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A Conceptual and Legal Perspective on the Green Economy
Author(s) -
Morgera Elisa,
Savaresi Annalisa
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
review of european, comparative and international environmental law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.37
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2050-0394
pISSN - 2050-0386
DOI - 10.1111/reel.12016
Subject(s) - green economy , sustainable development , poverty , equity (law) , accountability , context (archaeology) , economy , economic system , perspective (graphical) , economics , business , political science , economic growth , geography , archaeology , artificial intelligence , computer science , law
The 2012 U nited N ations C onference on S ustainable D evelopment had as one of its two main themes ‘a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication’. The C onference did not agree upon a definition of ‘green economy’ and limited itself to ‘[encouraging] each country to consider the implementation of green economy policies’ as one of the different approaches available to achieve sustainable development. Nevertheless, its outcome document provides a host of indications about the challenges and opportunities to achieve sustainable development through the green economy. This article offers a conceptual and legal perspective on the green economy by investigating the evolution of the related policy debate and focusing on whether the text on the green economy adopted at Rio +20 provides new insights on the implementation of sustainable development, notably in relation to environmental integration, intra‐generational equity, human rights and corporate accountability.