The world’s 10 greenest economies of 2014 may surprise you A new report ranks countries by their green investments, and also compares performance to our perceptions. What countries have the greenest economies? Dual Citizen, a U.S. consulting group, has been ranking the environmental sustainability of national economies with its Global Green Economy Index since 2010. This year’s report includes data from 60 countries. They also measured the perception of green economies, or in other words, how green people think different countries are. Sweden, Norway and Costa Rica received the highest performance rankings for their economies. Yet Germany, Denmark and Sweden are perceived to have the greenest economies. Here’s a side-by-side look at the top ten for both categories: Note that the United States and Japan aren’t included in the top ten green economies, yet they are perceived to be leaders. On one hand, it’s a problem that these nations are getting more credit for being sustainable than they deserve. treehugger/green-investments/worlds-10-greenest-economies-2014-may-surprise-you.html
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 15:40:02 +0000
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