Report released: October 2008
Prepared for The United States Conference of Mayors and the Mayors Climate Protection Center

Dwindling natural resources, growing global demand for energy, climate change – these issues are irrevocably altering our global economy. In this report, the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Global Insight have examined the economic benefits of the 'Green Economy' -that part of economic activity which is devoted to the reduction of fossil fuels, the increase of energy efficiency, and the curtailment of greenhouse gas emissions.

Global Insight has calculated the current total number of Green Jobs in the U.S. across several broad industries. These are industries that have high growth potential as the U.S. becomes a greener economy. We have also calculated potential growth under assumptions for the future of renewable electricity generation, increased energy efficiency for residential and commercial buildings, and increased usage of renewable fuels by the transportation sector. This data has been broken out at both the national and the metro level. Metropolitan economies are the engines of U.S. economic growth; if investment in green industries is to successfully transform the U.S. economy, it must happen at the metropolitan and local level.

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