Green Growth Capacity Development Online e-Learning Facility Aneta Nikolova, EDD, ESCAP nikolova@un.org

Context Issues in Asia-Pacific Response Economic growth pattern– high resource and carbon intensity Underinvestment in natural capital – resource depletion How to sustain economic growth trajectories Response Green Growth has been adopted as one of the regional strategies for achieving sustainable development Endorsed and adopted during the 5th and 6th Ministerial Conferences on Environment and Development for Asia and the Pacific

What is Green Growth? Green Growth Paths: “A policy focus for Asia and the Pacific that emphasizes environmentally sustainable economic progress to foster low‐carbon, socially inclusive development.” Green Growth Paths: Investment in Natural Capital and Eco-and Resource Efficiency Sustainable Consumption and Production Green Tax and Budget Reform Sustainable Infrastructure Greening of Business

Green Growth Capacity Development Description Emphasizes policies, tools, and techniques tailored to the Asia-Pacific context Building individual and organizational capabilities to ensure Green Growth goals can be defined and realized at the national level Objectives Introduce green growth as an approach to address SD challenges Application of green growth policies and tools in socio-economic policy planning Targets Ministers and high level officials, middle-level government officials, private- sector CEOs and decision makers, NGO’s, scientific community and all practitioners/stakeholders involved in transition to green growth

ESCAP Regional GGCD Since 2005; more than 500 policy makers ESCAP and SINGG with partners 10 regional policy dialogues; 10 National and 5 Regional Training of Trainers Seminars; 6 Leadership Workshops ESCAP ToT and green growth methodology; Sustainable livelihoods at the core of all tools; Pilot applications in Kazakhstan, Cambodia, Samoa, Fiji; Mongolia and Lao PDR in the pipeline

What? Online version CD Rom version ESCAP, KOICA, Regional SCP Helpdesk and UK Government – e-Learning Tools (2009-2010) ESCAP, UK, AIT/UNEP RRC.AP - On-line e-Learning Facility (2011) Online version CD Rom version

Online E-learning facility Phase 1 Map to Green Growth Low carbon Green Growth Sustainable consumption and production Sustainable infrastructure Green tax and budget reform Greening business Interactive and visually appealing flash-based training Short quiz

Growth and Consumption and Production Efficiency of resource use is one of the important variables for computing market price in the current economic system. This price, however, does not reflect the full costs of the processing of inputs (natural resources) and outputs (wastes, effluents, emissions). For instance, the use of hydrocarbons as an energy source directly results in a failure of the self-regulatory mechanisms of the natural system Ecological Inefficiency

Growth and Consumption and Production Efficiency of resource use is one of the important variables for computing market price in the current economic system. This price, however, does not reflect the full costs of the processing of inputs (natural resources) and outputs (wastes, effluents, emissions). For instance, the use of hydrocarbons as an energy source directly results in a failure of the self-regulatory mechanisms of the natural system Ecological Inefficiency

Growth and Consumption and Production Efficiency of resource use is one of the important variables for computing market price in the current economic system. This price, however, does not reflect the full costs of the processing of inputs (natural resources) and outputs (wastes, effluents, emissions). For instance, the use of hydrocarbons as an energy source directly results in a failure of the self-regulatory mechanisms of the natural system Ecological Inefficiency

Domestic material consumption Total A-P resource use accelerating -35 billion tonnes in 2005 Most important resource – construction minerals -almost 50% of all resources Asia-Pacific Rest of world Domestic material consumption * primary materials imported + domestically-extracted, minus exports, covering metal ores, industrial minerals, fossil fuels, construction minerals & biomass Total Asian and Pacific resource use is accelerating – 35 billion tonnes in 2005. The most important resource of all is construction minerals. Almost 50 % of the resource use is for infrastructure development Source: CSIRO and UNEP Asia Pacific Material Flows database 11

Domestic material consumption intensity Resource intensity A-P uses > 3 x resources to produce $1 of GDP, compared to the rest of the world Resource intensity increasing >> productivity/efficiency declining after 2000 Domestic material consumption intensity Asia-Pacific Rest of world In 2005, the Asian and Pacific region used 3x the resources of the rest of the world to produce the same amount of GDP. Resource intensity is increasing – this means that resource efficiency or productivity was declining after 2000. If these trends continue we can expect that total resource use will continue to accelerate. Source: CSIRO and UNEP Asia Pacific Material Flows database 12

Eco-efficiency Concept Efficiency of resource use is one of the important variables for computing market price in the current economic system. This price, however, does not reflect the full costs of the processing of inputs (natural resources) and outputs (wastes, effluents, emissions). For instance, the use of hydrocarbons as an energy source directly results in a failure of the self-regulatory mechanisms of the natural system Ecological Inefficiency

Growth and Consumption and Production Efficiency of resource use is one of the important variables for computing market price in the current economic system. This price, however, does not reflect the full costs of the processing of inputs (natural resources) and outputs (wastes, effluents, emissions). For instance, the use of hydrocarbons as an energy source directly results in a failure of the self-regulatory mechanisms of the natural system Ecological Inefficiency

Ecological Inefficiency Efficiency of resource use is one of the important variables for computing market price in the current economic system. This price, however, does not reflect the full costs of the processing of inputs (natural resources) and outputs (wastes, effluents, emissions). For instance, the use of hydrocarbons as an energy source directly results in a failure of the self-regulatory mechanisms of the natural system Ecological Inefficiency

The potential of ETR/GFR: ETR/GFR is the shifting of taxation from ‘goods’ (like income, profits) to ‘bads’ (like resource use and pollution)

Cross Sectoral Linkages

Online E-learning facility Phase 2 Develop new modules Resource efficiency Livable cities Payment for Ecosystem services Pro-poor green business Green technology Video and reference library Case Studies and Good Practices

Online E-learning facility Phase 3 (TBD)… New modules : Livable cities waste for energy sustainable water resources management Low carbon green growth roadmap Online Green Growth Community of Practice Web conferencing Forum Toolkits/Idea bank/”How to do” reference library/Good practices Online blog facility Document collaboration…

Development process Phase3 Phase 2 Phase 1 New modules Online community of practice Phase3 Resource efficiency/eco-efficiency Livable and eco-efficient cities Payment for Ecosystem services Pro-poor green business Case studies and video library Phase 2 Fundamentals of Green Growth: Map to Green Growth – ToT Phase 1

Who ?- Yesterday?

Other partners – CISRO, IGES, APRSCP Who - Tomorrow? Other partners – CISRO, IGES, APRSCP

Outcomes Impact Certification Partnerships with Enhance regional and global green growth solidarity Expand the Green Growth community of practitioners; Green growth policy and knowledge sharing web-space Certification “Green Growth Trainer of Trainers” certificate and member of Green Growth Champions network Partnerships with GG/GE Initiatives – SINGG, Astana GB Initiative Knowledge based networks – CISRO, IGES, SWITCH-ASIA- PSC and SWITCH-ASIA Network Facility Learning Institutions - UNITAR, UNU, Pacific University Networks of practitioners – APSCP, GPN, CSR-Asia, Consumer International, etc