Sustainable Development: The Need for Vulnerability Resilience Profile and the Green Economy Transition in Mauritius

R. Ramessur
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The Rio +20 outcome document, the future we want, declares green economy as “an important tool for achieving sustainable development”. In that spirit, the national budget 2014 has put growth at the centre of mauritius’s economic strategy, with green economy, as a high priority, in line with the Maurice Ile durable policy, strategy and action plan. Notwithstanding the fact that the island is blessed by strong political commitment to pursue a green transition, there are also several development challenges which largely jeopardize the green paradigm shift that Mauritius is striving for. As a small island developing state (SIDS), the republic of Mauritius faces unique environmental and economic challenges such as limited resource base, high population density, isolated geography, high dependence on fossil fuels and imported food and high vulnerability to natural disasters and climate change events. It is against this difficult backdrop that Mauritius is striving to pursue a green economy.the assessment for the green economy entails a macro-economic analysis to identify the potential benefits and challenges of investment in priority economic sectors, taking into account the long-term outcomes of the economic and social transformation plan (ESTP) and the Maurice Ile Durable (MID) policy strategy and action plan. A 10 year green economy action plan will then stem from the green economy assessment to elaborate on policies, instruments, strategies, reforms and costed actions that will enable the green economy transition in Mauritius. It is important to understand the local context and carry out a stock-taking of green economy-related policies and initiatives already existing in the country as part of the green economy assessment and to identify areas of potential scenario building. A vulnerabilityresilience profile (VRP) was initiated by un DESA in Mauritius in 2013 to assess the progress in tackling the vulnerabilities and building resilience of SIDS by selecting economic, social and environmental indicators and implementing commitments to sustainable development as outlined in the barbados plan of action in 1994 (BPAO) and the mauritius strategy for further implementation (MSI) in 2005 for sustainable development, eradicating poverty, improving livelihoods and adopting climate compatible development and strategies for sids [1-6].
可持续发展:对毛里求斯脆弱性、复原力概况和绿色经济转型的需求
里约+20会议的成果文件是我们所希望的未来,它宣布绿色经济是“实现可持续发展的重要工具”。本着这一精神,2014年国家预算将增长置于毛里求斯经济战略的中心,并将绿色经济作为高度优先事项,与莫里斯岛持久政策、战略和行动计划保持一致。尽管毛里求斯拥有追求绿色转型的强大政治承诺,但也存在一些发展挑战,这些挑战在很大程度上危及毛里求斯正在努力实现的绿色范式转变。作为一个小岛屿发展中国家(SIDS),毛里求斯共和国面临着独特的环境和经济挑战,如有限的资源基础,高人口密度,孤立的地理位置,对化石燃料和进口食品的高度依赖以及对自然灾害和气候变化事件的高度脆弱性。正是在这种艰难的背景下,毛里求斯正在努力发展绿色经济。对绿色经济的评估需要进行宏观经济分析,以确定投资于优先经济部门的潜在利益和挑战,同时考虑到经济和社会转型计划(ESTP)和莫里斯可持续发展(MID)政策战略和行动计划的长期成果。然后,绿色经济评估将产生一项10年绿色经济行动计划,以详细说明将使毛里求斯实现绿色经济转型的政策、工具、战略、改革和成本行动。作为绿色经济评估的一部分,重要的是要了解当地情况,对该国现有的与绿色经济相关的政策和举措进行盘点,并确定可能建立情景的领域。联合国经社部于2013年在毛里求斯启动了脆弱性-复原力概况(VRP),通过选择经济、社会和环境指标,以及执行1994年巴巴多斯行动计划(BPAO)和2005年毛里求斯进一步实施战略(MSI)中概述的可持续发展承诺,评估小岛屿发展中国家在解决脆弱性和建立复原力方面取得的进展,以实现可持续发展、消除贫困、为小岛屿发展中国家改善生计和采取气候相容的发展和战略[1-6]。
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