Green economy

A green economy is low-carbon, resource-efficient and socially inclusive.

 

Related Terms

Adaptation

Biodiversity

Carbon budgets

Cap and trade system

Carbon credits

Carbon neutral

Carbon tax

Circular economy

Climate

Climate change

Climate Action Delivery Board

Climate Action Fund

Climate Action Plan

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021

Climate Change Advisory Council

Climate neutral economy

Climate resilience

Decarbonisation

Effort Sharing Regulation

Effort Sharing Legislation

Effort Sharing Decision

Electricity interconnector

Emissions projections

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)

European Green Deal

Green economy

Greenhouse Gas Emissions / GHGs

Global warming potential (GWP)

LULUCF / Land use, land-use change and forestry

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Microgeneration

National Energy and Climate Plan

National Retrofit Plan

Net zero emissions

NZEB ‘Nearly Zero Energy Buildings’

Paris Agreement

Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS)

Renewable energy

Sectoral Adaptation Plans

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)

Treaty

UNFCCC COP

UNFCCC