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0543/2012 - Health and green economy: Challenges for sustainable development and poverty eradication
Saúde e economia verde: Desafios para o desenvolvimento sustentável e erradicação da pobreza

Author:

• Edmundo Gallo - Gallo, E. - Brasília, DF - Fiocruz - <gallo@fiocruz.br>

Co-author(s):

• Andréia Faraoni Freitas Setti - Setti, A.F.F. - Fiocruz - <andreiasetti@gmail.com >
• Danielly de Paiva Magalhães - Magalhães, D.P. - Fiocruz - <daniellypaiva@uol.com.br>
• Jorge Mesquita Huet Machado - Machado, J. M. H. - Fiocruz - <jorge.machado@fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1176-1919
• Daniel Forsin Buss - Daniel Forsin Buss - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Fiocruz - <dbuss@ioc.fiocruz.br> +
• Francisco de Abreu Franco Netto - Netto, F.A.F. - Fiocruz - < francisconetto@fiocruz.br >
• Paulo Marchiori Buss - Buss, P.M. - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Fiocruz - <paulo.buss@fiocruz.br, buss@fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9944-9195

Thematic Area:

Saúde e Ambiente

Abstract:

In a scenario of loss of ecosystem services and the high social inequity a new model of development is needed: one able to promote social development reducing its ecological footprint. The ‘Green Economy’ model is proposed as an alternative. This paper aims to analyze the environmental, social and individual impacts on human health in the context of a ‘brown economy’, and discusses the contributions of a green economy to equity and human health. Economic development and environmental sustainability are compatible and both contribute to poverty eradication. The transition to a sustainable economy depends on political decisions, and is not restricted to technological developments. Above all, it should instigate new patterns of production, consumption and social organization, promote social and environmental justice, participation and a democratic governance to define concrete Sustainable Development Goals and mechanisms to implement them in all levels.

Keywords:

Health industrial complex sustainable development capitalism brown economy Rio+20 socio-environmental justice

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Gallo, E., Setti, A.F.F., Magalhães, D.P., Machado, J. M. H., Daniel Forsin Buss, Netto, F.A.F., Buss, P.M.. Health and green economy: Challenges for sustainable development and poverty eradication. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/May). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/health-and-green-economy-challenges-for-sustainable-development-and-poverty-eradication/10107



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