Practical and theoretical advancements have not caught pace with rising scientific researches in the rapidly emerging economy undertaking a shift to a more sustainable economy, particularly green economy. After the UN adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, there has been a surge in interest in the green economy among academics around the world, and the literature on the issue is proliferating. This paper adopts the methodology of systematic review and thematic analysis to summarize the relevant literature on areas related to the theme of green economy. The literature was obtained from the Web of Science database and the literature was analyzed using VOSviewer as well as the R language to couple the literature by keywords, country, affiliation, author, publication. The findings of the current paper show that the green economy has received more academic attention from scholars after 2016. The green economy is relatively leading in Asia and Europe. In the context of climate
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A record surge in the cost of timber, bricks and steel sent construction industry costs soaring in May as new orders across the sector grew at the fastest pace in 24 years.
Severe shortages of essential building materials lay behind the increase in prices as the combined impact of Brexit and the pandemic caused supplies, many of them imported, to be held up on their way to the UK.
The majority of respondents to a survey by IHS Markit and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing Supply (CIPS) said they were paying significantly more for raw materials, pushing the industry inflation purchasing managers’ index (PMI) from an average of about 55 last year to more than 90 in May. The figure 50 separates growth from contraction.