"Environmental issues and activities pervade every aspect of our economic life and performance and are subject to challenging national and international targets, strict monitoring regimes and ongoing discussion and debate in the media.
The environmental goods and services (EGS) sector has traditionally included solutions for problems such as air, noise and marine pollution, land and water contamination, as well as activities such as environmental analysis and consultancy and waste management and recycling. However more recently, the definition of this sector has widened. In addition to these more traditional Environmental activities, it now includes a range of rapidly growing Renewable Energy technologies (such as hydro, wave and tidal power, geothermal, wind and biomass), as well as a number of other Emerging Low Carbon activities (such as reduced emissions from within the transport and construction sectors, nuclear energy, energy management, carbon capture and storage and carbon finance).
This study uses this broader definition of the low carbon and environmental goods and services (LCEGS) sector to provide new market data on the environmental economy in the UK, its regions, and internationally."

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