Pages: 146 Language: English Publication Date: 23 May 2013 DOI: 10.1787/20794797 See also the Highlights

This paper discusses the results of a study of measuring green growth in the Benelux countries (Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg). The study paid particular attention to the challenges of measuring the transition to a low-carbon economy in cross-border areas as they have additional levels of complexity when it comes to measuring and monitoring their low-carbon transition.

In cross- regions data collection hardly ever coincide with any single data gathering ‘institution’. Moreover, Belgium (Flanders, Brussels, Wallonia), the Netherlands, and Luxembourg have different indicator systems at the national level, and even more so at the more decentralised level which creates problems of data availability, data (in)consistency, and hence comparability.

Progress is already noticeable in the two crossborder areas analysed in the study. In Ghent-Terneuzen the bio-base economy is contributing to the value of turnover and growth in employment in the environmental goods and services (EGS) sectors. In Alzette-Belval the construction industry is engaging in resource-efficient building design and certification. In other aspects there is evidence of progress, but this evidence is anecdotal, or patchy in its collection, and not able to be included in the dashboard metrics developed during the study and discussed in the paper.

 

Table of contents

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• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  
• CHAPTER 1: TOWARDS A LOCAL TRANSITION TO LOW-CARBON GROWTH IN CROSS-BORDER REGIONS
  
• CHAPTER 2: BENELUX’S PATHWAY TO GREEN GROWTH AND TWO CROSS-BORDER SCENARIOS
  
• CHAPTER 3: EUROREGION SCHELDEMOND’S BIO BASE CLUSTER AS A PATHWAY TOWARDS GREEN GROWTH
  
• CHAPTER 4: TRANSITION TO A LOW-CARBON ECONOMY IN THE ALZETTE-BELVAL AREA
  
• CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS: THE BENELUX GREEN GROWTH DASHBOARD
  
• REFERENCES
• ANNEXES
• Tables
• Figures
• Boxes

 

Contact

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