GREEN ECONOMY COALITION NEWS APRIL 2010 Dear Colleagues Please find an update on Green Economy Coalition activities

in April 2010. Our Core Script Last month we reported on our progress on drafting the Green Economy Coalition 'Core Script', which consists of three parts: (1) Analysis of Challenges; (2) Glimpses of the Future, (3) Transition Roadmap; and we attached the first part Analysis of the Challenges for your review and suggestions (see News March 2010). This month we attach a first draft of the Glimpses of the Future a collection of short case studies to provide brief examples of tomorrows world, intended to help define the meaning of a green and inclusive economy, and communicate value-based, positive solutions. We intend to make the Core Script available on the Green Economy Coalition website at the end of May. Glimpses of the Future - Selection of Case Studies A huge thank you to WWF International for inspiring and catalyzing this first draft! Efforts have been made to select case studies from both North and South; from civil society, business and governments as well as innovative partnerships between these groups; to ensure that they address environmental, social as well as economic criteria; and to capture something of the enabling conditions which allowed them to evolve. We intend to populate the Glimpse of the Future collection with new case studies on a regular basis, and make it available on the Green Economy Coalition website. Invitation to Contribute to the Glimpses of the Future Collection The Glimpses of the Future case studies are not perfect! We invite your feedback on the examples and additional material from your own experiences. Please send suggestions and case studies, of no more 250 words maximum, a digital photograph (not included in the attached document) as well as references, to sally.jeanrenaud@iucn.org . 4th Green Economy Coalition Letter to G20 Summit There are two G20 Heads of State Summits this year: 4th Summit: Toronto, Canada 26-27 June, http://g20.gc.ca/ 5th Summit: Seoul, S. Korea 11-12 November. The theme of the 4th G20 Summit in June is: 'Recovery and New Beginnings', and leaders will focus on the fragile recovery from the economic and financial crisis, the implementation of its previous commitments, as well as laying the foundation for sustainable and balanced growth. The Green Economy Coalition proposed to send a 4th letter to the G20 Summit in June. Preliminary conversations with coalition members have generated a number of ideas for the letter:

Message that a green economy is critical to 'new beginnings', and that it provides a common solution to multiple challenges of climate change, poverty, unemployment, energy, food and water security.

Highlight that biodiversity is a crucial element of the green economy to support the International Year of Biodiversity in 2010 (this would also provide an opportunity to support TEEB messaging). Indicate how all countries and sectors have a stake in the green, biodiverse economy, thus representing interests of labour, development, consumer, environmental, economic, accountability groups. Key 'asks' include removal of subsidies, and investment in green sectors to address poverty, generate new jobs, and to protect our life support systems - in order to lay the foundation for sustainable and balanced growth.

The GEC will take responsibility for drafting a letter and circulating a letter to institutional focal points in May. IIED is willing to help prepare a Press Release by early June, to correspond with the dispatch of a letter in mid June. Any further suggestions or comments on a 4th Green Economy Coalition letter to the G20 are welcome and should be forwarded to sally.jeanrenaud@iucn.org National Green Economy Coalition Dialogues Good progress is being made on planning the National Green Economy Dialogues with Development Alternatives in India and IIED who are taking the lead on this work stream. We are working closely with Vitae Civilis, a policy think tank in Brazil, on planning the national dialogue which is likely to take place in September 2010. The team in Brazil are meeting Pavan Sukhdev in San Paulo in May to explore how to take the national dialogue forward. For more information on the national green economy dialogues, and tool kit for use by other partners, please contact gcvarughese@devalt.org Forthcoming Events Over the next few weeks the Green Economy Coalition will be represented at:

UNCTAD Public Symposium, Palais des Nations, Geneva, 10-11 May 2010. Sally Jeanrenaud will be representing the Green Economy Coalition as a discussant in the public conference on Responding to Global Crises: New Development Paths The Green Economy Summit, South Africa, 18-20 May 2010. Sally Jeanrenaud will be making a presentation on the Green Economy Coalition in the plenary session on International Perspectives. Rio 2012 Conference, 15th May 2010, Tom Bigg will be a panellist representing the Green Economy Coalition in a session entitled: "One Planet Living: Green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication", organized by the Stakeholder Forum and the UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS), chaired by Achim Steiner. Development Alternatives will be represented by Ashok Khosla, and Consumers International by Bjarne Pedersen. The Rio+20 Preparatory Committee in New York, 17-19 May 2010. Tom Bigg and Anabella Rosemberg (ITUC) will help position the Green Economy Coalition to inform Rio +20 assessment protocol and vision. For more information please contact tom.bigg@iied.org The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Annual Sustainability Conference 26-28 May 2010. Steve Bass and Sally Jeanrenaud will be hosting a public Green Economy Coalition

debate on 28 May 09:00-10:15, entitled: A Green Future: whats in it for me? Invited panelists include: Pavan Sukhdev (UNEP); Joost Martens (Consumers International); Pierre Habbard (TUAC); Teresa Fogelberg (GRI) and Dorthea Seebode (Philips Research). For more information on this event please contact steve.bass@iied.org Green Economy Coalition Communications The IIED Communications team has been reworking the branding of the Green Economy Coalition for the flyer and communications materials. We are still planning to launch the website www.greeneconomycoalition.org at the end of May 2010. For more information on communications please contact liz.carlile@iied.org. Featured Partner WWF International: A New One Planet MBA WWF International, in collaboration with the University of Exeter Business School, UK, have recently announced the launch of a One Planet MBA. The new MBA responds to the urgent need to train the next generation of business leaders, and to reinvent business education and planning for the twenty-first century in ways that are compatible with managing the planets resources sustainably. The One Planet MBA will be global in outlook, developing leaders and managers capable of running organisations in a culturally diverse, resource-constrained world, influenced by radically different values and concerns from those of the recent past. Graduates will acquire all the traditional business skills but will demonstrate a fully comprehensive grasp of global sustainability issues and other cultural values. For more information see www.oneplanetmba.com The new MBA will be accepting its first planet-minded business leaders in September 2010. This First Group will have a unique opportunity work closely with faculty, external tutors and advisors to help develop the One Planet MBA as part of their programme. This group will be the 'One Planet Pioneers', at the forefront of innovation within management education and will help to provide new approaches for a new generation of business leaders. If being one of the first sounds like an exciting opportunity, please email s.hickman@exeter.ac.uk. For more information on the One Planet MBA please contact jpjeanrenaud@wwfint.org. For Young People: Connect2earth on Green Economy There is a special interactive feature on the "Green Economy" currently running on the IUCN / WWF Connect2earth website. The Connect2earth platform is designed to engage with young people on sustainability issues, and receives support from Nokia. The Green Economy topic will run until the end of May, and the winner of the best contribution will win a mobile phone solar charger. The connect2earth team would appreciate your help with outreach to young people through your networks, and would also welcome interviews with Green Economy Coalition participants for this site. For more information please contact Gaelle.CUILLEROT@iucn.org and see http://www.connect2earth.org/ Thats all for this month! With best wishes, Sally Jeanrenaud