The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)held its 6 th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development inAsia and the Pacific, which aimed to speed up the Green Growthapproach, in the Kazakhstan capital of Astana on Sept. 27.
Speaking at the conference, Rae Kwon Chung, Director of UNESCAP’sEnvironment and Development Division, said “Green growth offers theunique opportunity for developing countries and emerging economies toleapfrog from the conventional and costly “pollute first and clean uplater” trap to an ecologically-efficient, inclusive and sustainablegrowth paradigm.”
The Green Growth approach willcontinue to serve as the cornerstone strategy leading the region into anenvironmentally sustainable economic growth paradigm and helping toaddress the current triple challenges of converging economic, resourceand ecological crises, he said.
The Green Growthapproach, which originated from the fifth UNESCAP Ministerial Meeting onEnvironment and Development held in Seoul in 2005, can be implementedthrough cross-border and inter-regional programmes to harmoniseenvironmental and development practices and strategies across theAsia-Pacific region.
Noeleen Heyzer,Under-Secretary-General of the UN and Executive Secretary of the UNESCAPsaid that the conference will hasten regional countries to improve thequality of economic growth through effectively addressing environmentalchallenges.
According to research and policiesadvocated by the UN and UNESCAP, a Green Growth approach requires afundamental transformation of the conventional economic structure toeffectively address economic, environmental and social challenges of theregion through a concept of eco-efficiency.
WBstudies show that although the region is leading the world in overcomingthe economic and financial crisis, it also needs to speed up theprocess of economic integration and make progress in environmentalprotection, along with balancing the demand for growth and environmentalprotection responsibility.
Regional countriesincluding Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines shouldaccelerate their roadmaps to build a knowledge-based market whileVietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar need to boost trade activities./.
Speaking at the conference, Rae Kwon Chung, Director of UNESCAP’sEnvironment and Development Division, said “Green growth offers theunique opportunity for developing countries and emerging economies toleapfrog from the conventional and costly “pollute first and clean uplater” trap to an ecologically-efficient, inclusive and sustainablegrowth paradigm.”
The Green Growth approach willcontinue to serve as the cornerstone strategy leading the region into anenvironmentally sustainable economic growth paradigm and helping toaddress the current triple challenges of converging economic, resourceand ecological crises, he said.
The Green Growthapproach, which originated from the fifth UNESCAP Ministerial Meeting onEnvironment and Development held in Seoul in 2005, can be implementedthrough cross-border and inter-regional programmes to harmoniseenvironmental and development practices and strategies across theAsia-Pacific region.
Noeleen Heyzer,Under-Secretary-General of the UN and Executive Secretary of the UNESCAPsaid that the conference will hasten regional countries to improve thequality of economic growth through effectively addressing environmentalchallenges.
According to research and policiesadvocated by the UN and UNESCAP, a Green Growth approach requires afundamental transformation of the conventional economic structure toeffectively address economic, environmental and social challenges of theregion through a concept of eco-efficiency.
WBstudies show that although the region is leading the world in overcomingthe economic and financial crisis, it also needs to speed up theprocess of economic integration and make progress in environmentalprotection, along with balancing the demand for growth and environmentalprotection responsibility.
Regional countriesincluding Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines shouldaccelerate their roadmaps to build a knowledge-based market whileVietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar need to boost trade activities./.
