Approaching Rio 20: A Survey of Positions and Expectations of Civil Society Organisations in Six European Countries on the Green Economy

Bär, Holger; Jacob, Klaus; Werland, Stefan

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“…While these key tenets are uncontroversial to the extent that they appear universally desirable, manifold interpretations exist (International Labour Organization, 2012;OECD, 2011;United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2011;UNEP, 2008; United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2012; Urban & Nordensva¨rd, 2013). The term thus serves as a container notion for a variety of meanings that can change and be reinterpreted according to divergent preferences (Ba¨r, Jacob, & Werland, 2012;Hopwood, Mellor, & O'Brien, 2005). Yet, ''its central ideas appear to include resource efficiency, decoupling economic growth from environmental externalities and the notion of producing more with less'' (Okereke & Ehresman, 2015, p. 5).…”

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Tracing Sustainability Transformations and Drivers of Green Economy Approaches in the Global South

Lederer

Wallbott

Bauer

2018

The Journal of Environment & Development

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This article provides the introduction to a special issue on Green Economies in the Global South, that sheds light on the causes, complexities, consequences, and different practices of state engagement regarding national-level transitions from business as usual toward integrated economic, ecological, and social policies. Empirically, the special issue comprises four additional papers that open the black box of the state with a focus on state-society relations and the management of trade-offs in the fields of energy and land use politics in developing countries. This introduction guides these country cases with an analytical outline that builds on two specific sets of research questions: (a) Which change agents do have an impact on national politics, and why? What is the particular role of the state in developing and implementing Green Economy policies? (b) Which trade-offs and tensions occur between and within the economic, ecological, and social dimensions of a Green Economy approach? How are they addressed, by whom, and with which consequences?

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Section: The Ge Debate At the International Levelmentioning

confidence: 99%