UNEP Green Economy report

Publication date: November 2011
Coordinating Authors (‘Building’ ch.): Philipp Rode, Ricky Burdett, Joana Carla Soares Gonçalves (University of São Paolo)
Coordinating Authors (‘Cities’ ch.): Philipp Rode, Ricky Burdett

LSE Cities was coordinating author on the ‘Buildings’ and ‘Cities’ chapters of Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication, a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme. The report challenges the myth of a trade-off between environmental investments and economic growth, and makes central the roles of cities in an emerging ‘green’ economy.