The stressed lifestyles, health deterioration with abundant smoke that gets pumped everyday into our lungs, exhaustion of valuable fossil fuels and other non-renewable resources are few of the reasons, to combat the environmental crisis!
It?s an intimidating call especially to the younger generations to put into positive effect a lot of dedicated effort to save the universal menace!
Here is an e-book, an initiative by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) that boosts of sustainable development and supports the growing importance of green economy.
Why study Green Economy?
1. The needs of the ever-increasing population are difficult to be met on account of scare resources. Land, one of the limited resources is mainly responsible for deforestation and loss of biodiversity. Besides, poverty and illiteracy are some of the drawbacks that curtail the economic development. The economic and social parity is off the balance and there is also an enormous wastage of resources and inefficiency in production.
Hence it?s imperative to change ones perception and adopt green measures to revolutionize an optimistic change. Here are some of the basic characteristics that support the development of green economy
* Green agriculture is capable of nourishing a growing and more demanding world population at higher nutritional levels.
* Green agriculture will reduce poverty.
* Reducing waste and inefficiency is an important part of the ?green agriculture? paradigm
* Greening agriculture requires investment, research and capacity building
* Additional investments are needed to green agriculture, which will deliver exceptional economic and social returns
* Green agriculture has the potential to be a net creator of jobs that provides higher returns on labor inputs
* A transition to green agriculture has significant environmental benefits
* Green agriculture will also require national and international policy reforms and innovations
2. The growing population and climate change can pose to be the major deterrents. The Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGs) can disrupt the environmental balance, thus comprehending the notion behind ?green economy? can empower global development.
3. Green ways propagate usage of renewable resources of energy- solar, wind, hydro, biomass and geothermal energy and various innovative methods like rainwater harvesting, compost pits can help reduce the wear and tear of the environment.
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