Leading change
Ongoing debate on green economy and green growth
Prof Sam Ngwenya (Director: School of Economic and Financial Sciences), Dr Vuyo Mjimba (Co-editor: HSRC), Nompe Ntombela (Centre for Corporate Citizenship, Unisa), Nedson Pophiwa (HSRC), and Prof Godwell Nhamo (Centre of Corporate Citizenship and co-editor of the book)
A book about sustainability, climate change and the green economy should be published within a year or it is outdated. That is why all contributors to the book Sustainability, climate change and the green economy were expected to work hard to meet the deadlines, Prof Godwell Nhamo, the chair of Unisa’s Exxaro Chair in Business and Climate Change, said at the launch of the book.
The book, a product of the Exxaro Chair, is a compilation of blind peer-reviewed chapters from an international conference on the same topic that was held from 26 to 28 May 2015 in Ekurhuleni on the East Rand. Some 400 delegates from across the world attended the three-day conference.
Twelve chapters were chosen after a strict blind peer-review process was followed. The chapters are organised in six parts which include a part on the green economy and green jobs, sustainable development, natural resources and wetlands management, climate change, tourism and wildlife matters and emerging issues. A total of eighteen authors contributed to the book.
It is the sixth book in the series from the Exxaro Chair and was published with the Human Sciences Research Council in 2016. The first book Climate change: A guide for corporates was published in 2009, with the fifth one, Climate change education in the SADC school curriculum, published in 2015.
The Exxaro chair was launched in 2008 after Unisa and the company reached an agreement. The partnership has since been renewed until December 2018. The vision of the chair is to create a centre of excellence in business and climate change research, education, and advocacy oriented community engagement.
The chair is hosted in the Institute for Corporate Citizenship which resides in Unisa’s College of Economic and Management Sciences.
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Part 1 is a single chapter that covers the context of the topic. Part 2 looks at the green economy and green jobs, and addresses the challenges of government coordination and socio-economic development, with emphasis on skills and immigration regimes. Part 3 reflects on sustainable development, with a focus on relearning our wants and needs, and provides critical reflection on engineering for sustainable development. Management of natural resources and wetlands makes up Part 4, which teases out issues on timber harvesting, as well as challenges and opportunities in addressing environment-economic development and growth conflicts. A critique of climate change coverage in news media, mainstreaming climate change into wildlife policies, and tourism, are matters covered in Part 5. The last part (Part 6) is another single chapter, which articulates emerging issues from the whole book and presents some policy and take-home messages. Given the growing literature in the field of sustainability, climate change and the green economy, this piece will prove a must-read for policy makers, academics, industry and civil society. |
Written by 18 authors, Sustainability, climate change and the green economy brings together insights at the nexus of the four key concepts embedded in its title. The book is unpacked in six parts.*By Ilze Crous
Publish date: 2017-03-30 00:00:00.0
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