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Last update: May 18, 2006
First Green Growth Policy Dialogue:
"Towards Green Growth in Asia and the Pacific: Eco-efficiency through Green Tax and Budget Reform"
8-9 November 2005, Seoul, Republic of Korea

The First Regional Policy Dialogue: Towards Green Growth in Asia and the Pacific: Eco-efficiency through Green Tax and Budget Reform was held from 8 to 9 November 2005 in Seoul, Republic of Korea and was organized by UNESCAP in collaboration with the Korean Association of Public Finance and Economics (KAPFE) and the Korea Institute of Public Finance (KIPF).

The First Regional Policy Dialogue was attended by more than 30 participants, including representatives of the Ministries of Finance and of Environment of 9 member countries of UNESCAP as well as representatives of the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, OECD, IGES, private sector and research institutes.

The Policy Dialogue explored green tax and budget reform as one of many possible tools and means to operationalize the concept of "Green Growth" and thereby improve the eco-efficiency of economic growth.

Click here to see the key findings of the policy forum
Background information

Presentations
Introduction
Eco-efficiency
Policies encouraging eco-efficiency and some country examples
 

3R Initiative: reduce, reuse and recycle policy for eco-efficiency in Japan
Mr. Hideyuki MORI, LTP Project Leader, IGES

 

Resource Saving Society in China
Mr. Wenbin LU, Deputy Division Chief, Department of Environment and Resources Conservation, National Development and Reform Commission, China

 

The Eleventh "Five-Year" Plan of Environmental Protection of China
Mr. Fang Zhi, Acting Executive Director, Division of Environmental Planning, State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA)
 

Thailand's Green Growth
Mr. Pongpisit Viseshakul, Environment Expert, National Economic and Social Development Board

 

Presentation of the Russian Federation
Mr. Tsygankov Yan, Deputy Director, Russian Cleaner Production and Sustainable Development Center
Green tax and budget reform
Green tax and budget reform country presentations
Conclusion

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