This green growth country assessment forFormer Yugoslav Republic (FYR) Macedonia aims to define theoutlines of a green growth path and the initial steps alongthat path. According to the World Bank's recentflagship report, green growth is 'growth that isefficient in its use of natural resources, clean in that itminimizes pollution and environmental impacts, and resilientin that it accounts for natural hazards and the role ofenvironmental management and natural capital in preventingphysical disasters.' While most countries might agreethat such growth is a worthy goal, determining what a greengrowth path might mean for a particular country is asignificant challenge. Green growth can be defined moreprecisely, as economic growth with more sustainable use ofnatural resources (minerals, water and clean air, andbiodiversity), with proper consideration of mitigation ofgreenhouse gas emissions; with attention to adaptation to achanging climate; and with more focus on innovation andgreen jobs to enhance benefits flowing from thetechnological innovation and new industries spurred by ashift to green growth. This report takes a practicalapproach to identifying specific challenges andopportunities FYR Macedonia faces in building its greengrowth future and to present them in a form useful fordecision makers. The report will address mitigation,adaptation, and the most immediately challenging resourcesustainability issue, clean air. This report summarizesanalytic work undertaken in sectors and on issues selectedas critical for defining and understanding the green growthpath of the country, with an emphasis on climate action.Chapters of the report start with an overview of therelevant challenges to green growth of climate adaptationand mitigation, and then set out the methodology applied thefindings that emerged, and consequent recommendations. Thenine sectors and issues that constitute the components ofthe green growth country assessment are represented in theopening graphic in this summary.
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