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• To fulfil the demands of the growing population, natural resources are being consumed at a much faster rate than ever before
• Environment and human activities

  Closely linked to each other, one impacts the other
• Our life depends on natural resources present in the environment like air, freshwater, and soil. By emitting pollutants, greenhouse gases, and waste, we cause drastic and irreversible damage to the environment
• Green skills


  • Refer to the knowledge, abilities, values, and attitudes needed to live in, develop, and support a society which reduces the negative impact of human activity on the environment
• Environmental scientists believe that transition towards green economy will help in countering ecological problems
• Economy


  A system of organisations and institutions that either facilitate or play a role in the production and distribution of goods and services among the members of a society
• Adverse effects of human activities on the natural environment

  • Trees being cut down for making new roads, expressways, shopping complexes, and for constructing housing societies
  • Rapid industrialisation, commercialisation, and the growing needs of the people leading to an increase in the number of industries, power plants, vehicles, and use of chemical fertilisers
  • Increased pollution and greenhouse gas emissions and depletion of natural resources contributing to global climate change
• Life on Earth is possible because of the natural environment, but today our natural environment is at risk
• By gradually damaging the natural environment and depleting the natural resources by their activities, humans are threatening their very own existence
• Green skills are knowledge,abilities,values to support a society which reduces negative impact of human activity on environment
• Low Carbon Growth


  • Reduction of all greenhouse gas emissions
  • Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) describe national economic development plans or strategies that include low-emission and climate-resilient economic growth
• Global warming and climate change are causing tremendous loss of property and human life
• Green economy


  • Improves human well-being and social equity
  • Significantly reduces environmental risks and ecological scarcities
• Goals of Green Economy

  • Maintain ecological resilience
  • Improve resource efficiency
  • Enhance social equity and fair burden sharing
• Brundtland Report


  1987
• Green Economy Coalition (GEC), Global Meeting in New Delhi

  2020
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) proposed a three-pronged approach for the attainment of the green economy: Low carbon growth, Resource efficiency, and Social inclusion
• Consequences of Carbon Growth

  • Warmed up oceans and melting glaciers leading to rising sea levels and changes in precipitation
  • More wildfires, droughts, and tropical storms
  • Destruction of infrastructure from hurricanes, tsunamis, and other disasters causing chronic waterborne diseases and lasting psychological traumas
  • Contribution to air pollution creating acid rains damaging trees, plant life, water, and soil
  • Displacement of oxygen in the atmosphere impacting human health with health issues like breathing problems, skin diseases, headaches, etc.
• Green economy leads to sustainable development, fulfilling the needs of the present generation without exhausting resources for future generations
• Stockholm Conference


  1972
• Green economy is an economy that results in improved human/well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities
• Earth Summit and Agenda 21

  1992