Green growth

Green growth is used to describe economic growth where natural resources are used sustainably. It is seen as an alternative concept to classic industrial economic growth and is intended to enable the green economy .

Green growth as a political strategy

Green growth is used to describe national or international strategies, for example as part of the economic recovery from the recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic .

Jobs

The report "Growth Within: A Circular Economy Vision for a Competitive Europe" predicts that there is a lot of potential in recycling , longer-lasting products and maintenance services from manufacturers .

According to the International Labor Organization , building a green economy could create 24 million new jobs worldwide by 2030 if the right steps are taken to achieve it. In addition, millions of jobs could be lost due to the rising average temperatures and the available working hours in agriculture would be reduced as a result.

According to a 2020 report by Green Alliance, the most economically valuable new jobs would be in the following areas: building retrofitting, cycle path construction, followed by electric ferries, battery factories and reforestation stations. New investments in nature restoration could also create ten thousand new jobs in a short period of time.

Green growth at organizational level

International organizations

• IEA : In 2020 the International Energy Agency published a strategy paper on the "Clean Energy New Deal", which was heavily promoted by Managing Director Fatih Birol .
• IMF : In 2020 the managing director Kristalina Georgieva appealed to the governments to grant emergency loans for the green sector, to abolish subsidies for fossil fuels and to introduce CO ₂ tax.
• UNESCAP : 2012 UNESCAP published the roadmap for CO ₂ -armes Green Growth for Asia and the Pacific region. The schedule presents a five-track program, such as changing the economic system to produce something that is CO ₂ -armes Green can drive as a new model of economic development growth.
• OECD : In 2011, the OECD published a strategy paper on green growth.
• UNEP : In 2008 UNEP started a green economy initiative.
• World Bank : In 2012 the World Bank published the report "Inclusive Green Growth: The Pathway to Sustainable Development".
• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC): In 2010, ICC founded a working group for the green economy, which two years later resulted in the green economy roadmap.

National level

• South Korea : Green growth has been discussed as one of the leading issues in the National Assembly since the 2020 general election .
• United Kingdom : 2020 Committee on Climate Change committed to green growth.
• United States : President Barack Obama took several steps towards green growth. He believed that investing in the future would not only reduce dependence on foreign countries, but also create a clean energy economy and jobs. Obama's goal was to achieve 10 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2020 and to double wind and solar energy production by 2025. The Center for American Progress quantified the investments required, while the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) set the emission reduction targets. 2019, the Democratic initiated Congress -Abgeordneten the Green New Deal resolution .

various

• Global Green Growth Institute: It was founded in 2010 by South Korean President Lee Myung-bak initially as a think tank and expanded into an international contract-based organization in 2012 at Rio + 20 in Brazil .
• Green Growth Knowledge Platform: In January 2012, the Global Green Growth Institute, OECD, UNEP and the World Bank jointly published a letter of intent to establish the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP). GGKP aims to identify the knowledge gap between theory and practice and to help countries better align their policies towards the green economy.
• KAIST Graduate School of Green Growth: The Graduate School of Green Growth (GSGG) at KAIST offers international students various degree programs and research programs on the subject of green growth, such as Green Business and Policy Program (MSc), Green Business (MSc / PhD), Green MBA , and Green Business and Green Finance Track programs.

See also

• Green economy
• Renewable energy
• The blue economy
• Bioeconomy
• Circular economy
• Ecological economy
• Hydrogen economy
• Sustainable development
• Plant-for-the-Planet
• Prosperity without growth

Web links

• Green Growth Knowledge Platform
• The case for inclusive green growth . July 21, 2015.
• The Case for Inclusive Green Growth . June 9, 2015.
• Home Page .
• Green economy .: "If current trends continue, the global per capita use of natural resources will increase by 70 per cent by 2050."
• Green Growth: 12 Things to Know . June 20, 2012.
• Green growth and sustainable development .
• OECD work on green growth .
• Going Green: Why Asia is Moving Toward a Green Model of Economic Growth . February 1, 2012.
• Green Teen Society, promoting Green Growth aimed at teens
• Green Growth, Resources and Resilience: Environmental Sustainability in Asia and the Pacific . February 1, 2012.
• Publications on Green Growth .
• ICC Green Economy Roadmap

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mike Scott: Green Growth 'Tigers' Can Help The Global Economy To Roar Once More ( en )
2. ^ Estimating Employment Effects of the Circular Economy
3. ↑ Green economy could create 24 million new jobs
4. ↑ Greening with jobs - World Employment and Social Outlook 2018
5. ↑ Employment Implications of Green Growth: Linking jobs, growth, and green policies
6. ↑ Jobs in the green economy will 'more than offset' losses in traditional industry by 2030
7. ^ Green jobs as an unemployment solution
8. ↑ Roger Harrabin: Extra £ 14bn needed a year for climate, report says (en-GB) . In: BBC News , June 29, 2020. 
9. ↑ Chris Venables and Joanna Furtado: Blueprint for a resilient economy , Green Alliance. June 2020. 
10. ↑ Ensuring Green Growth in a Time of Economic Crisis - Analysis ( en-GB )
11. ↑ Jillian Ambrose: Covid-19 crisis will wipe out demand for fossil fuels, says IEA . In: The Guardian , April 30, 2020. 
12. ↑ IMF chief: $ 1 trillion post-coronavirus stimulus must tackle climate crisis ( en ) April 29, 2020.
13. ↑ Archived copy . Archived from the original on August 3, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
14. ↑ Green growth and sustainable development - OECD .
15. ↑ Archived copy . Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved on August 30, 2011.
16. ^ Sustainable Development - Getting to Inclusive Green Growth
17. ^ ICC Green Economy Task Force . 3rd September 2013.
18. ↑ ICC Green Economy Roadmap
19. ↑ Jonathan Watts: Could a green new deal turn South Korea from climate villain to model? (en-GB) . In: The Guardian , May 23, 2020. 
20. ↑ CCC boss: Green and resilient economic recovery can push UK towards net-zero target ( en )
21. ^ Advancing American Energy . Archived from the original on April 23, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
22. ^ Robert Pollin: Green Growth: A US Program for Controlling Climate Change and Expanding Job Opportunities (en-US) . In: Center for American Progress , September 18, 2014. 
23. ^ Robert Pollin: Green Growth: A US Program for Controlling Climate Change and Expanding Job Opportunities (en-US) . In: Center for American Progress , September 18, 2014. 
24. ↑ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: HR 109 - Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal . House.gov. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
25. ↑ About GGGI: Organizational Overview . Global Green Growth Institute. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
26. ^ Green Growth for All: Converting the Global Green Growth Institute . United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
27. ↑ 2012 Annual Conference | Green Growth Knowledge Platform
28. ↑ Pages - About - Green Growth Knowledge Platform
29. ↑ KAIST GSGG
30. ^ Corporate Knights