8/9/2019 OECD - Green Growth Strategy
1/14
The Green GrowthStrategyOECD Forum 201026-27 May 2010, Paris
8/9/2019 OECD - Green Growth Strategy
2/14
What is green growth?
Green growth can be seen as a way topursue economic growth and
development, while preventingenvironmental degradation, biodiversityloss, and unsustainable natural resource
use.
OECD Forum 2010, 26-27 May 2010, Paris. For more information, see www.oecd.org/greengrowth
8/9/2019 OECD - Green Growth Strategy
3/14
Why green growth? Short-term: transform the opportunity
of the crisis to ensure a more sustainable
economic recovery
Long-term: promote new, greener
sources of growth
OECD Forum 2010, 26-27 May 2010, Paris. For more information, see www.oecd.org/greengrowth
8/9/2019 OECD - Green Growth Strategy
4/14
What key environmental challenges will it address?
OECD Forum 2010, 26-27 May 2010, Paris. For more information, see www.oecd.org/greengrowth
8/9/2019 OECD - Green Growth Strategy
5/14
What are the key elements of the Strategy?
8/9/2019 OECD - Green Growth Strategy
6/14
What about green innovation?
A key driver of green economies and job creation
Can help lower the cost of responding to
environmental problems
Need to promote entrepreneurship small firms
are a large source of radical innovations
Accelerating green R&D and internationaltechnology transfer will enable global green
growthOECD Forum 2010, 26-27 May 2010, Paris. For more information, see www.oecd.org/greengrowth
8/9/2019 OECD - Green Growth Strategy
7/14
Clear policy signals are essential to
incentivise eco-innovation
Source: OECD (2010), The Invention and Transfer of Environmental Technologies
8/9/2019 OECD - Green Growth Strategy
8/14
Example: International transfer
of solar photo-voltaic technology
Transfer is measured as the relationship between source country of inventions (inventor country) and countries in which protectionof the intellectual property has been sought. See also ENV/EPOC/WPNEP(2009)1/FINAL (www.oecd.org/environment/innovation).
http://www.oecd.org/environment/innovationhttp://www.oecd.org/environment/innovation8/9/2019 OECD - Green Growth Strategy
9/14
Some preliminary findings on green taxes They are spreading, but there is considerable scope
for increased use to encourage greener activities
If all industrialised countries cut emissions by 20%by 2020 relative to 1990 via taxes or emissionstrading schemes proceeds could be as high as2.5% of GDP
Revenues could be used to generate welfare gains
OECD Forum 2010, 26-27 May 2010, Paris. For more information, see www.oecd.org/greengrowth
8/9/2019 OECD - Green Growth Strategy
10/14
Environmentally-related tax revenues, 2000/2008
1. In Mexico, fluctuations of consumer prices on motor vehicle fuels are smoothed out. In 2008, when world market prices were
particularly high, the excise tax on fuels turned into a subsidy equalling 1.8% of GDP.Source: OECD/EEA database on instruments used for environmental policy and natural resource management.
8/9/2019 OECD - Green Growth Strategy
11/14
What about green jobs? Green stimulus measures can help create jobs in theshort-term
The long run impact on total employment is still
uncertain
Labour will be reallocated across sectors, firms andregions
Emerging demand for new green skills An active role for labour market and training
policies
OECD Forum 2010, 26-27 May 2010, Paris. For more information, see www.oecd.org/greengrowth
8/9/2019 OECD - Green Growth Strategy
12/14
ConsumersInputs:
Labour, capital, energy, materials, environmental servicesMulti-factor productivity
Outputs:Goods, services
Economic activities (production, consumption, trade)
Policies, measures, instruments:Taxes, subsidies, regulations, investments, innovation
Production process
Recycling,re-use,
re-manufacturing, substitution
Pollutants, waste
Natural capital stocks and environmental quality
Services, amenities,health & safety aspects
Economic and social agents
Natural resources(water, biomass, air, land, energy, materials, )
Publicper-ceptions
How can we measure green growth?
OECD Forum 2010, 26-27 May 2010, Paris. For more information, see www.oecd.org/greengrowth
8/9/2019 OECD - Green Growth Strategy
13/14
Questions for further work
What are the main barriers that need to beovercome to enable green growth?
How can we activate greener sources of growth?
How can we best harness green innovation?
1.
OECD Forum 2010, 26-27 May 2010, Paris. For more information, see www.oecd.org/greengrowth
8/9/2019 OECD - Green Growth Strategy
14/14
Questions for further work (continued)
What challenges will governments need to addressto move towards greener economies?
What will be the impact on jobs and skills?
What about green growth in developing countries?
1.
OECD Forum 2010, 26-27 May 2010, Paris. For more information, see www.oecd.org/greengrowth
Top Related