Green Economy

           

By Bruno Vander Velde, originally published at Forests News Global agreements on forests and climate change must safeguard the rights of indigenous peoples, said a Latin American indigenous leader who called for setting clear rules over development initiatives that affect the forests they live in. “At the global level, forests are where indigenous peoples are […]

By Rachel Kyte, Vice-President Climate Change Group, World Bank, originally posted at World Bank Rachel Kyte is a plenary speaker at the Global Landscapes Forum 6-7 December in Lima (High-level opening plenary: Negotiating landscapes for multiple benefits). In her blog she refers to it as Landscapes Day. Over the next few months, governments worldwide will be preparing […]

Despite a decoupling of forest loss from population and economic growth, emissions from land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) remain one of the most important sources of greenhouse gas emissions globally. Activities in the LULUCF sector can provide a relatively cost-effective way of offsetting emissions, either by increasing the removals of greenhouse gases […]

This article was originally published at  World Resources Institute (WRI) Written by Helen Mountford, Director of Economics at WRI, and Andrew Steer, President and CEO of WRI, who is also one of the speakers at the Global Landscapes Forum How should politicians prioritize between robust economic growth and solving the problem of climate change? A new report reveals an encouraging […]

By Bruno Vander Velde, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) How do we balance the economy and the environment? This framework is not new, and yet decades after it first seeped into academic exchanges, researchers and policymakers alike are still wrestling with it. In fact, discussions about the links between economy and environment that came […]