Invitation to book launch Green Industrial Policy: Concept, Policies, Country Experiences Venue: Beijing Tanglayaxiu Hotel Time: 19:30-20:30h, 9 December, 2017 The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), a joint initiative of UN Environment, UNIDO, UNDP, ILO and UNITAR, and the German Development Institute (DIE) invite you to the launch event for their report “Green Industrial Policy: Concept, Policies, Country Experiences”. Economic development in the age of industrialization has been achieved at the cost of severe overexploitation of natural resources. Humanity is approaching various ecological tipping points beyond which abrupt and irreversible environmental change at large geographical scale is likely to happen. This calls for countries to fundamentally rethink their development pathways and switch to sustainable practices. At the same time, countries need to foster structural change in ways that increase productivity and enhance prosperity. The report looks at these two challenges in conjunction. How can countries at different levels of socio-economic development manage the structural transformation towards ‘green’, environmentally sustainable economies in ways that also improve the material well-being of people? Can poor countries in particular achieve both objectives in tandem, and how can they deal with potential trade-offs? Building on the expertise of two dozen authors, the report illustrates the social and economic co-benefits of green industrial policy and analyzes policy instruments supporting the transition to economic structures that balance environmental sustainability and wealth creation. Agenda Moderator: Dechen Tsering, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, UN Environment Topic Speaker Time Opening: The need for a green transformation and the role of green industrial policy Erik Solheim Head of UN Environment 19:30h (10 min) Green Industrial Policy: Concept, Policies, Country cases: Highlights of the report Claudia Assmann Programme Officer, Resources and Markets Branch, UN Environment and Co-editor of the report 19:40h (10min) Keynote Justin Yifu Lin Director, Center for New Structural Economics Dean, Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development, Peking University 19:50h (15 min) Keynote Wang Jinnan Director General of China Academy of Environment Planning 20:05h (15 min) Q&A 20:20h (10min) Finger food 20:30h
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Invitation to book launch
Green Industrial Policy: Concept, Policies, Country Experiences
Venue: Beijing Tanglayaxiu Hotel
Time: 19:30-20:30h, 9 December, 2017
The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), a joint initiative of UN Environment, UNIDO, UNDP, ILO and
UNITAR, and the German Development Institute (DIE) invite you to the launch event for their report “Green
Industrial Policy: Concept, Policies, Country Experiences”.
Economic development in the age of industrialization has been achieved at the cost of severe overexploitation of
natural resources. Humanity is approaching various ecological tipping points beyond which abrupt and irreversible environmental change at large geographical scale is likely to happen. This calls for countries to fundamentally rethink
their development pathways and switch to sustainable practices. At the same time, countries need to foster structural change in ways that increase productivity and enhance prosperity.
The report looks at these two challenges in conjunction. How can countries at different levels of socio-economic
development manage the structural transformation towards ‘green’, environmentally sustainable economies in
ways that also improve the material well-being of people? Can poor countries in particular achieve both objectives
in tandem, and how can they deal with potential trade-offs? Building on the expertise of two dozen authors, the
report i l lustrates the social and economic co-benefits of green industrial policy and analyzes policy instruments
supporting the transition to economic structures that balance environmental sustainability and wealth creation.
Agenda
Moderator: Dechen Tsering, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, UN Environment
Topic Speaker Time
Opening: The need for a green
transformation and the role of green
industrial policy
Erik Solheim
Head of UN Environment
19:30h
(10 min)
Green Industrial Policy: Concept, Policies,
Country cases: Highlights of the report
Claudia Assmann
Programme Officer, Resources and Markets Branch,
UN Environment and Co-editor of the report
19:40h
(10min)
Keynote
Justin Yifu Lin
Director, Center for New Structural Economics
Dean, Institute of South-South Cooperation and
Development, Peking University
19:50h
(15 min)
Keynote
Wang Jinnan
Director General of China Academy of Environment
Planning
20:05h
(15 min)
Q&A 20:20h
(10min)
Finger food 20:30h
The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) was launched in 2013 as a response to the call at Rio+20 to
support those countries wishing to embark on greener and more inclusive growth trajectories.
PAGE seeks to put sustainability at the heart of economic policies and practices to advance the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development and supports nations and regions in reframing economic policies and practices around
sustainability to foster economic growth, create income and jobs, reduce poverty and inequality, and strengthen the
ecological foundations of their economies.
PAGE brings together five UN agencies – UN Environment, International Labour Organization, UN Development
Programme, UN Industrial Development Organization, and UN Institute for Training and Research – whose mandates,
expertises and networks combined can offer integrated and holistic support to countries on inclusive green economy,