Promoting environmentally sound economic progress

The report outlines necessary actions for Northern industrialized nations to ensure global economic development while preventing environmental degradation that could threaten living standards.

• The report argues that international cooperation to solve global environmental and economic issues is only possible if Northern industrialized nations first address their own internal issues.
• The document proposes several specific policy prescriptions for the North, including the reconfiguration of national income accounting to account for natural resource losses, the removal of farm policies that harm developing country farmers and trade, and the overhaul of economic policies to reduce waste and pollution.
• To promote energy efficiency and technology development, the report suggests enacting fossil fuel taxes, while also recommending that developing countries receive debt relief and a more supportive international trade policy framework.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Promoting environmentally sound economic progress. https://www.wri.org/research/promoting-environmentally-sound-economic-progress

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Promoting environmentally sound economic progress. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/promoting-environmentally-sound-economic-progress.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendpromoting, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Promoting environmentally sound economic progress}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/promoting-environmentally-sound-economic-progress}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }