Green Economy and Sustainable Development:
Concepts, Public Policies and Role of Central and
Local Government
Abdul Mubarok
1
, Hartuti Purnaweni
2
{abibarok20@gmail.com
1
}
Universitas Diponegoro, Indonesia
1, 2
Abstract. The concept of green economy could be a worldwide natural concept and is
closely related to the concept of sustainable development. The concept of maintainable
development could be a concept that points to form a adjust between improvement
measurements, such as financial, social and natural. Both concepts are very popularly
used in western countries and have long been implemented by the Indonesian
government. In the context of climate change and green economy, Bappenas has
propelled the Indonesia Climate Change Sectoral Roadmap (ICCSR) which contains a
nine-sector procedure, specifically ranger service, vitality, industry, transportation,
squander, agribusiness, marine and fisheries, water assets, and wellbeing. In connection
with the ICCSR, the role of the Central Government and Regional Government is very
important and dominant. This article aims to determine: 1) the role of the central
government and regional governments in overcoming environmental problems by using
this concept with a public policy approach in nine integrated sectors; 2) supporting and
inhibiting factors in implementing green economy policies; and 3) the impact of green
economy policies. This article uses a qualitative descriptive research approach. The
collection of data through in-depth interviews with informants at Department of
Environment and Forestry of Central Java Province with snowball sampling techniques,
documentation and field observations.
Keywords: Green Economy, Sustainable Development, Public Policies, Central and
Local Government.
1 Introduction
The green economy is characterized as economy that points at decreasing natural dangers
and environmental shortages, which points for feasible advancement without debasing the
environment. It is closely related with biological financial matters, but contains a more
politically connected center [1][2][3]. The 2011 UNEP Green Economy Report argues “that to
be green, an economy must not as it were be proficient, but too reasonable. Reasonableness
infers recognizing worldwide and nation level value measurements, especially in guaranteeing
a fair move to an economy that's low-carbon, asset proficient, and socially comprehensive”
[4]. The three economic fairness concepts will more explain below:
a) A low-carbon economy (LCE), low-fossil-fuel economy (LFFE), or decarbonized
economy [5] is an economy based on moo carbon control sources that subsequently
ICIPSE 2019, October 21-22, Semarang, Indonesia
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DOI 10.4108/eai.21-10-2019.2294340