The discourse of “green growth” has recently gained ground in environmental governance deliberations and policy proposals.
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The paper explores the concept of ‘green growth’ as it has emerged in international policy discourse over recent years. Identifying the core meaning of the concept and sister terms such as ‘green economy’, it relates green growth to the prior concept of sustainable development.