Environmental Audit Committee - Twelfth Report
A Green Economy

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 30 April 2012.

Contents

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Terms of Reference

Summary

1  Introduction

Our inquiry

2  Defining a green economy

Definitions

Making a transition to a green economy in the UK

The benefits

The costs

The impact on employment

3  The Government's approach

Enabling the Transition to a Green Economy

Strengthening policy tools

Reflecting environmental limits on growth

Delivering the investment needed to transition to a green economy

Reflecting the full environmental 'costs' in investment decisions

Fiscal measures

Regulation

Innovation and skills

Procurement

4  Monitoring progress towards a green economy

Measuring the green economy
Rio+20

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of printed written evidence

List of additional written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and written evidence

Wednesday 7 September 2011: Professor Tim Jackson, University of Surrey, Jules Peck, Partner, Abundancy Partners, and Chair, Edelman’s Sustainability Group, James Meadway, Senior Economist, New Economics Foundation

Wednesday 14 September 2011: Andrew Raingold, Executive Director, Aldersgate Group, Adrian Wilkes, Chairman, Environmental Industries Commission, Frank Price, Director of Sustainability, Grontmij

Wednesday 23 November 2011: Dr Gordon Edge, Director of Policy, Renewable UK, Dr John Constable, Director, Renewable Energy Foundation, Dr Alex Bowen, Principal research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment;
David Powell, Economics Campaigner, Friends of the Earth, Molly Scott Cato, Green House, Philip Pearson, Senior Policy Officer, TUC

Wednesday 14 December 2011: Janice Munday, Director, Advanced Manufacturing and Services, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Steven Fries, Chief Economist, Department of Energy and Climate Change, Mallika Ishwaran, Chief Economist, Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Andrew Lawrence, Director, Strategy and Sustainability, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Peter Schofield, Director, Enterprise and Growth, HM Treasury

Wednesday 1 February 2012: Rt. Hon. Caroline Spelman MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Chloe Smith MP, Economic Secretary, HM Treasury, Andrew Lawrence, Director, Strategy and Sustainability, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Peter Schofield, Director, Enterprise and Growth, HM Treasury

Written evidence

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Prepared 21 May 2012