Achieving Growth Through Green Innovation Sample Clauses

Achieving Growth Through Green Innovation. Proposals for Japan’s New Growth Strategy and Other Initiatives in the Environmental Sector This statement, dated 16 March 2010, sets out a broader set of recommendations for the direction of Japan’s future economic growth, though it considers green innovation to be at the core of development – it is, essentially, a ‘green economy’ vision paper. Its principal argument is that technology diffusion, development, commercialisation and transfer is the key to balancing environmental and economic needs, making Japanese industry more internationally competitive and creating employment. (Nippon Keidanren, 2010) Recommended strategies include:  “…create demand in the environmental and energy sectors”. Suggestions for this include tax breaks and subsidies for eco-cars, green buildings or renovations and sustainable public procurement.  “…educate consumers about environmental issues and encourage them to be more proactive in purchasing low-environmental-impact products and services.” Suggestions for this include providing consumers with life-cycle emissions data about products, education about recycling and compulsory schooling and community education programmes.  “regulatory reform and implementing environmental model projects”. Suggestions for this include zoning laws (influencing building patterns) and using subsidies, tax breaks, “financial support measures”, PFIs/PPPs to pay for projects like smart grids and electric vehicle infrastructure.  “develop overseas markets”. This includes liberalizing trade in environmental goods and services, independent schemes to supplement the CDM and “strategic public-private collaboration” on development-related activities like funding the installation of best-available technologies in developing countries or the provision of education and training.  “proper protection of intellectual property rights” The statement argues for “suitable safeguards for intellectual property rights from both legislative and enforcement perspectives”, without out going into further detail. This may be important as regards a sectoral agreement that focuses on technology development.  “encourage green innovation” This includes providing 1% GDP to R&D; getting industry, academia and government to identify challenges that need to be overcome, so investments can be strategic; strengthening links between industry, academia and government, especially through models like the EU’s European Technology Platforms; and providing support commercialisation (...