A Public Lecture jointly-organised by the
Singapore Environment Institute &
Centre for Liveable Cities

By:
Mr. Pavan Sukhdev
Study Leader - TEEB
Special Advisor & Head - Green Economy Initiative, UNEP
Chairman – Global Markets Centre Mumbai (Deutsche Bank)

Introduction

Increasingly, government and business leaders all over the world recognise they need to operate differently from before to take on the greatest challenge confronting mankind in the 21st century - Climate Change. But just how different is enough? Is sustainable consumption possible? Can we wean ourselves off carbon dependency? We find we begin unravelling the answers when we take the first but essential step to redefine the prosperity agenda - to pave the way towards the makings of a 'Green Economy'.

Greening the economy entails deliberate efforts to reconfigure business and infrastructure in order to deliver better returns on natural and economic capital investments while at the same time reducing GHGs, extracting and using less natural resources, creating less waste and reducing social disparities. At the same time, we reap benefits of creating more vibrant and sustainable living communities as enabling conditions for the green economy, are created & sustained.

Mr Pavan Sukhdev will share findings from his study highlighting the evidence of environmentally-inclusive economics to achieve both ecosystem conservation & economic development. He will discuss the challenges & prospects for the green economy in relation to climate change, carbon markets and ecological restoration, as well as recommend a global plan for a green industrial revolution and the implementation of green strategies to green national economies.

Synopsis:

• Background: what is a 'green economy'?

• Prioritisation: what sectors should be focused and why?

• Enabling Conditions: why do we not yet have a Green Economy?

• Natural Capital: the missing link for a Green Economy

• Copenhagen: Climate Change and the Green Economy

• Mitigation: the way forward through REDD+ and the Green Carbon marketplace

• Adaptation: the way forward through Ecological Restoration

• Global Green New Deal: "GGND" to Seed a Global Green Economy

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About the Speaker

Mr. Pavan Sukhdev

Pavan is the Project Leader for UNEP’s “Green Economy” initiative, a major UNEP project suite to demonstrate that the greening of economies is not a burden on growth but rather a new engine for growth, employment, and the reduction of persistent poverty. Pavan is also Study Leader for the G8+5 commissioned report on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (“TEEB”). As a career banker, Pavan Sukhdev continues to be Chairman of Deutsche Bank’s Global Markets Centre Mumbai (“GMC Mumbai”).

View Mr Pavan's CV

e-Flyer

DATE: 1 December 2009
TIME: 2.45pm to 5pm
(Registration starts at 2.15pm)
VENUE: Theatrette, Environment Building, #04-00, Singapore 228231
COURSE FEE: Admission is free but please register online

Last updated on 25 Nov 09