Global Change: Promoting Growth and Job Creation

How can environmental policies promote job growth and protect the environment? This Center for Global Change publication discusses how sustainable development challenges the idea that strong environmental policies necessarily impose costs on the economy and diminish job growth. Examining how sustainable development supports “a long-term transformation in technology, institutions and consumption patterns to align economic and environmental goals,” this report provides a basic introduction to government environmental policy and its role in the sustainability movement. It is available online.