In an attempt to address sustainable develop-ment challenges, France this week presented a series of indicators to measure progress towards green growth and jobs.

The indicators, debated at a national conference on 20 January, will allow annual evaluation of the National Sustainable Development Strategy, which will be adopted soon.

The barometer will be used to inform the French government, parliament, local authorities, businesses, NGOs and citizens about sustainable economic development and environmental pressures in a drive to support initiatives that boost sustainable behaviour.

Flanked by indicators, the national sustainable development strategy was developed thanks to a wide national consultation on environmental issues (the so-called ‘Grenelle de l’environnement’), launched in 2007.

French Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo stressed that as the strategy and indicators had been developed through broad dialogue and there was wide consensus between all actors on the matter, the indicators would be easily embraced by society as a whole.

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