Some Theoretical and Policy Issues in Green Economy

Claude Njomgang
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Claude Njomgang: University of Yaoundé II-Soa

Chapter Chapter 2 in New Frontiers in Natural Resources Management in Africa, 2019, pp 7-26 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This paper reviews some theoretical and policy issues that underpin environment-economy interactions, for a preliminary reflection on a conceptual framework of Green economy. Concepts of transition and transversality serve as criteria to distinguish structural and dimensional issues. The former refer to structural processes towards a green economy, whereas the later refer to intertemporal society’s preferences behind the green growth process. Trade-offs between ecological, economic social and institutional constraints suggest that market -based policies should be mitigated through mix policies accounting for green capacities, that is the potential of green technologies for decoupling economic growth from environmental damage.

Keywords: Green economy; Green policies; Sustainability; Transition; Transversality; Trade-off; Green optimal growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-11857-0_2

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