{"id":1137,"date":"2025-10-02T04:03:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/global-green-economics\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T04:03:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:03:01","slug":"global-green-economics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Green Economics"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content column wide left blog content view\" id=\"content\">\n<div id=\"banner-fade\" class=\"block\">\n<ul class=\"bjqs noside\">\n<li>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Global green economics\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/34940-25-eng-gb\/global-green-economics_carousel.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"text intro_highlight\">\n<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGlobal green economics<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\tTowards Rio+20<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">The Green Economy is one of the key themes to be addressed by the UNCSD summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012. But what is exactly the concept of a green economy?<\/p>\n<div class=\"pubDate\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<p class=\"right\"> | March 25, 2025<\/p>\n\n-->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#blog-description\" class=\"popup readmore\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\" title=\"Global green economics\"><strong>&#x25b6;<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"blog-description\" class=\"hide\">\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">What can be done to achieve a truly green global economic system? This question &#8211; more pertinent than ever with the current economic, food and energy crises \u2013 guides our blog on global green economics towards the summit of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012. The blog was launched at the 2nd Degrowth conference in Barcelona (26-29 March 2010) and also ran at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eco-efficiency-conf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Third International Conference on Eco-Efficiency<\/a> in June 2010 and at the ISEE conference &#8216;Advancing sustainability in a time of crisis&#8217; in Oldenburg and Bremen, Germany.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">The Broker will give experts on development and environmental topics the opportunity to discuss the concept of a green economy. What values are included, who is benefiting and who&#8217;s not? Experiences and initiatives from all over the world can be shared and can help to provide clarity on the concept of a green economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">The Broker will keep publishing articles on this theme on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/en\/themes\/inclusive-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\">theme page inclusive economy<\/a> and in the magazine, following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/en\/special-reports\/special-report-greening-the-global-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\">special report<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/en\/special-reports\/special-report-greening-the-global-economy\/rethinking-macroeconomics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeffrey Sachs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/en\/special-reports\/special-report-greening-the-global-economy\/revaluing-the-environment\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peter May<\/a> on greening the global economy (issue 18) and the articles on how to measure well-being by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/en\/magazine\/authors\/da-veiga-jose-eli\/\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Jose da Veiga <\/a>and on the flaws of GDP by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/en\/magazine\/authors\/jeroen-van-den-bergh\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeroen van den Bergh<\/a> (issue 19) and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/en\/magazine\/articles\/dealing-in-green\/\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Ed Barbier&#8217;s article <\/a>on the Global Green New Deal (issue 20\/21).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var addthis_config = {\n        ui_language = 'en'\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis sharing\">\n\t<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style\" addthis:title=\"Global green economics\">\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_twitter\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_share\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_4\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_compact\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_config = data_track_addressbar;<\/script><br \/>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n\t<!-- AddThis Button END -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addthis article_options\">\n\t\t<!-- \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/mandrill\/subscription\/add\/75009\/6334\">Subscribe<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t -->\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<section class=\"subitem content column wide left blog\">\n<div class=\"children blue\">\n<div class=\"rounded-corner\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article fader\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/many-little-streams-make-a-mighty-river\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/many-little-streams-make-a-mighty-river\/166927-1-eng-gb\/many-little-streams-make-a-mighty-river_column.jpg\" alt=\"Many little streams make a mighty river\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/many-little-streams-make-a-mighty-river\/\">Many little streams make a mighty river<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/kishimoto-satoko\/\">Satoko Kishimoto<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t06 September 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tPresumably few Europeans would oppose one percent of their water bill going to international solidarity projects to help people who don\u2019t yet have access to safe water and adequate sanitation. And as the Swedish proverb says, many little streams m&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/many-little-streams-make-a-mighty-river\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/taming-capitalism-through-constitutional-action\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/taming-capitalism-through-constitutional-action\/152534-2-eng-gb\/taming-capitalism-through-constitutional-action_column.jpg\" alt=\"Taming capitalism through constitutional action?\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/taming-capitalism-through-constitutional-action\/\">Taming capitalism through constitutional action?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t06 July 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tNancy Peluso\u2019s exciting and much discussed keynote speech drew on the metaphor of the &#8216;Beauty and the Beast&#8217;. Using the humorous but thought-provoking imagery of the story, Peluso highlighted the variety of ways in which the relationship between n&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/taming-capitalism-through-constitutional-action\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/the-mean-bees-in-the-oostvaardersplassen\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/the-mean-bees-in-the-oostvaardersplassen\/151974-1-eng-gb\/the-mean-bees-in-the-oostvaardersplassen_column.jpg\" alt=\"The mean bees in the Oostvaardersplassen\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/the-mean-bees-in-the-oostvaardersplassen\/\">The mean bees in the Oostvaardersplassen<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/buescher-bram\/\">Bram B\u00fcscher<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t03 July 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tDay two of the Nature\u2122 Inc conference, and a special day indeed. We only had one round of sessions in the morning, and one plenary session. The rest of the day was devoted to a fieldtrip to the Oostvaardersplassen. More about that in a minute: fir&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/the-mean-bees-in-the-oostvaardersplassen\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/nature-inc-off-to-a-good-start\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/nature-inc-off-to-a-good-start\/151714-2-eng-gb\/nature-inc-off-to-a-good-start_column.jpg\" alt=\"Nature\u2122 Inc off to a good start\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/nature-inc-off-to-a-good-start\/\">Nature\u2122 Inc off to a good start<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/buescher-bram\/\">Bram B\u00fcscher<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t30 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tFinally, after a year of preparations, the Nature\u2122 Inc Conference started today! This conference, held at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in the Hague, seeks to critically engage with the market panacea in environmental policy and conservati&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/nature-inc-off-to-a-good-start\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/sharing-the-pie\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/sharing-the-pie\/150517-2-eng-gb\/sharing-the-pie_column.jpg\" alt=\"Sharing the pie\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/sharing-the-pie\/\">Sharing the pie<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/spoor-jojanneke\/\">Jojanneke Spoor<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t26 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tSusan George is Chairperson of TNI. She introduces the 2011 Fellows Meeting.<br \/>\nWhen talking about sharing the pie, dividing resources, what are your&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/sharing-the-pie\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/record-emissions-of-carbon-dioxide\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/record-emissions-of-carbon-dioxide\/149627-4-eng-gb\/record-emissions-of-carbon-dioxide_column.jpg\" alt=\"Record emissions of carbon dioxide\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/record-emissions-of-carbon-dioxide\/\">Record emissions of carbon dioxide<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/custers-peter\/\">Peter Custers<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t20 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe alarm bells this time are not being rung by climate scientists or by environmental activists. They are rung by none other than the International Energy Agency (IEA), the institution set up in the 1970s to defend the interests of western oil co&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/record-emissions-of-carbon-dioxide\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/the-new-scramble-for-africa\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/the-new-scramble-for-africa\/150550-2-eng-gb\/the-new-scramble-for-africa_column.jpg\" alt=\"The new scramble for Africa\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/the-new-scramble-for-africa\/\">The new scramble for Africa<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/spoor-jojanneke\/\">Jojanneke Spoor<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t05 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tYao Graham expresses his concern about the new scramble for Africa at the TNI Fellows Meeting 2011. Graham is the Executive Director of the Third World Network, a research and advocacy organisation based in Accra, Ghana&#8230;.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/the-new-scramble-for-africa\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/a-million-climate-jobs\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/a-million-climate-jobs\/150602-2-eng-gb\/a-million-climate-jobs_column.jpg\" alt=\"A Million Climate Jobs\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/a-million-climate-jobs\/\">A Million Climate Jobs<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/spoor-jojanneke\/\">Jojanneke Spoor<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t05 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tBrian Ashley, editor of Amandla magazine, believes in the importance of linking the climate crisis with other pressing struggles. In South Africa people are faced with mass unemployment, a housing crisis and land issues. In order to make the clima&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/a-million-climate-jobs\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/whose-crisis-whose-future\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/whose-crisis-whose-future\/74084-4-eng-gb\/whose-crisis-whose-future_column.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cWhose Crisis, Whose Future?\u201d \"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/whose-crisis-whose-future\/\">\u201cWhose Crisis, Whose Future?\u201d <\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/schuftan-claudio\/\">Claudio  Schuftan<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t16 March 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tSusan George, (2010), \u201cWhose Crisis, Whose Future? Towards a Greener, Fairer, Richer World\u201d, Polity Press, Cambridge. The book is published as well in French and Spanish, see details below. 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