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Greening the entire economy; not just a handful of new sectors

Article Published 17 Mar 2014 Last modified 11 May 2021

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Photo: © G. Karadeniz/EEA

We need to change the way we produce goods and services. We need to ‘green’ our economy. But this does not consist of developing just a number of selected sectors, such as renewables, eco-innovation, corresponding to 5 or even 10 percent of our economy. It requires greening the entire economy. The question is: ‘How do we create a performing economy that creates jobs and ensures our well-being, and yet respects the limits of our planet?’