Green economy: A pathway towards sustainable development
Green economy: A pathway towards sustainable development The recent traction for a green economy concept has no doubt been emerged by widespread disillusionment with our prevailing economic systems, a sense of fatigue arising out from the many concurrent crises and market failures experienced during the very first decade of the new millennium, especially the financial and economic crisis of 2008. But at the same time, the world has seen increasing evidence of a way forward, a new economic paradigm – one in which material wealth is not delivered at the expense of growing environmental risks, ecological scarcities and social disparities. In response to the growing climate crisis, a wave of green technologies, expertise and energy sources have emerged. As a result, it has now been recognised the emergence of a green economy, one that harnesses human invention to tackle existential issues for the planet, and provide the engine for the economic growth and job cre