The rapid development of civilization since the Industrial Revolution has jeopardized the integrity of our global ecosystem, and, even to this day, data consistently reveals that most ecosystem services are used unsustainably. Parallel to the increased awareness of these problems, the concept of green infrastructure has presented itself as one of the solutions. The literature search has shown that green infrastructure can be defined differently; however, it is comprised of the various components of the biosphere with a common goal of providing the ecosystem needs and contribution to the sustainability of the global ecosystem. Once the elements of the green infrastructure were roughly divided into those present within the urban environment as well as those present within the landscape scale, we conducted a survey of some ecosystem services, and their contribution to global sustainability. Analysis of the literature and case studies shows that this concept effectively contributes to global sustainability, despite the many shortcomings that accompany its validity. In addition, with its primary function, each element of green infrastructure, at the same time, provides additional ecosystem services, and we concluded that their multi-functionality, regardless of the flaws, makes for a high-quality tool for achieving global sustainability.