Low Carbon Green
Growth Roadmap
for Asia and the Pacific

• Asian and Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20) 19-20 October 2011 Lotte Hotel, Seoul Republic of Korea
  
  
• On the road to Rio+20: ESCAP launches the Low Carbon Green Growth Roadmap, 28 May 2012, Foreign Correspondents Club, Bangkok Thailand
  
  The Roadmap can also be downloaded from the Documents section of this website
  
  
• 68th session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 17-23 May 2012, UNCC Bangkok
  
  
  
• 16th Senior Officials Meeting (SOM -16) of the North-East Asian Sub-regional program for Environmental Cooperation- 1-2 September 2011, (Seoul, Republic of Korea)
  
  SOM-16 reviewed national and sub regional activities and processes in preparation Rio+20, and exchanged views of member States, international organizations and civil society organizations on the themes of Rio+20 – a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, and the institutional framework for sustainable development.
  
  
• Summary of Pacific preparations for Rio 20
  
  

• The Rio 20 Pacific Preparatory Meeting: Joint Ministerial Conference- 20-21 July 2011 (Apia, Samoa)
  
  

  The Pacific Preparatory meeting for Rio+20 was held to provide opportunities for Pacific small islands developing states (SIDS) to highlight their priority issues and coordinate their views in advance of the Asia and the Pacific regional Preparatory Meeting in October. The Meeting adopted the "Green economy in a blue world" approach.

• High level symposium on the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - 8-9 September 2011, Beijing
  
  

  The objective of the High-level Symposium was to offer an opportunity for governments and other stakeholders to have an in-depth discussion on the two themes of Rio+20.

• High-level dialogue on an institutional framework for sustainable development - Solo, Indonesia 19-21 July 2011
  
  

  The High-level Dialogue brought a wide range of stakeholders to discuss on the options for strengthening the institutional framework for sustainable development, which is the one of themes of Rio+20.

• Delhi Dialogue on Green economy and inclusive growth 3-4 October 2011 New Delhi, India
  
  

  The meeting provided an informal forum for an exchange among Ministers, high level officials, and senior policy advisors, with expert inputs on green economy, social development, food security and energy security.

• "Green Bridge" Initiative
  Endorsed as an outcome of the sixth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific held in Astana, Kazakhstan (October 2010). The Initiative aims at a transition to green economy, and the Green Bridge Partnership Programme calls for a multilateral, long-term partnership, a more stable basis for green investments and a technology transfer mechanism.
  
  

  The Initiative aims at a transition to green economy, and the Green Bridge Partnership Programme calls for a multilateral, long-tern partnership, a more stable basis for green investments and a technology transfer mechanism.