The concept of a green economy has emerged due to the rise of global threats to the environment and the deterioration of the quality of human life. The green economy has become a strategic development goal for many countries worldwide. Global threats are presented as a symbiosis of risks to human life, ecological and climatic risks, and risks associated with the adverse impact of human activities on the environment. Understanding the need to unite forces and implement measures of the green economy and sustainable development encounters latent resistance from humans, manifested in the dual nature of risks. Potentially new technologies bearing the status of green may carry new, yet undiscovered, adverse consequences in the future. It is essential to consider the regional characteristics of the risks of the green economy, the transition to environmentally friendly raw materials for producing environmentally friendly products, and, for example, in developing new energy sources. Nothing happens without the impact of humans on the environment, even under the banner of the green economy and sustainable development. This research explores the dual nature of risks in the green economy. The research results will provide grounds to conclude the necessity of environmental education for the subjects of the green economy and the development of a system of legal acts establishing methods for regulating and controlling environmental relations in the implementation of green projects.