Launch of ‘Green Growth, Resources and Resilience: Environmental Sustainability in Asia and the Pacific’ Report The ‘Green Growth, Resources and Resilience: Environmental Sustainability in Asia and the Pacific’ report will be launched in Bangkok, Thailand 16 February 2012. The report warns of unsustainable resource use trends, highlights the need for decisive action at Rio+20.It outlines key actions for bringing economic growth in closer alignment with sustainable development objectives and underlines that “business as usual” growth strategies are no longer appropriate. As the region prepares for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20) in Brazil in June 2012, the report will be essential reading for the preparations on the Conference's two main topics - a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, and the institutional framework for sustainable development.
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