Beyond green growth: bioregions

Wednesday, 02 March 2016
Madis Tilga Madis Tilga

If not more, then at least the Paris climate agreement has put the climate policy back on track and called for the urgency of common value setting, writes Madis Tilga, adviser of the Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Estonia in the latest issue of Baltic Rim Economies magazine published 29.2.2016.

One of the corner stones of climate policy is sustainable development. No country at the climate talks or outside would cut back on their economic expansion for the sake of climate concerns. Therefore the green growth concept has been introduced as the main tool to keep climate and environment safe and at the same time cater for economy. In other words sustainable development imperative is a belief that economic growth can be detached from environmental harm.

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Nordic Council of Ministers is co-chairing EUSBSR PA Bioeconomy by fostering bioeconomy uptake in the region. Madis Tilga is running related project activities. Author is expressing personal views on the matter.


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