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GREEN ECONOMY
The New Big Deal

February 2009

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Juan Somavia, Director-General of the
International Labour Organization...

silver lining - page 4

... describes the new perspective that green jobs offer amid economic crisis and shows how they should be a crucial element of any recovery plan.

Zhengrong Shi, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd...

... describes how China is using clean energy as a driver of new economic growth.

solar solution - page 6

Van Jones, President of Green
For All and author of The Green
Collar Economy...

green collar jobs - page 8

... describes how connecting the people who most need work with the work that most needs to be done is the key to economic growth and recovery.

Prof. Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics and Chairperson of the Centre of Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal University,
New Delhi...

... says that the economic crisis offers a unique opportunity for a new deal prioritizing development and resource conservation.

chance for change - page 11

Hal Harvey, President and CEO
of ClimateWorks...

regaining paradise - page 14

... outlines policies that have already been proven to work in combating climate change and creating low-carbon prosperity.

Girma Wolde Giorgis, President of Ethiopia...

... shares his experience of planting one
billion trees with Satinder Bindra, Director of
Communications and Public Information at UNEP.

transforming Ethiopia - page 18

Pavan Sukhdev, a senior banker with Deutsche Bank and project leader of UNEP's Green Economy Initiative...

green breakthroughs - page 20

... outlines how the financial
crisis could lead to a global
Green New Deal for a better
and sustainable world.

José Sergio Gabrielli de
Azevedo, CEO of Petrobras...

... describes an oil and gas company’s prime responsibility for the environment.

challenging commitment - page 24

Janet Ranganathan
Vice-President of Science
& Research at the World
Resources Institute and
Polly Ghazi its writer/editor...

... outline how to replace sub-prime development with measures that simultaneously reduce poverty and restore natural services.

natural development - page 26

Geoffrey Lean, Our Planet’s Editor...

... describes Silicon Valley’s vigorous pursuit of green profit.

silicon future - page 30

Su Kahumbu, Managing Director of Food Network East Africa Ltd. and a pioneer Kenyan organic farmer... .

organic growth - page 32

... describes how chemical-free farming is taking hold in the country and says it is essential for future survival

Indian social activist, actor and
sportsman Rahul Bose ...

renaissance man - page 34

... describes development as “an opportunity to achieve - for all”.

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