Crescimento ecológico: implicações para o planeamento do desenvolvimento

This guide by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) provides a framework for national planners and policymakers in developing countries to integrate 'green growth' into their economic development planning. It emphasizes that environmental and economic goals are not mutually exclusive and outlines the necessary competencies, planning stages, and economic tools required to transition toward a climate-compatible economy.

• Green growth is defined as an approach that promotes economic development while simultaneously addressing climate change, the loss of natural capital and resources, and social or development goals such as poverty reduction.
• Planning for green growth follows a similar structure to conventional economic planning but requires an iterative process and additional considerations across six stages: Vision, National Baseline Assessment and Status Quo Scenario Development, Options and Interventions Development, Impact Analysis, Roadmap/Plan, and Implementation and Capacity Building.
• Planners require three core competencies to implement green growth: understanding external drivers (such as international political processes and trade patterns), knowledge of a wide range of policy instruments (including both market and non-market tools), and the ability to identify and measure policy impacts beyond conventional GDP metrics.
• Various economic tools can support green growth planning, ranging from macro-economic models like Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) and Environmentally-Extended Input-Output (EE-IO) to micro-economic tools like Cost-Benefit Analysis and Marginal Cost Abatement Curves, as well as spatial-based models for land-use planning.
• Developing countries face specific challenges in applying economic tools, including a lack of available data (especially in Least Developed Countries), a lack of transparency in 'black box' models, and the need for customized approaches that account for rural and informal economies.
• A case study of Rwanda illustrates the integration of climate planning into national development via the National Strategy on Climate Change and Low Carbon Development (NSCCLCD), which aims to address vulnerabilities in agriculture and energy while positioning the country for international financing.
• A case study of the 'Heart of Borneo' initiative involving Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei demonstrates the use of a green growth plan to balance ecotourism and sustainable logging with the conservation of 22 million hectares of natural capital.

APA

Low, L. P. (2011). Crescimento ecológico: implicações para o planeamento do desenvolvimento. Climate and Development Knowledge Network. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN_GreenGrowth_Portuguese.pdf

Chicago

Low, Lit Ping. Crescimento ecológico: implicações para o planeamento do desenvolvimento. Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2011. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN_GreenGrowth_Portuguese.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{low2011crescimento, author = {Low, Lit Ping}, title = {{Crescimento ecológico: implicações para o planeamento do desenvolvimento}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2011}, month = sep, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN_GreenGrowth_Portuguese.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }