The document discusses dimensions of innovation to shape a preferred future for growing and greening the economy in a sustainable way. It identifies strategic, process, services, and governance as dimensions of innovation. First, it notes the need to deal with disconnections from science and well-being by thinking in a connected way about development. Second, growing and greening the economy involves addressing issues like climate change, freshwater use, land use change, and more. Third, it notes that 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day. It proposes a greening strategy that gives the planet a voice, reframes development, empowers cities and regions, focuses on efficiency and renewable energy, removes perverse policies, and

2. Christine
LOH Civic Exchange, Hong Kong
Growing and Greening the Economy:
Shaping a Preferred Future

3. Dimensions of Innovation
Strategic – e.g. new goals, purposes, missions, standards
Process – e.g. reorganization, restructuring
Services – e.g. on-line, Ecomap, E-Planet, PowerPath, C-ROADS
etc.
Governance – e.g. citizen engagement, preventive diplomacy
Rhetorical – e.g. new concepts, slogans [sustainable development,
‘circular economy’, ‘green jobs’, ‘connected’ etc.]

4. First, Deal with Disconnections
From Science
Stay within 2 Deg C The ‘hockey sticks’
phenomenon
From Well-being
Data since 1850
Stay within 2 Deg C
But we only have one
planet …
…to change bullet levels
Now think connected
development

5. Connect to Science … adapt
urban development
Source: Prof. K. Steffen, Univ. of Colorado

6. Severe storms
Source: NOAA

7. Source: AFP PHOTO/Sam YEH October 2007 Typhoon Krosa northern Taiwan

8. Erratic Rainfall in Guangdong …
not the preferred future

9. Flooding in Brisbane
21 May 2009 … new flood
management infrastructure needed to
adopt to climate change

10. Not the preferred future …

11. Politics of Managing Watersheds ... preventive diplomacy
think connected development and management
Indus Watershed

12. Second, Growing and Greening the Economy
involves …
Global
Climate Change Freshwater Use
Ozone depletion
Biogeochemical
loading
Atmospheric
Aerosol Loading
Biodiversity
Loss Ocean acidification
Land System
Chemical Pollution
Change

13. Thirdly, … don’t forget 80% of humanity lives
on less than US$10 a day

14. Greening Strategy for a Preferred Future
Give the Planet a voice.
Reframe ‘development’ – create a new language of well-being and
prosperity, and not ‘growth’.
Cities and regions to lead … using technology intelligently.
Focus on efficiency now. Leap with renewable energy with
PowerPath?
Remove perverse policies … national vs. municipal authorities.
Do preventive diplomacy now.