A guidebook to the Green Economy Issue 1: Green Economy, Green Growth, and Low-Carbon Development - history, definitions and a guide to recent publications Division for Sustainable The three main areas for the current work on Green Economy are: 1) Advocacy of macro-economic approach to sustainable economic growth through regional, sub-regional and national fora 2) Demonstration of Green Economy approaches with a central focus on access to green finance, technology and investments 3) Support to countries in terms of develop The concept of a green economy has become a center of policy debates in recent years. During the recent global financial crisis, the United Nations General Assembly and several UN agencies underscored that the crisis represented an opportunity to promote green economy initiatives as part of the stimulus packages being put in place to support BQmDL.

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