Investing $1.3 trillion (£800bn) each year in green sectors would deliver long-term stability in the global economy, a UN report has suggested.
Spending about 2% of global GDP in 10 key areas would kick-start a "low carbon, resource efficient green economy", the authors observed.
They also recommended following policies that decoupled economic growth from intensive consumption.
The findings have been published at a meeting attended by 100 ministers.
Well, as some of us have said for while it's time for a Green New Deal.
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If we are going to start doing these things then a great to to introduce such policies that are great fro growth is when we need to get growth rather than to disrupt a fragile upward economy, you can re-stimulate a stalling one far better.
A new tax program a new green economy, a new deal.
Lets see a green investment bank and some growth.