‘Green Growth’ is an attractive concept for analysts and policy makers alike, but to be effective it must be backed up by effective collective action, not spin.

Alex Bowen and Sam Fankhauser outline why green growth is currently so attractive to commentators. If green growth measures, such as targeted investment in environmental projects and incentivised regulation, are implemented in a well-thought out way, then they may pave the way for a new ‘green industrial revolution’.