Crecimiento verde: implicaciones para la planificación del desarrollo

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 economic planning. It emphasizes that green growth should balance economic development with climate resilience, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and the preservation of natural capital, while addressing social goals such as poverty reduction.

• Green growth is defined as a strategic approach that seeks to promote economic development while simultaneously addressing climate change, the loss of natural capital and resources, and social development goals like poverty reduction.
• Planning for green growth requires an iterative process that adapts to local developments and stakeholder needs, moving beyond conventional economic metrics like GDP to include social and environmental dimensions.
• Policymakers need three core competencies to effectively plan for green growth: an understanding of external motivations and influences (such as international climate finance and trade patterns), knowledge of a wide range of policy instruments (both market-based and non-market), and the ability to identify policy impacts against a "business as usual" (BAU) scenario.
• The document outlines a planning framework consisting of several stages: establishing a vision, evaluating the national baseline and BAU scenario, developing options and interventions, conducting impact analysis, creating a roadmap/plan, and finally implementing the roadmap and building capacity.
• Various economic tools are used for green growth planning, each with specific strengths and limits. For example, Macroeconomic models can cover economic, social, and environmental dimensions but are often static, while Marginal Abatement Cost Curves provide technology comparisons but are limited to climate mitigation and economic factors.
• Implementing economic tools in developing countries faces challenges such as the "black box" nature of complex models which lacks transparency for decision-makers, a lack of available data and resources, and the fact that models built for developed economies may not account for specific local contexts like rural or informal economies.
• Rwanda is implementing a National Strategy on Climate Change and Low Carbon Development (NSCCLCD) to integrate climate planning into its existing architecture, aiming to transition from a subsistence agriculture economy to a knowledge-based middle-income economy by 2020 while addressing vulnerabilities in agriculture and hydroelectric power.
• The "Heart of Borneo" initiative involves Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei working to transition 22 million hectares into a green economy, balancing opportunities like ecotourism (which is growing at 8% annually in Indonesia) against the need to manage logging concessions and palm oil land swaps.

APA

Low, L. P. (2011). Crecimiento verde: implicaciones para la planificación del desarrollo. Climate and Development Knowledge Network. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN_GreenGrowth_Spanish.pdf

Chicago

Low, Lit Ping. Crecimiento verde: implicaciones para la planificación del desarrollo. Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2011. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN_GreenGrowth_Spanish.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{low2011crecimiento, author = {Low, Lit Ping}, title = {{Crecimiento verde: implicaciones para la planificación del desarrollo}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2011}, month = jul, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN_GreenGrowth_Spanish.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }