green economy
Eco-friendly market system
A green economy is an economic system designed to reduce environmental risks and resource depletion while promoting sustainable development.
The term encompasses policies and practices that lower carbon emissions, increase energy efficiency, and protect ecosystems: The government invested heavily in transitioning to a green economy.
Green economy often implies job creation in renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, and conservation sectors.
- renewable energySelf-replenishing natural power
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- carbon neutralityEmissions balanced by offsets
- environmental justiceFair sharing of ecological burdens
- decarbonizationEliminating fossil fuel emissions
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- environmentair pollution, ecology, clean air, biosphere, air quality
- environmentalismecology, conservationism, recycling bins, campaigner, environmentalism
- green practicesrecycling, recycled paper, reusable bags, solar panels, solar power
- sustainabilityreduce, reuse, recycle, sustainable yield, recycling programs
- economic systemscapitalism, mercantilism, communism, feudalism, socialism
- economiesprivate sector, public sector, developing nation, emerging market, pre-industrial
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