Green Growth, Resources and Resilience
Environmental Sustainability in Asia and the Pacific
While regional countries are driving the global "green growth" agenda, policymakers are facing a new economic reality and heightened uncertainty. The challenge of eco-efficient economic growth and inclusive resource use is critical and growing in several countries. Fundamental, rather than incremental changes are needed - Governments must therefore take the lead in re-orienting both the "visible" and the "invisible" economic infrastructure. At the same time the implications of heightened uncertainty and risk for policymaking requires more attention.
About this report
- Highlights changes in the policy landscape that have taken place since 2005
- Focuses on the emerging challenges of resources and resilience
- Presents new regional and country data produced by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation of Australia (CSIRO) and UNEP
- Provides insights to key policy arenas for greening of growth
The report is produced jointly by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It is the sixth in a series of reports produced every five years by ESCAP for the Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development. It is also the third in the ADB’s Asian Environment Outlook series
This year, the report complements a UNEP report: Resource Efficiency: Economics and Outlook for Asia and the Pacific (Canberra, CSIRO Publishing). The report provides new insights into regional use of key resources, and what that means for economies in the Asia-Pacific Region.
The report is also intended to support stakeholders preparing for Rio+20