| introduction |
| background |
| role of cities |
| SA and the GCR |
| green initiatives |
| food |
| solar energy |
| energy efficiency |
| CSP |
| water and sanitation |
| waste |
| mobilising the region |
| recommendations for turning our region green | ||
key drivers that promote the development of a green economy for the Gauteng province |
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create new skills and jobs encourage innovation promote investment decouple growth from resource consumption improve energy and resource consumption efficiency promote energy security reduce dependency on crucial imports (oil) minimise dependency on fossil fuels respect ecological limits shift energy supply to decentralised renewable energy create food security alleviate poverty |
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our recommendations for getting there |
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The recommendations were made by the GCRO to the Gauteng Provincial Government for places where policy could be used to re-orientate towards this type of economy. |
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so what’s the long and the short of it? moving to a sustainable, developmental green growth model is imperative |
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The Gauteng city-region has enormous potential for massive savings on
Regulatory certainty will unleash green industry potential and allow for manufacturing – instead of importing – as well as the creation of significant numbers of green jobs in installation and maintenance. |
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