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Towards a Green Economy »

In a new report, the UN Environment Programme sets out the economic and social case for investing two per cent of global GDP to kick-start a transition towards a low carbon, resource efficient green economy.

Tags: Achim Steiner, development, Green Economy, Rio+20, UN, UNEP 21 Feb 2011

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