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The green investment scheme sets up the requirements for the trade in surplus assigned amount units on the international market. Source: UNCSD Secretariat (2010) Questionnaire for the Member States on Experiences, Success Factors, Risks and Challenges with Regard to Objective and Themes of UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) The possibility to finance green economy initiatives is foreseen in the Special Programme for Climate Change in the Law on Climate Change. There are legal acts adopted in 2010 establishing a green investment scheme (GIS), setting up the requirements for the t...[more]
The Lithuanian Innovation Strategy for 2010-2020 was approved in February 2010 in order to move the economy to a more sustainable way. Source: Government of the Republic of Lithuania The purpose of this Strategy is to mobilize and manage state resources effectively: to create competitive knowledge economy based on the latest technologies and qualified human resources. It aims to form a creative society and to set up conditions to develop business and innovations, which may lead to the development of clean technologies, future energy, welfare, and the improvement of public health. This Stra...[more]
