Global Green Economy Partnership Calls for Fundamental Shift in Investment to Green Jobs, Industry and Trade
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Dubai , 6 March 2014 - Countries that have begun to embrace a green economy approach say that they realize a fundamental change in national planning and investment is required to reach their sustainable development and poverty eradication ambitions.
More than 450 participants from 66 countries - including 27 ministers - presented their national perspectives at the first global conference on the Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), an initiative led by the United Nations to support countries making the transition to an inclusive, low-carbon and resource-efficient economy.
Earlier at the conference, it was confirmed that donors had provided more than US $11 million to support country-level action under PAGE, and three new countries - Burkina Faso, Mauritius and Senegal - would join Mongolia and Peru to benefit from the initiative.
The Minister of Environment and Water of the United Arab Emirates, Rashid Ahmed Bin Fahad, who hosted the two-day event from 4-5 March 2014, on behalf of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, noted the enormous challenges and benefits for countries embarking on this pathway
Information on PAGE is available at: http://www.unep.org/greeneconomy/PAGE/tabid/105854/language/en-US/Default.aspx
<--watch the full PAGE Presentation here
See also the PAGE Brochure
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