Inclusive Growth bulletin

May 2012 #13

Message from the UNDP Poverty Practice Director

In the lead-up to Rio+20 Conference, this month's new publications cover various dimensions of sustainable development as well as vulnerability and resilience. IPC-IG is launching a special series of One Pagers in English in partnership with Brazil's Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) on the theme of sustainable development and climate change.

"This issue of the bulletin is coming out in the lead-up to Rio+20. It brings together important contributions on how to move forward with realizing an inclusive and sustainable development agenda and presents new work on rethinking vulnerability and resilience. A deeper engagement with the intersections between economic, social and environmental dimensions of growth and development is also something that is part of the broader visioning process that is going on with regard to the future work of the Centre..." More...

Publications

1) Climate Change in Brazil: Economic, Social and Regulatory Aspects
By Ronaldo Seroa da Motta, Jorge Hargrave, Gustavo Luedemann and Maria Bernadete Sarmiento Gutierrez, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA)

IPEA's book “Climate Change in Brazil: economic, social and regulatory aspects.” bringS together 38 analysts to discuss climate change in Brazil within the national framework as well as in the international arena, highlighting issues such as gas emissions and deforestation among others. One Pager #153

2) The Brazilian Policy on Climate Change: Regulatory and Governance Aspects
By Ronaldo Seroa da Motta, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA)

The development of sectoral platforms, along with a legal and regulatory governance framework can guide Brazil to increase the efficiency of its transition to a low-carbon economy. One Pager # 154

3) Climate Change Regulation in Brazil and the Role of Subnational Governments
By Viviane Romeiro and Virginia Parente, Electrotechnical and Energy Institute of the University of São Paulo (IEE/USP)

Stemming from to a set of interviews, this One Pager discusses the outcomes of the effectiveness of climate change’s national and subnational policies aimed at the reduction of emissions. One Pager #155

4) The Trade-off Between Poverty Alleviation and GHG Mitigation: Is it True for all Income Levels in Brazil?
By Thiago Fonseca Morello, Vitor Schmid and Ricardo Abramovay, Socioenvironmental Economics Centre, University of São Paulo, Department of Economics

Biodiversity and poverty eradication are strongly correlated. This One Pager discusses the role of poverty eradication polices aimed at increasing the poor’s living standard conditions, thus allowing them to adopt harmless, alternative and environmentally sustainable sources of energy. One Pager #156

5) Agriculture and Cattle Raising in the Context of a Low Carbon Economy
By Gustavo Barbosa Mozzer, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA)

The Agricultural sector must incorporate a new, sustainable and productive economic model to keep supplying food without harming the environment, thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions. One Pager #157

6) Road Transport and Climate Change in Brazil
By Patrícia Helena Gambogi Boson, Representative of CNT in the National Environmental Council (Conama)

Environmental sustainability can begin with road transportation in Brazil to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and for the improvement of the Clean Development mechanisms (CDM) to facilitate engagement of the transport sector. One Pager #158

7) What are the Financing Prospects for Brazilian Sustainable Development? From Clean Development Mechanism to Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions
By Maria Bernadete Sarmiento Gutierrez, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA)

Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and The Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAS) should have a complementary role in the international regime and financial resources should be allocated to both as they meet different needs of developing countries. One Pager #159

8) Trade Barriers in Policies that Regulate Greenhouse Gases
By Ronaldo Seroa da Motta, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA)

This One pager examines the main trade barriers in policies that regulate greenhouse gases and the impacts on the Brazilian economy in absolute terms, relative to the country’s main trading partners. One Pager #160

9) Vulnerability of Brazilian Megacities to Climate Change: The São Paulo Metropolitan Region
By Carlos Afonso Nobre, Andrea Ferraz Young, Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva, José Antônio Marengo Orsini, Antonio Donato Nobre, Agostinho Tadashi Ogura, Osório Thomaz, Guillermo Oswaldo Obregón Párraga, Gustavo Costa M. da Silva, Maria Valverde, André Carvalho Silveira and Grasiela de Oliveira Rodrigues.

This One Pager discusses the challenges that climate change poses for Brazilian megacities and the lack of preparedness to cope with it. One Pager #161

10) The Climate Justice Discourse in Brazil: Potential and Perspective
By Bruno Milanez, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora and Igor F. Fonseca, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA)

This One Pager analyzes the way in which climate justice discourse has been created in Brazil and the possible outcomes of the adoption of this discourse. One Pager #162

11) Indicators for Assessing the Vulnerability of Smallholder Farming to Climate Change: the Case of Brazil’s Semi-Arid Northeastern Region
By Diego Pereira Lindoso, Juliana Dalboni Rocha, Nathan Debortoli, Izabel Cavalcanti I. Parente, Flávio Eiró,Marcel Bursztyn and Saulo Rodrigues Filho

This study discusses a set of indicators to assess the vulnerability of smallholder agriculture to droughts in Brazil. Relevant socio-economic, institutional and climate indicators were identified and distributed among the three attributes of vulnerability. One Pager #163

12) Cost–benefit Analyses of Climate Change
By Jorge Hargrave, Ronaldo Seroa da Motta and Gustavo Luedemann, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA)

Despite the uncertainties involved in climate change cost–benefit analysis, it includes the opinions of various stakeholders in the national and international arena and guide the positioning of most countries. One Pager #164

13) The Targets of the Copenhagen Accord and the Cancun and Durban Agreements
By Ronaldo Seroa da Motta, Jorge Hargrave and Gustavo Luedemann, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA)

This One Pager highlights the results achieved by The Copenhaguen Accord and the Cancun and Durban agreements. One Pager #165

14) Climate Change Negotiations from an Industry Perspective
By Paula Bennati, Climate Change Senior Advisor in the Environment and Sustainability Department of the Confederação Nacional da Indústria (CNI– Brazilian Confederation of Industry)

This study explores climate change from an industry perspective and underlines the effects the current negotiating agenda has on the Brazilian private sector. One Pager #166

15) Green Equity: Environmental Justice for more Inclusive Growth
By Kishan Khoday and Leisa Perch

Vulnerable communities are the ones who most suffer the burden of ecological change, while being least able to mobilize against these trends. For the poor, unsustainable resource use and pollution bring risks to their ability to earn a livelihood and live a healthy life; it is the new face of long-term structural inequality.
Policy Research Brief #19

16) Understanding the Socio-Environmental Policy Space
By Leisa Perch

The emerging focus on the socio-environmental policy space in the context of Rio +20 is timely considering the staggering evidence available about the interconnectedness of environmental vulnerabilities and resource inequality in hampering and undermining social development.
Policy Research Brief #20

17) Macroeconomic Vulnerability in Developing Countries: Approaches and Issues
By Anuradha Seth and Amr Ragab, Poverty Group, Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP

This paper reviews the literature on macroeconomic vulnerability and finds that there is no single approach to understanding macroeconomic vulnerability in the context of financial and economic crises in developing countries. It identifies the critical contributions of different studies on macroeconomic vulnerability and appraises their main differences and proposes elements for a more comprehensive framework of macroeconomic vulnerability for developing countries
Working Paper #94
Summary Version: One Pager #152

Click here to read the full list of publications

South-South Policy Dialogue

The Role of South-South Cooperation on Agricultural Development In Africa

On May 17th, along with partners Future Agriculture Consortium (FAC), the UK Department for International Development (DFID), Articulação Sul, the International Cooperation Centre in Agronomic Research for Development (CIRAD) and UNWomen, IPC-IG hosted a International Seminar on The Role of South-South Cooperation in Agricultural Development in Africa in Brasilia.

Key points of consensus emerged around the following: (i) the value of a multi-stakeholder dialogue process on SSC involving diverse stakeholders; (ii) the role of SSC in potentially revolutionizing how countries develop and how they cooperate, facilitated by greater emphasis on adaptation to local contexts and inclusive transfer mechanisms; (iii) that South-South should be founded on a principle of equal exchange and (iv) the critical role played by approaches which combined policies, people and institutions. The role of development in empowering, including and promoting the rights and livelihoods for all was re-emphasized.

Visit The Role of South-South Cooperation on Agricultural Development In Africa website for presentations, supporting documents, pictures and more!

A series of articles published on the Future Agricultures Consortium blog featured themes and issues discussed at the South-South Cooperation Seminar:

After the honeymoon: what would a happy marriage between Brazil and Africa look like?

Brazilian provision of cooperation in agriculture: politics and paths

Should traditional donors be interfering in South-South cooperation?

More

Read an article by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS-UK) in the context of the Seminar held in Brasilia.

IPC in the Media

Rio+20: Let’s prioritise social sustainability. Al Jazeera English published an opinion article by Leisa Perch, Policy Specialist and Team Leader of the Rural and Sustainable Development Unit at IPC-IG.

IPC-IG Events

Upcoming: Civil Society and Knowledge Community: Dialogues around IFSD

IPC-IG, together with lead organizer The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), will have a side-event at Rio+20. Taking place at Rio Centro on 19 June from 5:30 - 19h, the event has the objective to stimulate discussion on the role of civil society organizations (CSOs) and knowledge community in the context of the second theme of UNCSD-institutional framework for sustainable development (IFSD). It will try to harness in best possible manner the diverse knowledge and experience of the participants, accommodating different opinions and interests and providing the tools and the space for productive brainstorming of future role and direction of CSOs. The role of CSOs exists at all levels – international, regional, national, sub-national and local – and may be increasingly mobilized and organized through innovative methods.

More information can be found on the UNCSD 2012 website.

Past Events

IPC-IG facilitates a series of seminars to discuss different topics of development policy with the diplomatic community, government representatives, researchers and students in Brasilia. Presenters in our 2012 cycle have included Senator Cristovam Buarque and Brazil’s Vice Minister of Social Development, Mr Rômulo Paes de Sousa.

Senator Cristovam Buarque delivered a presentation and made the case for a new development paradigm based on Social Productive Keynesianism (SPK) as a response to the current five global crises, namely: (i) financial crisis; (ii) economic crisis; (iii) ecological crisis; (iv) social crisis; and (iv) paradigmatic crisis. Mr. Buarque outlined a vision for Social Productive Keynesianism where public funds would be used to finance employment in order to produce goods that meet the needs of the population while respecting ecological balance. More...

In the lead up to Rio+20, there is growing interest in exploring very practical ways to link the social, economic and environmental dimensions of inclusive and sustainable development. In a thought-provoking presentation, Socio Environmental Protection Floor: Ideas to be discussed in Rio+20, Rômulo Paes de Sousa shared some of the thinking taking place in the Government of Brazil with regard to proactively contributing to the discussion on these issues. More...

Dr.Anabel Marin, researcher at Conicet and professor at National University of Buenos Aires (UBA), analyzed the potential to focus on the transformative alternatives (niches) in the exploitation of natural resources in Latin America. The project lead by Dr Marinproposes and explores the following developmental challenge: Can natural resources activities be transformed so they can best serve economic resilience, social justice and environmental sustainability in the region? More...

Other Seminars from our Series:

Challenges Ahead of Rio+20 and Opportunities for Brazil and the Developing World in Advancing the Sustainable Development Agenda

Institutional Determinants of Inequality in Brazil – the Role of the State

Middle Class in Latin America

Brazilian South-South Cooperation on Human Rights: a New Perspective

Can the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics help promote Inclusive Growth in Brazil?

Visit IPC's SlideShare account for other presentations!

Partners

Asia-Pacific can no longer afford to grow first and clean up later

Countries in Asia and the Pacific are at a crossroads and must now strike a balance between rising prosperity and rising emissions. Their success or failure will have repercussions worldwide, predicts a new report released by the United Nations Development Programme in Asia and the Pacific. In the run-up to Rio +20, UNDP provides an overview of the issues and challenges the governments and civil society organizations will confront at upcoming global summit and of what can be done to build resilient nations, looking for “green and inclusive opportunities” in the future. More...

Asia-Pacific Human Development Report 2012 – One Planet to Share: Sustaining Human Progress in a Changing Climate

Multimedia, Dialogue and Partnership Space

Join the global conversations on food and nutrition security; sustainable development for fighting poverty; sustainable development as an answer to the economic and financial crises; the economics of sustainable development, including sustainable patterns of production and consumption; sustainable cities and innovation; unemployment, decent work and migrations; energy; water; oceans; and forests and submit your recommendations now! The recommendations that receive most support (maximum 10) will be transferred to a public site to be voted on by the general public. The recommendations, ranked by the support received inside the platform and by the votes received in the public site will then be presented to the Panelists in the ‘live’ Sustainable Development Dialogues which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, from 16-19 June 2012. More...

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Inclusive Growth bulletin	May 2012 #13

Message from the UNDP Poverty Practice Director In the lead-up to Rio+20 Conference, this month's new publications cover various dimensions of sustainable development as well as vulnerability and resilience. IPC-IG is launching a special series of One Pagers in English in partnership with Brazil's Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) on the theme of sustainable development and climate change. "This issue of the bulletin is coming out in the lead-up to Rio+20. It brings together important contributions on how to move forward with realizing an inclusive and sustainable development agenda and presents new work on rethinking vulnerability and resilience. A deeper engagement with the intersections between economic, social and environmental dimensions of growth and development is also something that is part of the broader visioning process that is going on with regard to the future work of the Centre..." More...	Publications 1) Climate Change in Brazil: Economic, Social and Regulatory Aspects By Ronaldo Seroa da Motta, Jorge Hargrave, Gustavo Luedemann and Maria Bernadete Sarmiento Gutierrez, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) IPEA's book “Climate Change in Brazil: economic, social and regulatory aspects.” bringS together 38 analysts to discuss climate change in Brazil within the national framework as well as in the international arena, highlighting issues such as gas emissions and deforestation among others. One Pager #153 2) The Brazilian Policy on Climate Change: Regulatory and Governance Aspects By Ronaldo Seroa da Motta, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) The development of sectoral platforms, along with a legal and regulatory governance framework can guide Brazil to increase the efficiency of its transition to a low-carbon economy. One Pager # 154 3) Climate Change Regulation in Brazil and the Role of Subnational Governments By Viviane Romeiro and Virginia Parente, Electrotechnical and Energy Institute of the University of São Paulo (IEE/USP) Stemming from to a set of interviews, this One Pager discusses the outcomes of the effectiveness of climate change’s national and subnational policies aimed at the reduction of emissions. One Pager #155 4) The Trade-off Between Poverty Alleviation and GHG Mitigation: Is it True for all Income Levels in Brazil? By Thiago Fonseca Morello, Vitor Schmid and Ricardo Abramovay, Socioenvironmental Economics Centre, University of São Paulo, Department of Economics Biodiversity and poverty eradication are strongly correlated. This One Pager discusses the role of poverty eradication polices aimed at increasing the poor’s living standard conditions, thus allowing them to adopt harmless, alternative and environmentally sustainable sources of energy. One Pager #156 5) Agriculture and Cattle Raising in the Context of a Low Carbon Economy By Gustavo Barbosa Mozzer, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) The Agricultural sector must incorporate a new, sustainable and productive economic model to keep supplying food without harming the environment, thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions. One Pager #157 6) Road Transport and Climate Change in Brazil By Patrícia Helena Gambogi Boson, Representative of CNT in the National Environmental Council (Conama) Environmental sustainability can begin with road transportation in Brazil to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and for the improvement of the Clean Development mechanisms (CDM) to facilitate engagement of the transport sector. One Pager #158 7) What are the Financing Prospects for Brazilian Sustainable Development? From Clean Development Mechanism to Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions By Maria Bernadete Sarmiento Gutierrez, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and The Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAS) should have a complementary role in the international regime and financial resources should be allocated to both as they meet different needs of developing countries. One Pager #159 8) Trade Barriers in Policies that Regulate Greenhouse Gases By Ronaldo Seroa da Motta, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) This One pager examines the main trade barriers in policies that regulate greenhouse gases and the impacts on the Brazilian economy in absolute terms, relative to the country’s main trading partners. One Pager #160 9) Vulnerability of Brazilian Megacities to Climate Change: The São Paulo Metropolitan Region By Carlos Afonso Nobre, Andrea Ferraz Young, Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva, José Antônio Marengo Orsini, Antonio Donato Nobre, Agostinho Tadashi Ogura, Osório Thomaz, Guillermo Oswaldo Obregón Párraga, Gustavo Costa M. da Silva, Maria Valverde, André Carvalho Silveira and Grasiela de Oliveira Rodrigues. This One Pager discusses the challenges that climate change poses for Brazilian megacities and the lack of preparedness to cope with it. One Pager #161 10) The Climate Justice Discourse in Brazil: Potential and Perspective By Bruno Milanez, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora and Igor F. Fonseca, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) This One Pager analyzes the way in which climate justice discourse has been created in Brazil and the possible outcomes of the adoption of this discourse. One Pager #162 11) Indicators for Assessing the Vulnerability of Smallholder Farming to Climate Change: the Case of Brazil’s Semi-Arid Northeastern Region By Diego Pereira Lindoso, Juliana Dalboni Rocha, Nathan Debortoli, Izabel Cavalcanti I. Parente, Flávio Eiró,Marcel Bursztyn and Saulo Rodrigues Filho This study discusses a set of indicators to assess the vulnerability of smallholder agriculture to droughts in Brazil. Relevant socio-economic, institutional and climate indicators were identified and distributed among the three attributes of vulnerability. One Pager #163 12) Cost–benefit Analyses of Climate Change By Jorge Hargrave, Ronaldo Seroa da Motta and Gustavo Luedemann, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) Despite the uncertainties involved in climate change cost–benefit analysis, it includes the opinions of various stakeholders in the national and international arena and guide the positioning of most countries. One Pager #164 13) The Targets of the Copenhagen Accord and the Cancun and Durban Agreements By Ronaldo Seroa da Motta, Jorge Hargrave and Gustavo Luedemann, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) This One Pager highlights the results achieved by The Copenhaguen Accord and the Cancun and Durban agreements. One Pager #165 14) Climate Change Negotiations from an Industry Perspective By Paula Bennati, Climate Change Senior Advisor in the Environment and Sustainability Department of the Confederação Nacional da Indústria (CNI– Brazilian Confederation of Industry) This study explores climate change from an industry perspective and underlines the effects the current negotiating agenda has on the Brazilian private sector. One Pager #166 15) Green Equity: Environmental Justice for more Inclusive Growth By Kishan Khoday and Leisa Perch Vulnerable communities are the ones who most suffer the burden of ecological change, while being least able to mobilize against these trends. For the poor, unsustainable resource use and pollution bring risks to their ability to earn a livelihood and live a healthy life; it is the new face of long-term structural inequality. Policy Research Brief #19 16) Understanding the Socio-Environmental Policy Space By Leisa Perch The emerging focus on the socio-environmental policy space in the context of Rio +20 is timely considering the staggering evidence available about the interconnectedness of environmental vulnerabilities and resource inequality in hampering and undermining social development. Policy Research Brief #20 17) Macroeconomic Vulnerability in Developing Countries: Approaches and Issues By Anuradha Seth and Amr Ragab, Poverty Group, Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP This paper reviews the literature on macroeconomic vulnerability and finds that there is no single approach to understanding macroeconomic vulnerability in the context of financial and economic crises in developing countries. It identifies the critical contributions of different studies on macroeconomic vulnerability and appraises their main differences and proposes elements for a more comprehensive framework of macroeconomic vulnerability for developing countries Working Paper #94 Summary Version: One Pager #152 Click here to read the full list of publications
South-South Policy Dialogue The Role of South-South Cooperation on Agricultural Development In Africa On May 17th, along with partners Future Agriculture Consortium (FAC), the UK Department for International Development (DFID), *Articulação Sul, the International Cooperation Centre in Agronomic Research for Development* (CIRAD) and UNWomen, IPC-IG hosted a International Seminar on The Role of South-South Cooperation in Agricultural Development in Africa in Brasilia. Key points of consensus emerged around the following: (i) the value of a multi-stakeholder dialogue process on SSC involving diverse stakeholders; (ii) the role of SSC in potentially revolutionizing how countries develop and how they cooperate, facilitated by greater emphasis on adaptation to local contexts and inclusive transfer mechanisms; (iii) that South-South should be founded on a principle of equal exchange and (iv) the critical role played by approaches which combined policies, people and institutions. The role of development in empowering, including and promoting the rights and livelihoods for all was re-emphasized. Visit The Role of South-South Cooperation on Agricultural Development In Africa website for presentations, supporting documents, pictures and more! A series of articles published on the Future Agricultures Consortium blog featured themes and issues discussed at the South-South Cooperation Seminar: After the honeymoon: what would a happy marriage between Brazil and Africa look like? Brazilian provision of cooperation in agriculture: politics and paths Should traditional donors be interfering in South-South cooperation? More Read an article by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS-UK) in the context of the Seminar held in Brasilia. IPC in the Media Rio+20: Let’s prioritise social sustainability. Al Jazeera English published an opinion article by Leisa Perch, Policy Specialist and Team Leader of the Rural and Sustainable Development Unit at IPC-IG. IPC-IG Events Upcoming: Civil Society and Knowledge Community: Dialogues around IFSD IPC-IG, together with lead organizer The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), will have a side-event at Rio+20. Taking place at Rio Centro on 19 June from 5:30 - 19h, the event has the objective to stimulate discussion on the role of civil society organizations (CSOs) and knowledge community in the context of the second theme of UNCSD-institutional framework for sustainable development (IFSD). It will try to harness in best possible manner the diverse knowledge and experience of the participants, accommodating different opinions and interests and providing the tools and the space for productive brainstorming of future role and direction of CSOs. The role of CSOs exists at all levels – international, regional, national, sub-national and local – and may be increasingly mobilized and organized through innovative methods. More information can be found on the UNCSD 2012 website. Past Events IPC-IG facilitates a series of seminars to discuss different topics of development policy with the diplomatic community, government representatives, researchers and students in Brasilia. Presenters in our 2012 cycle have included Senator Cristovam Buarque and Brazil’s Vice Minister of Social Development, Mr Rômulo Paes de Sousa. Senator Cristovam Buarque delivered a presentation and made the case for a new development paradigm based on Social Productive Keynesianism (SPK) as a response to the current five global crises, namely: (i) financial crisis; (ii) economic crisis; (iii) ecological crisis; (iv) social crisis; and (iv) paradigmatic crisis. Mr. Buarque outlined a vision for Social Productive Keynesianism where public funds would be used to finance employment in order to produce goods that meet the needs of the population while respecting ecological balance. More... In the lead up to Rio+20, there is growing interest in exploring very practical ways to link the social, economic and environmental dimensions of inclusive and sustainable development. In a thought-provoking presentation, Socio Environmental Protection Floor: Ideas to be discussed in Rio+20, Rômulo Paes de Sousa shared some of the thinking taking place in the Government of Brazil with regard to proactively contributing to the discussion on these issues. More... Dr.Anabel Marin, researcher at Conicet and professor at National University of Buenos Aires (UBA), analyzed the potential to focus on the transformative alternatives (niches) in the exploitation of natural resources in Latin America. The project lead by Dr Marinproposes and explores the following developmental challenge: Can natural resources activities be transformed so they can best serve economic resilience, social justice and environmental sustainability in the region? More... Other Seminars from our Series: Challenges Ahead of Rio+20 and Opportunities for Brazil and the Developing World in Advancing the Sustainable Development Agenda Institutional Determinants of Inequality in Brazil – the Role of the State Middle Class in Latin America Brazilian South-South Cooperation on Human Rights: a New Perspective Can the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics help promote Inclusive Growth in Brazil? Visit IPC's SlideShare account for other presentations!

Partners *Asia-Pacific can no longer afford to grow first and clean up later* Countries in Asia and the Pacific are at a crossroads and must now strike a balance between rising prosperity and rising emissions. Their success or failure will have repercussions worldwide, predicts a new report released by the United Nations Development Programme in Asia and the Pacific. In the run-up to Rio +20, UNDP provides an overview of the issues and challenges the governments and civil society organizations will confront at upcoming global summit and of what can be done to build resilient nations, looking for “green and inclusive opportunities” in the future. More... Asia-Pacific Human Development Report 2012 – One Planet to Share: Sustaining Human Progress in a Changing Climate	Multimedia, Dialogue and Partnership Space Join the global conversations on food and nutrition security; sustainable development for fighting poverty; sustainable development as an answer to the economic and financial crises; the economics of sustainable development, including sustainable patterns of production and consumption; sustainable cities and innovation; unemployment, decent work and migrations; energy; water; oceans; and forests and submit your recommendations now! The recommendations that receive most support (maximum 10) will be transferred to a public site to be voted on by the general public. The recommendations, ranked by the support received inside the platform and by the votes received in the public site will then be presented to the Panelists in the ‘live’ Sustainable Development Dialogues which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, from 16-19 June 2012. More...

We are fast approaching 5,500 friends and fans! Stay connected and follow us:	International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) Poverty Practice, Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP Address: Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco O, 7º andar 70052-900 Brasilia-DF, Brazil Phone: (+ 55 61) 2105 5000 E-mail: contact.service@ipc-undp.org Website: www.ipc-undp.org Pres Room: http://pressroom.ipc-undp.org Click here to receive IPC-IG publications and here to stop receiving any.