RECAPDAY 2

DAY 2

Priority sectors for Green Growth – Overview Sustainable Construction Water Management Waste Recycling Sustainable Agriculture Renewable Energy

What is the criteria for selecting priority sectors?

PRIORITY ISSUES : CONSTRUCTION

Replacing high embodied energy materials with low energy and natural materials

Innovation in design , processes, materials, assembly, spatial systems

Land management and related policy issues Skill set up gradation Incentives for green construction Integrated and people friendly planning

PRIORITY ISSUES : WATER Social integration : pro-poor participatory policy and

approaches , gender sensitivity, access issues , attitude Technical : systems design , appropriate technology ,

traditional knowledge, Institutions : Governance mechanism to manage water

( source and use) , local level planning and implementation, emphasis on networks , water budgeting

Financial : economic value of water, subsidies and impact on water usage

Legal : Wat-san services as a right , ground water management , catchment management

Environmental : sustainability benchmark (unaccountable water) and plan, demand side management

PRIORITY ISSUES : WASTE Waste as a resource: Solid , land , water , industrial Role of stakeholders Sensitization and capacity building for administrators Community awareness , preparedness and

involvement for attitudinal change Segregation , reuse and recycling Decentralized systems Livelihood options : reuse , recycle, upcycle ,

transform New and innovative technologies Streamlining processes , enforcing regulatory

frameworks , adequate planning , social costing , incentives

Public private community people partnerships CSR and Extended producer responsibility

PRIORITY ISSUES : AGRICULTURE Limited carrying capacity of the land Food security and livelihood security wrt

population Lack of R&D for small and marginal farmers Diversification of livelihood Integrated energy , water and agriculture

(food) sectors Information and awareness – systematic

handholding ; extension services Inclusive policy framework Traditional knowledge coupled with science

and technology

PRIORITY ISSUES : ENERGY

Unsustainable energy policies North south global divide Economic divide in India : Access issues Renewable energy Energy efficiency Appropriate pricing and regulation - subsidies Twin track model- centralized and

decentralized Demystification of RE Learning from others

KEY QUESTIONS Role of technology and innovation in creating

sustainable livelihoods? How to strengthen governance systems to

take proactive decisions? What are the urban development models for

India? How to bridge the gap between the resources

and the ideas ? Mechanism for scaling up and multiplying

small successes? The incentives & disincentives for scaling up? How can integrated cross sectoral approach

be included into planning at a local level? How do you influence attitudes and get

communities to imbibe sustainable lifestyles?

THANK YOU