"Meeting the short run challenges of reviving the worldwide economy need not mean sacrificing long run economic and environmental sustainability. A Global Green New Deal (GGND) is an economic policy strategy for ensuring a more economically and environmentally sustainable world economic...

The report is compiled by UNEP's Green Economy Initiative in collaboration with economists and experts worldwide. It demonstrates that the greening of economies is not generally a drag on growth but rather a new engine of growth; that it is a net generator of decent jobs, and that it is also a...

Integrating the ecological and economic dimensions in biodiversity and ecosystem service valuation -- Biodiversity, ecosystems and ecosystem services -- Measuring biophysical quantities and the use of indicators -- The socio-cultural context of ecosystem and biodiversity valuation -- The...