What is a
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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) defines a ‘green economy’ as ‘improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities’.
For a particular community it is a shared endeavour between people, stakeholders and public bodies to improve wealth and employment whilst investing in nature. The investment in nature is about reducing carbon emissions and pollution, enhancing energy and resource efficiency, and preventing the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. As natural capital builds there is an improvement and enhancement for people and places. This can only happen where there is a joined up strategy, public and private investment and policy / regulation reforms. |