The main barrier to a ‘green economy’? Mindsets, according to a leading environmental economist. A green economy is one that aims for sustainable development while minimizing environmental degradation—and yet despite its ‘win-win’ aims, it has been slow to gain uptake. The problem lies with us, the scientific community, in that we have not been able to explain the opportunities which this concept offers, says Pushpam Kumar of UNEP and a panelist on the upcoming Colloquium on Forests and Climate, hosted by CIFOR and the Earth Institute.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 01:45:01 +0000