Is a “Green Economy” just a buzzword, or a viable roadmap for our future? This research peels back the layers of contemporary environmental economics to define what it truly means to “green” our global processes.
By synthesizing indicators from the world’s leading economic institutions—from the World Bank to the European Union—the study provides a toolkit for measuring real progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.
The paper concludes by focusing on the European Green Deal, viewing it as the most ambitious regional attempt to align economic growth with planetary boundaries.
However, it issues a vital caution: while the green transformation offers immense opportunities for innovation and resilience, we must remain wary of “excessive confidence” in technology alone. True sustainability, the research suggests, requires a critical look at the weaknesses of our current models as much as an embrace of new, greener concepts.
Learn more about this paper here: https://doi.org/10.3390/su14105901
Reference
Adamowicz, M. (2022). Green Deal, Green Growth and Green Economy as a Means of Support for Attaining the Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainability, 14(10), 5901