UN calls on governments to invest in Green Deal
21 Apr 2009
The head of the UN Environment Programme has called on governments to invest a significant amount of their $3 trillion-worth of stimulus packages in a new “green economy” to defeat the crises facing the world.
Governments must play their part in shaping and focusing markets to deliver long-term environmental benefits if the world is to surmount the current food, fuel, financial and economic crises it faces, said UNEP executive director Achim Steiner in a speech at Tel Aviv University yesterday.
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