Cents and Sustainability

Second Hand (Hardcover)

Excellent Condition

Cents and Sustainability: Securing Our Common Future by Decoupling Economic Growth from Environmental Pressures is a clear-sighted response to the 1987 call by Dr Brundtland to achieve a new era of economic growth that is 'forceful and at the same time socially and environmentally sustainable'.

The Brundtland Report argued that not only was it achievable, but that it was an urgent imperative in order to achieve a transition to sustainable development while significantly reducing poverty and driving 'clean and green' investment. With some still arguing for significantly slowing economic growth in order to reduce pressures on the environment, this new book, Cents and Sustainability, shows that it is possible to reconcile the need for economic growth and environmental sustainability through a strategy to decouple economic growth from environmental pressures.

Beginning with a brief overview of some of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time, the book then explains 'decoupling theory', overviews a number of factors that can undermine and even block efforts to decouple in both developed and developing countries, and then discusses a number of key considerations to assist the development of national 'decoupling strategies'.

Cents and Sustainability is a crucial guide that informs and assists nations to develop strategies to significantly reduce environmental pressures, strengthen their economy, create jobs and reduce poverty.