Since the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere, Arturo Valenzuela, resigned via Twitter last Friday, commentators have been debating who should replace him and whether this change presents an opportunity to alter the Obama administration’s policies in the region.
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In the final part of CDKN’s exclusive discussion series on green growth, Simon Maxwell, CDKN’s Executive Chairman, presents the last of his ‘Ten Observations on Climate Change and Growth’ and invites your views.
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The Rio +20 meeting in 2012 is an opportunity for global policy makers to review twenty years of action on Agenda 21 and what has been delivered. Thus far, the score-card is mixed; neither wholly positive nor wholly negative. Significant challenges lie ahead. Global food prices have escalated sharply and malnutrition is on the rise. While a recent report suggests that globally efforts to sharply reduce extreme poverty by 2015 are on track, hunger remains persistent. The triple effects of the global economic crisis i.e. the weakening of the insurance sector, lower demand for exports and reduced remittances have exposed the fragility of economies and households alike.
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CDKN’s new guide to green growth contributes to an expanding debate. Aimed primarily at national planners and policy advisors in developing countries, the guide focuses on the role of economic tools in planning for green growth.
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In part four of CDKN’s exclusive discussion series on green growth, our Executive Chairman Simon Maxwell seeks your views on the need to link climate policies to growth, and how best to leverage private funding for green growth. We’d like to hear from you.
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The debate over green growth continues. Here we present some of the key resources available from CDKN about green growth and climate compatible development, and discuss its challenges and opportunities.
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