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''Sustainability - economy.''
''Sustainability''.


Green economies incorporate:
In the context of sustainability, green energy is energy produced from relatively less polluting - more sustainable - sources.


*Low carbon
Contrasted with ''brown'' energy.
*Resource efficiency and
*Social inclusion.




The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has defined a Green Economy as "one that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities."
An alternative term for energy produced from relatively more polluting sources and processes is ''grey'', rather than brown.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Carbon]]
* [[Brown ]]
* [[Economy]]
* [[Brown energy]]
* [[Environmental profit and loss]]
* [[Brown hydrogen]]
* [[Brownfield]]
* [[Climate Financial Risk Forum]]
* [[Green]]
* [[Green]]
* [[Green Economy Coalition]]
* [[Green asset]]
* [[Green Economy Mark]]
* [[Green bond]]
* [[Green finance]]
* [[Green Bond Principles]]
* [[Inclusion]]
* [[Green buffer]]
* [[Green energy]]
* [[Green loan]]
* [[Green Loan Principles]]
* [[Greenhouse gas]]
* [[Grey energy]]
* [[Sustainability]]
* [[Sustainability]]
* [[Sustainable Bond Market]]
* [[Thermal coal]]
* [[United Nations Environment Programme]]  (UNEP)
 
 
==External link==
[https://www.unep.org/pt-br/node/23750 Green economy - UNEP]


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Revision as of 08:06, 19 May 2022

Sustainability.

In the context of sustainability, green energy is energy produced from relatively less polluting - more sustainable - sources.

Contrasted with brown energy.


An alternative term for energy produced from relatively more polluting sources and processes is grey, rather than brown.


See also