Green economic growth (green growth) or transition to a green environmental friendly economy has created the enormous potentials to achieve sustainable development. Currently, the growth of the green economy has been growing at the great rate for most of the countries around the world.
Worldwide trend
For developing countries, green growth creates conditions for the development of the green economy to avoid the path of economic development "pollution first, treatment later". Today, the world is facing multiple crises, particularly the economic and financial crisis, and the dependence on energy into generated greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change. These pressures require countries to look for new development in harmony with nature for the future sustainability of the earth.
Green growth is the focus of national development policies of many countries around the world in an effort to achieve sustainable development, including countries such as South Korea, Germany, Britain, Japan, France, the Netherlands have been pioneers in promoting green growth. Laos is in the process of building a national green growth roadmap. Cambodia is also trying to develop a plan of action after the enactment of the national green growth roadmap. China has plans to develop the nation's green economy. Thailand builds the economy fully with the main characteristics of the green economy.
According to the worldwide experience, the content of the green growth mainly include the following issues: sustainable production and consumption; Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation to climate change; Greening the activities business through the development of green technologies, use less resources, the application of cleaner production measures; building sustainable infrastructure; Reforming and applying economic instruments; Development and implementation of ecological indicators.
Trend of Viet Nam
In recent years, Viet Nam has achieved in the international arena in economic development and poverty reduction. It is much appreciated and promoted but wondering about the economy is not sustainable, the quality growth is low, economic growth still relies heavily on the growth factor to the width. Along with the negative impact from changes in the world economy over time, as well as internal issues, the Vietnamese economy is even more challenging and difficult.
Vietnam was made clear that there is no way other than green growth option is emphasized in the country's most important document and is being realized.
Green growth not only reduces greenhouse gas emissions, climate change mitigation, but also improves the quality of growth, changes the structure of production and consumption in a sustainable way and improves its human life in Viet Nam. According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the issuance of the policy and rational investment will help achieve and improve viability of green growth, while minimize the contribution to the joint effort; take advantage of opportunities economic development and responsible participation in the global economy. The draft strategic framework proposed is basically Vietnam formed the basis of economic, social and scientific technology to make green growth, low carbon, form the economic structure effective total economic, social and environmental, apply more and more green technology, green lifestyles and sustainable consumption.
Green growth approach, Viet Nam requires having a consistent approach to natural conditions, the economic situation, the level of development with social and environmental issues. With targets to 2020, Vietnam basically becomes a modern industrial country, according to the Institute for Strategy, Policy and Environmental Resources, a number of priorities to promote green growth to restructuring economy towards green economy in Vietnam in the coming years including: promote the economic development based on the ecosystem; technological innovation in the direction of low-carbon production and less waste; Apply green culture and lifestyle to promote sustainable consumption; develop environmental services and recycling industry.
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