GREEN-WIN: Green growth and win-win strategies for sustainable climate action

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European Commission

ECI lead: Dr Thomas Thornton

The GREEN-WIN project created an international, transdisciplinary research collaboration to apply a solution-oriented approach to increase the understanding of links between climate action and sustainability, and overcoming implementation barriers through win-win strategies.

Green growth promises to address climate and sustainability concerns while fostering economic prosperity and social justice – green growth is a key concept for implementing sustainable development strategies. But how does this work in practice? When green growth is not possible, what fundamental trade-offs are involved? How can we switch economies to green growth pathways and what kind of policy instruments are needed for this?

The project aimed to answer to these questions and assess the feasibility of implementing green growth strategies to meet mitigation, adaptation and sustainability goals.