Delivering Inclusion in a Green Economy

This policy briefing by the Green Economy Coalition argues that the transition to a green economy must be inclusive to secure the political will and legitimacy necessary for success. It highlights the failures of the conventional economy in excluding marginalized groups and proposes strategies to ensure that the green transition benefits all sectors of society, including small-scale farmers, coal miners, and informal workers.

• The transition to a green economy requires broad societal mobilization, which is only possible if the economy is inclusive and shaped by diverse groups, including poor and marginalized people, urban and rural dwellers, and various demographics of age and gender.
• The conventional economic model is environmentally unsustainable and excludes hundreds of millions of people, including those in informal jobs, nearly a billion agricultural workers threatened by climate change, and people lacking access to clean energy or green public transportation.
• While various international entities are exploring inclusive green growth—such as OECD countries with national strategies, the UNFCCC's work on just transitions, and the Global Green Growth Institute advising 26 governments—there is still an under-appreciation of fair policy processes and a reluctance among governments to open policymaking to marginalized groups.
• To achieve a fully inclusive transition, several strategic priorities are identified: mainstreaming decent green jobs through industrial policy and reskilling (ILO), ensuring meaningful civil society participation in policymaking (CAFOD), prioritizing poverty eradication (CAFOD), piloting innovative social policies like universal basic income or community utility ownership (GEC/IIED), and prioritizing just transitions at national and workplace levels (ITUC).
• Some governments have already begun integrating inclusion into ministerial priorities, specifically citing the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion in Peru and the Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition in France.

APA

Green Economy Coalition (n.d.). Delivering Inclusion in a Green Economy. https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/assets/reports/Cape-Town-Global-Meet-2019/PAGE-GEC-inclusion-policy-briefing_final.pdf

Chicago

Green Economy Coalition. Delivering Inclusion in a Green Economy. n.d. https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/assets/reports/Cape-Town-Global-Meet-2019/PAGE-GEC-inclusion-policy-briefing_final.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greeneconomycoalitionnddelivering, author = {{Green Economy Coalition}}, title = {{Delivering Inclusion in a Green Economy}}, institution = {Green Economy Coalition}, url = {https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/assets/reports/Cape-Town-Global-Meet-2019/PAGE-GEC-inclusion-policy-briefing_final.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }