作者：SMITH, MICHAEL H./ HARGROVES, KARLSON/ DESHA, CHERYL
出版社：STYLUS PUB LLC
出版日期：2010年07月30日
語言：英文 ISBN：9781844075294
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內容簡介TOP`I COMMEND THE AUTHORS FOR THIS RESPONSE TO OUR COMMON FUTURE TO MARK ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY. CENTS AND SUSTAINABILITY BRINGS TOGETHER SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH CAN REINFORCE EACH OTHER.’ FROM THE FOREWORD BY DR GRO BRUNDTLAND, SPECIAL ENVOY ON CLIMATE CHANGE FOR THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL, AND CHAIR OF THE UN WORLD COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (1984-1987)
`I URGE ALL LEADERS AND DECISION MAKERS TO READ THIS BOOK, ALONG WITH FACTOR FIVE, CO-AUTHORED WITH THE TEAM FROM TNEP, AND TO COMMIT TO DECOUPLING ECONOMIC GROWTH FROM ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES AT THE SCALE AND SPEED NEEDED TO ENSURE WE STAY WITHIN THE ECOLOGICAL LIMITS OF THE PLANET. IF DECOUPLING IS IMPLEMENTED RAPIDLY, WITH A FOCUS ON RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY, AS CENTS AND SUSTAINABILITY SHOWS, IT WILL LEAD TO HIGHER ECONOMIC AND JOBS GROWTH, NOT LESS.’ DR ERNST VON WEIZSACKER, CO-CHAIR UNEP INTERNATIONAL PANEL FOR SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, AND CO-AUTHOR OF FACTOR FIVE (EARTHSCAN, 2009)
`THE HISTORICAL ASSUMPTION THAT THAT GREEN INVESTMENT COMES AT A COST TO THE ECONOMY NEEDS TO BE CHALLENGED. CENTS AND SUSTAINABILITY OFFERS A COHERENT ARGUMENT AND A COLLECTION OF EVIDENCE TO SHOW HOW PRUDENT POLICIES, MARKET INNOVATION AND SHEER COMMON SENSE CAN LEAD TO GREEN DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS THAT COST LESS, DESTROY LESS AND BENEFIT ALL.’ DR NOELEEN HEZYER, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS, AND UN EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
`SINCE THE BRUNDTLAND COMMISSION REPORT WAS PUBLISHED, WE HAVE LONG AWAITED A BOOK THAT TACKLES THE FORMIDABLE ANALYTIC TASK OF DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK AND REALISTIC STRATEGY TO SIMULTANEOUSLY ACHIEVE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMIC AND JOBS GROWTH, AND POVERTY REDUCTION. I HOPE CENT AND SUSTAINABILITY ENJOYS EXCEPTIONAL CIRCULATION SUCCESS.’ PROFESSOR NORMAN MYERS, GREEN COLLEGE, AND EXTERNAL FELLOW OF THE JAMES MARTIN INSTITUTE, OXFORD UNIVERSITY
`IN 1987, OUR COMMON FUTURE OFFERED THE PROSPECT OF DECOUPLING AS THE RESOLUTION BETWEEN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT. CENTS AND SUSTAINABILITY OFFERS ABUNDANT EVIDENCE THAT, SUPPORTED BY APPROPRIATE POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS, THE TECHNICAL ABILITY EXISTS FOR US TO DO MUCH, MUCH MORE.’ PROFESSOR STEPHEN DOVERS, DIRECTOR, FENNER SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
`FOR MUCH OF MY CAREER I HAVE SOUGHT TO ASSIST IN THE RESPONSE TO OUR COMMON FUTURE AND HAVE BEEN AT TIMES DISMAYED BY THE SLOW PROGRESS. MORE RECENTLY I HAVE SEEN A GREATER READINESS TO TAKE ON THE SUSTAINABILITY AGENDA, BUT WE NEED HELP ON WHAT TO DO, AND THIS BOOK ENABLES US TO FOCUS ON COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS.’ PROFESSOR PETER NEWMAN, PROFESSOR OF SUSTAINABILITY, CURTIN UNIVERSITY, BOARD MEMBER OF INFRASTRUCTURE AUSTRALIA, AND CO-AUTHOR OF SUSTAINABILITY AND CITIES AND GREEN URBANISM DOWN UNDER
CENTS AND SUSTAINABILITY IS A CLEAR-SIGHTED RESPONSE TO THE 1987 CALL BY DR GRO BRUNDTLAND IN OUR COMMON FUTURE TO ACHIEVE A NEW ERA OF ECONOMIC GROWTH THAT IS `FORCEFUL AND AT THE SAME TIME SOCIALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE.’
THE BRUNDTLAND REPORT ARGUED THAT NOT ONLY WAS IT ACHIEVABLE, BUT THAT IT WAS AN URGENT IMPERATIVE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A TRANSITION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WHILE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING POVERTY AND DRIVING `CLEAN AND GREEN’ INVESTMENT.
WITH SOME STILL ARGUING FOR SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWING ECONOMIC GROWTH IN ORDER TO REDUCE PRESSURES ON THE ENVIRONMENT, THIS NEW BOOK, CENTS AND SUSTAINABILITY, SHOWS THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO RECONCILE THE NEED FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH A STRATEGY TO DECOUPLE ECONOMIC GROWTH FROM ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES, COMBINED WITH A RENEWED COMMITMENT TO ACHIEVE SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND POVERTY REDUCTION. BEGINNING WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE MOST PRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME, THE BOOK THEN EXPLAINS `DECOUPLING THEORY’, OVERVIEWS A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT CAN UNDERMINE AND EVEN BLOCK EFFORTS TO DECOUPLE IN BOTH DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, AND THEN DISCUSSES A NUMBER OF KEY CONSIDERATIONS TO ASSIST THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL `DECOUPLING STRATEGIES’. THE BOOK THEN FOCUSES ON PRESENTING EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT GREATER ACTION, NOT JUST ON CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT ALSO ON DECOUPLING ECONOMIC GROWTH FROM THE LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY AND THE DETERIORATION OF NATURAL SYSTEMS, FRESHWATER EXTRACTION, WASTE PRODUCTION, AND AIR POLLUTION
IN THE LEAD-UP TO THE 2012 UNITED NATIONS EARTH SUMMIT AND BEYOND, CENTS AND SUSTAINABILITY WILL BE A CRUCIAL GUIDE TO INFORM AND ASSIST NATIONS TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES, STRENGTHEN THEIR ECONOMY, CREATE JOBS AND REDUCE POVERTY
THE NATURAL EDGE PROJECT (TNEP) IS A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THINK-TANK WHICH OPERATES AS A COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT ON INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. TNEP’S MISSION IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO AND SUCCINCTLY COMMUNICATE LEADING RESEARCH, CASE STUDIES, TOOLS, POLICY AND STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS AND CIVIL SOCIETY |
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