Building Inclusive Green Economies:Stories of Change from The Poverty-Environment Initiative in Asia

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Building Inclusive Green Economies:Stories of Change from The Poverty-Environment Initiative in Asia

November 7, 2014

The UNDP-UNEP Poverty Environment Initiative (PEI) offers a unique way of tackling these issues together by offering policy options to governments on how sustainable use of natural resources can help reduce poverty and maintain economic growth.With strong support from six donors globally, PEI in Asia Pacific is working with nine countries to mainstream pro-poor natural resource management into economic policies and decision making to achieve more inclusive green economies.

This publication brings together stories from the Asia Pacific region to demonstrate how this mainstreaming approach can be put into practice and the kind of results we can achieve. The post-2015 agenda promises to be a historical opportunity to adopt a more integrated approach to development, with poverty reduction and environmental sustainability at the heart of this new framework. As the vanguard of global economic and social development and home to the world’s most unique ecosystems, Asia Pacific has considerable responsibilities and opportunities to shape this agenda. The work of the UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative can serve as an inspiration to drive for change and to catalyze support and investments to achieve a truly sustainable development.

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