% of ecosystem functions around the world are being degraded faster than they can recover” and so “for ecosystem […]