Sustainable and Inclusive Development in Europe and Central Asia

“ From Transition to Transformation:
Sustainable and Inclusive Development in Europe and Central Asia“

The region

• has the highest carbon emissions per capita in the world — over five times the limit which would stabilize global warming by 2050.
• Eastern Europe and Central Asia need to remove fossil fuel subsidies, invest in ‘green’ jobs, and establish social protection floors to ensure a sustainable future.

The report, supported by 13 U.N. agencies, calls for

• a transformation to integrated policy making,
• where social equity, economic growth and environmental protection are approached together.

Full text (163 pages): hier

Read more: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/environment-energy/from-transition-to-transformation.html

Press Release: 

http://www.unwomen.org/2012/03/eastern-europe-and-central-asia-should-transition-toward-sustainable-development-now-or-pay-more-in-the-future-says-un-report/

First Global Human Development Forum – Istanbul, March 22-23 

ILO:

Eastern Europe and Central Asia should transition toward sustainable development now or pay more in the future, says UN report
http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/press-and-media-centre/news/WCMS_176128/lang–en/index.htm