Europe’s Green Comparative Advantage

As 'climate change' and other broad environmental issues move higher up the national and international agenda, we find that European companies are well-placed to benefit from the ‘green’ transformation of the  global economy.

The four big European economies alone account for 35% of the world market for traded environmental goods. The US and Japan also hold large shares, although that of the former has declined in recent years.

>> Europe’s Green Comparative Advantage February 2007 [PDF, 555 KB]