Summary 

Poverty reduction is inextricably linked a low-carbon, resource efficient, and socially inclusive green economy. A Green Economy is one whose growth in income and employment is driven by public and private investments. However, it also reduces carbon emissions and pollution, enhance energy and resource efficiency, and prevents biodiversity loss and ecosystem services degradation. These investments need to be catalyzed and supposed by targeted public expenditure, policy reforms and regulation changes. This development path should maintain, enhance and, where necessary, rebuild natural and security depend strongly on nature. Persistent poverty is the most visible form of social inequity, related as it is to unequal access to education, healthcare, credit availability, income opportunity and secure property rights. A key feature of a green economy is that it seeks to provide diverse opportunities for economic development and poverty alleviation without liquidating or eroding a country’s natural assets. This is particularly necessary in low-income countries, where ecosystem goods and services are a large component of the livelihoods of poor rural communities and ecosystems and their services provide a safety net against natural disasters and economic shocks.