can the green economy deliver?
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Soledad Ghione from CLAES (Latin American Center for Social Ecology) asks, 'Can the Green Economy Deliver'?TRANSCRIPT
Can Green Economy Deliver?
Soledad Ghione
Latin American Center for Social Ecology
Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
Latin American Center for Social Ecology
(CLAES for its acronym in Spanish: Centro Latino Americano de Ecología Social)
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
Latin American Center for Social Ecology
(CLAES for its acronym in Spanish: Centro Latino Americano de Ecología Social)
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
- Think tank on alternatives to development
Latin American Center for Social Ecology
(CLAES for its acronym in Spanish: Centro Latino Americano de Ecología Social)
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
- Think tank on alternatives to development- Works in most Latin American countries and bases in Montevideo (Uruguay)
Latin American Center for Social Ecology
(CLAES for its acronym in Spanish: Centro Latino Americano de Ecología Social)
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
- Think tank on alternatives to development- Works in most Latin American countries and bases in Montevideo (Uruguay)- Research on sustainable development, conservation, environmental policy, integration and economy
Can Green Economy Deliver?
“improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities”
(UNEP 2010)
UNEP defines a green economy as one that results in
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
“improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities”
(UNEP 2010)
UNEP defines a green economy as one that results in
a new economic paradigm
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
However, GE is neither so new, nor so green…
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
It is based on the most common definition of Sustainable Development World Commission on Environment and Development (1987)
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
“development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs”
(WCED, 1987)
It is based on the most common definition of Sustainable Development World Commission on Environment and Development (1987)
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
This definition of sustainable development assumes limits, but they are not absolute; they are relative
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
Limits can be managed (“ordered and improved”) to enter in a
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
This definition of sustainable development assumes limits, but they are not absolute; they are relative
new era of economic growth
Green Economy Scenario
Economic Growth
Natural Resources(used efficiently)
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
Green Economy Scenario
Economic Growth
Natural Resources(used efficiently)
A NEW ENGINE OF GROWTH
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
GE is based on Environmental Economy
Serious deficiencies to face environmental problems
GE is based on Environmental Economy
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
Serious deficiencies to face environmental problems
Uses economic instruments to put a price on Nature
Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES)
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
GE is based on Environmental Economy
Definition: Payment for Ecosystem Service
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
A PES is:
1. a voluntary transaction where2. a well-defined ES 3. is being ‘bought’ by an ES buyer4. from an ES provider5. if and only if the ES provider secures ES provision (conditionality)
(Wunder 2005)
Payment for Ecosystem Service
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
In practice: no single PES scheme satisfied all five criteria
(Wunder 2005)
Payment for Ecosystem Service
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
- There are no proofs of effectiveness (only local effects)
Payment for Ecosystem Service
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
- There are no proofs of effectiveness (only local effects)
- Ecological processes and functions considered “services” (isolating them from the entire ecosystem)
Payment for Ecosystem Service
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
- There are no proofs of effectiveness (only local effects)
- Ecological processes and functions considered “services” (isolating them from the entire ecosystem)
- If there is payment, there is conservation – what happens when payment stops?
Payment for Ecosystem Service
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
Ecological processes with economic value are those under most pressure, and that a
“buyer” or “donor” is willing to pay
(carbon sequestration, landscape beauty, etc.)
Payment for Ecosystem Service
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
What about those organisms that are neither beautiful, nor (apparently) useful?
So, can GE deliver?
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
So, can GE deliver? It is doubtful
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
So, can GE deliver? It is doubtful
GE is insufficient to conserve Nature
and to solve environmental problems
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
The question is…
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
the conception of DEVELOPMENT
(it's not considered in GE proposal)
The question is…
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
It is necessary to look for alternatives to the entire body of ideas about development
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
Ethical dimension is the key
It is necessary to look for alternatives to the entire body of ideas about development
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
It is necessary to look for alternatives to the entire body of ideas about development
RECOGNIZING THE RIGHTS OF NATURE
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
Ethical dimension is the key
It would be no longer needed to search for economic value of natural resources
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
Nature has an intrinsic value
It would be no longer needed to search for economic value of natural resources
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
Alternatives to DEVELOPMENT
Conservation of Nature
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
Alternative scenario
Alternatives to DEVELOPMENT
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
Alternatives to DEVELOPMENT
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
- Multi-valuation of Nature (not only economic)
Alternatives to DEVELOPMENT
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
- Multi-valuation of Nature (not only economic)
- Nature as Natural Patrimony
Alternatives to DEVELOPMENT
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
- Multi-valuation of Nature (not only economic)
- Nature as Natural Patrimony- Biocentric perspective
Alternatives to DEVELOPMENT
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
- Multi-valuation of Nature (not only economic)
- Nature as Natural Patrimony- Biocentric perspective- Technical solutions are necessary but not enough
Alternatives to DEVELOPMENT
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
- Multi-valuation of Nature (not only economic)
- Nature as Natural Patrimony- Biocentric perspective- Technical solutions are necessary but not enough- Right of Nature recognized - intrinsic value of Nature
Alternatives to DEVELOPMENT
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
- Multi-valuation of Nature (not only economic)
- Nature as Natural Patrimony- Biocentric perspective- Technical solutions are necessary but not enough- Right of Nature recognized - intrinsic value of Nature- Multicultural inclusion
Alternatives to DEVELOPMENT
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
- Multi-valuation of Nature (not only economic)
- Nature as Natural Patrimony- Biocentric perspective- Technical solutions are necessary but not enough- Right of Nature recognized - intrinsic value of Nature- Multicultural inclusion- Life Quality - post materialistic
Can Green Economy Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
Thank you for your attention
Can Green Economy´ Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY
(UNEP 2010, pp.16)
(UNEP 2010, pp.16)
Can Green Economy´ Deliver?Global Transition Dialogue 2012, NY