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ZIELONA GOSPODARKA JAKO NARZĘDZIE ZRÓWNOWAŻONEGO ROZWOJU
GREEN ECONOMY AS A TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Author(s): Marcin Rabe
Subject(s): Economy, Energy and Environmental Studies, Political Ecology, Economic development, Fiscal Politics / Budgeting
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: Sustainable development; renewable energy; green economy; carbon tax; environmental tax reform;

Summary/Abstract: Development is devoted to the presentation of the issue of the green economy as a tool for sustainable development. The main objective of this paper is to present tools in the pursuit of a green economy for sustainable development. The author focuses on the question of whether modern economic systems face thus faced with a dilemma, whether to continue growth in its current form or not. In this case, the growing consumption of resources and environmental costs will be applied to the drastic social inequality. Therefore, it becomes necessary to treat the green economy as a tool for sustainable development. Practical implications of the theoretical analysis is to identify ways to change the system by diverting a part of the green economy, the stimulus measures for new energy technologies and environmental protection and the introduction of environmental tax reform.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 46/2
  • Page Range: 117-124
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish