Editorial

Citation

Walter Leal Filho, P. (2013), "Editorial", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 24 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2013.08324faa.001

Editorial

Editorial

Article Type: Editorial From: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Volume 24, Issue 6.

Welcome to another issue of MEQ. Readers will see in this issue a further set of papers on environmental management, which is characterized by a strong international focus.

On this editorial I would like to draw the attention of our readers to the report “Moving towards a common approach on green growth indicators”[1], a Green Growth Knowledge Platform scoping paper.

The Green Growth Knowledge Platform is a global network of researchers and development experts that identifies and addresses major knowledge gaps in green growth theory and practice. The report “Moving towards a common approach on green growth indicators”, is presented as a first step towards developing a framework to monitor progress on greening growth and a greener economy and is a joint effort by the OECD, UNEP, the World Bank, and the Global Green Growth institute as part of their collaboration on the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP). The report offers a conceptual framework and presents key principles for achieving high-quality greening growth and greener economy indicators. These principles are applied and a long list of indicators proposed which are highlighted as being good for monitoring progress but poor for communication.

The use of indicators is very important for measuring up progress in respect of environmental management. Therefore, this report is a good material and source of information and data. In the document, headline indicators are suggested and complementary approaches considered, as well as the limitations of such approaches and an agenda for next steps.

Enjoy your reading!

Note

Available at: http://apgreenjobs.ilo.org/resources/moving-towards-a-common-approach-on-green-growth-indicators