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. 2025 Feb 19;11(4):e42785. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e42785

Table 2.

Frequency of the main keywords as per their occurrences in the Green Finance publications.

Year GF SD Ch RE GBs GF∗ S CC GI SF C-19 GE EE FD GB GC EG CE ER ESG GI GTI CN CF F
2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016 9 3 1 1 3 6 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
2017 14 6 1 1 4 8 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
2018 30 11 4 2 5 12 9 3 0 2 0 3 1 3 3 2 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 3 0
2019 62 13 8 5 12 17 12 11 1 2 0 7 3 4 4 3 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 6 0
2020 102 27 11 9 18 19 19 16 1 8 0 13 5 5 5 5 4 3 0 3 5 0 0 9 1
2021 203 48 22 16 36 27 29 26 3 19 5 20 8 13 12 7 7 6 6 6 9 1 2 13 6
2022 479 82 58 43 60 59 50 45 25 32 29 28 25 25 28 20 21 14 22 16 15 14 9 22 14
2023 901 149 142 110 107 103 74 72 65 53 46 46 42 42 42 42 40 36 34 30 31 31 29 29 28

Where GF: Green Finance, SD: Sustainable Development, Ch: China, RE: Renewable Energy, GBs: Green Bonds, GF∗: Green Financing, S: Sustainability, CC: Climate Change, GI: Green Innovations, SF: Sustainable Finance, C-19: Covid-19, GE: Green Economy, EE: Energy Efficiency, FD: Financial Development, GB: Green Bond, GC: Green Credit, EG: Economic Growth, CE: Carbon Emissions, ER: Environmental Regulation, GI: Green Investment, GTI: Green Technology Innovation, CN: Carbon Neutrality, CF: Climate Finance, F: Fintech.