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| See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/39015804 Blueprint for a Green Economy Article · January 1989 DOI: 10.4324/9780203097298 · Source: OAI CITATIONS 2,222 READS 31,983 3 authors , including: Anil Markandya BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change 488 PUBLICATIONS 14,701 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Edward B. Barbier Colorado State University 574 PUBLICATIONS 43,891 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE All content following this page was uploaded by Anil Markandya on 06 August 2014. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. Blueprint for a Green Economy Submission to the Shadow Cabinet Quality of Life Policy Group Chairman, Rt Hon John Gummer MP Vice-Chairman, Zac Goldsmith September 2007 1 Contents Preface 3 About the Quality of Life Policy Group 5 Chapter 1 Introduction: A Confident Society 7 Chapter 2 The Wellbeing of a Nation 39 Chapter 3 The Built Environment 59 Chapter 4 Rural Life; Food and Farming; Fishing and the Marine Environment 135 Chapter 5 Water: The First Essential 215 Chapter 6 Waste: Towards a Zero Waste Economy 253 Chapter 7 Energy: Low Carbon and Credible 271 Chapter 8 Transport: Connectivity 307 Chapter 9 The Imperative of Climate Change 359 Appendices 449 Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations 537 Bibliography 541 2 3 Preface The Quality of Life Policy Group was set up by David Cameron to recommend policies to the Shadow Cabinet. What follows are our recommendations for consideration by the Conservative frontbench, the Conservative Party more widely, and the large number of people outside who are looking for solutions that break away from current political restrictions. It is not for us to define Conservative policy but what we have proposed here sits firmly in the Tory tradition. Since its inception the Conservative Party has recognised that, if it is to uphold its continuing principles in a changing world, those principles have to be applied in a contemporary way so that they are relevant to a new generation. The remit of the Group was to consider holistically the issues of the built environment; rural life; food, farming, fishing and the marine environment; transport; energy; waste; and water. All these are fundamentally affected by two significant concerns: Climate change and social unease. Climate change is the most significant material threat to our future, while the degree to which our society has become dysfunctional, inhibits our ability to succeed as a nation. We cannot go on as we are, ignoring the effects of the world’s misuse of its resources while, at the same time, pretending that we have a society at ease with itself. The Policy Group has become convinced that radical change is essential. More of the same is not an option. What follows provides the basis for that necessary change. It is only the beginning. There is much more to be done to refine and extend the proposals which we offer. They are fundamentally Conservative proposals, even though we have drawn on the help and expertise of people of all parties and none. They rely on the strength and power of the market even though they reflect values that reach above and beyond it. They recognise the imperative of prosperity but acknowledge that growth is unsustainable without social justice. They concentrate on a programme for Britain but present that programme in the context of Europe and the wider world. This Report is fundamentally optimistic. In the face of the threat from climate change, we believe that Britain is capable of again rising to the challenge of leadership. We shall not be able to do it alone but, without us, it will be difficult for it to be done at all. However, our optimism is tempered by a realisation of the size of the task and the shortness of the time. Action and urgency are its recurrent themes. Britain has delayed too long. It deserves a government with the clarity of vision and the strength of purpose to act and to act decisively. We present these proposals for action in the hope and belief that the next Conservative government will provide the leadership and the delivery that our nation has lacked for a decade. 4 5 About the Quality of Life Policy Group The Chairman of the Board of the Policy Group was Rt. Hon John Gummer MP and the Vice-Chairman was Zac Goldsmith. The other members were: Jules Peck (Director); Tim Eggar; Nick Hurd MP; Ali Miraj; Steven Norris; Benet Northcote; Tom Oliver; David Strong; Kay Twitchen; Kim Wilkie. Their declaration of interests may be found on our website www.qualityoflifechallenge.com . Members of the secretariat to the Policy Group were: Susan Davies; Clare Devereux; Clare Kerr; Michael Lunn; Nat Mason; Tara Singh; Nikki Talbot; Harriet Williams. Members of the Board chaired a whole series of study groups over nearly two years. They brought together as members, advisers or witnesses, hundreds of people from all over the country, drawn from a wide range of backgrounds and political affiliations. We would like to thank all the individuals and organisations who generously gave their time to participate in this review, and to extend and enrich our understanding, especially members of the various policy working groups. While these groups were an important part of the consultative process, the final Report is necessarily a synthesis and none of the participants can be held accountable for all, or part, of it. That remains the responsibility of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman. We would like to reiterate that participation in the working groups of the Quality of Life Policy Group does not imply affiliation to the Conservative Party. A full list of acknowledgments can be found on our website: www.qualityoflifechallenge.com . 6 7 Chapter 1. Introduction: A Confident Society Contents Section 1.1. A Confident Society 8 Section 1.2. Conservatives – Redefining Progress 15 Section 1.3. The Journey 26 8 Section 1.1. A Confident Society ‘The great Error of our Nature is not to know where to stop; not to be satisfied with any reasonable Acquirement; not to compound with our Condition; but to lose all we have gained by an insatiable Pursuit after more.’ Yüklə 4,77 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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