scholarly journals Transitioning to a Green Economy—Possible Effects on the Croatian Economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 9342
Author(s):  
Nada Denona Bogovic ◽  
Zvonimira Sverko Grdic
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Development Economic ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Total Employment ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Strategic Goals ◽  
Negative Environmental Impact

Following the global economic crisis of 2008, the concept of green economy has become a significant field of interest for scientific research as well as for specific development policies in various countries around the world. More recently, the transition towards green economy has been considered a desirable model and alternative approach to development encompassing all elements of sustainable development—economic, ecological and social. By adopting the 2019 European Green Deal, the European Union has explicitly opted for a new pattern of development that involves all European countries transitioning their economies, i.e., achieving economic growth while significantly reducing their negative environmental impact. The aim of this paper was to assess the possible effects of Croatian economy transitioning in accordance with the European Green Deal strategic framework and resources planned for Croatia in the following EU budgeting period (2021–2027). Based on the regression analysis results and two developed investment scenarios for the green transition, the authors have shown the potential positive effects of such a process on the gross domestic product and on total employment. These results were further supported by arguments based on examples for specific sectors and economic activities. The authors conclude that transitioning towards green economy, i.e., implementing specific green economy policies can serve to push sustainable development in the EU while simultaneously contributing to the implementation of the strategic goals of the European Green Deal.

scholarly journals Russia - Latin America Economic Cooperation: Insights from EU - CELAC Sustainable Development Concept

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 785-802
Author(s):  
Alla Yu. Borzova ◽  
Arkadiy A. Eremin ◽  
Natalia V. Ivkina ◽  
Oleg K. Petrovich-Belkin
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Interregional Cooperation ◽  
Development Paradigm

The article considers cooperation patterns between the European Union (EU) and CELAC (Community of Latin America and the Caribbean) in the context of creatively applying this experience to a broader topic of Russia - Latin America multilevel cooperation. The concept of sustainable development, which implies interaction in accordance with its three main dimensions: environmental, social and economic, is adopted on the global level. The interaction between EU and CELAC contributes to the progress in achieving the goals of sustainable development, where a lot of attention is paid to the green economy, alternative energy, and social aspects, since the environmental aspects constraints are providing the most significant impetus to structural changes in the existing development paradigm. This in return is expected to create a model that ensures economic growth based on a green economy, alternative energy, with greater equality and social inclusiveness. At supranational level in the European Union an effective and systemic policy has been formed in the field of nature conservation and combating climate change, which without a doubt can be considered one of the most progressive ones in the world, which creates potential for sharing these experiences with less developed and fortunate nations. European programs for Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries have become an important factor in the development of interregional cooperation in environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, and countering natural disasters. The article also focuses on the most recent changes that have occurred in the sphere of interaction between CELAC and EU in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. Massive structural and conceptual changes that have seriously reshaped the priorities and funding of joint programmers between two organizations reflects new priorities for sustainable development in general when it comes to new world realities in post-pandemic world, and could be useful for Russian model for the relations with this region.

scholarly journals Resources of Sustainable Economic Growth and Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelena Ignjatovic
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Development Economic ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Sustainable Development

The Sustainable Development Strategy implies a targeted long-term process that affects economic, social, environmental and institutional aspects of life. The goal is to meet the social and economic interests of citizens, reduce poverty, reduce unemployment and gender inequalities and reduce negative impacts on natural resources and the environment, resulting in long-term economic growth with economic efficiency, technology and innovation. Accordingly, in 2015, the United Nations adopted Resolution A / RES / 70/1 - Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, based on three dimensions of sustainable development: economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection. At the end of the 20th century, parallel with the theory of development, which turned into the concept of sustainable development, there was globalization that integrated the entire world regions in order to gain as strong economic and financial positions as possible on the world stage. Today, Serbia is not in a position to choose whether to engage in modern globalization processes, but it must continue the initiated transitional reforms and accession to the European Union, regardless of the economic, political or environmental consequences. By implementing national policies, Serbia should aim at national and economic sovereignty, which will further influence sustainable development. Only by changing the current economic policy, by creating a national strategy based on the exploitation of domestic economic and industrial potentials, by reducing unemployment, social responsibility and individual freedom, economic growth and sustainable development can be achieved. This work, besides the introduction, consists of materials based on the presentation of the sustainable development strategy of the Republic of Serbia and also presents the results and discussion that draft the current situation with possible solutions to achieve sustainable development in the future. Finally, the final ratifications are provided.      

scholarly journals Dissemination of Environmental Information and its Effects on Stakeholders’ Decision-Making: A Comparative Study between Swedish and Polish Municipalities

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-47
Author(s):  
Anna Cregård ◽  
Iwona Sobis
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Environmental Information ◽  
Development Economic ◽  
Agenda 21 ◽  
Positive Effects

Abstract According to Action Agenda 21, which was adopted at the Rio Conference in 1992, sustainable development is a major objective for local and global development. Economic growth, good living conditions, and protection of the earth’s natural environment are important to all people in the world. This article focuses on one aspect of sustainable development, i.e. on environmental sustainability. Research shows that local government can take a leading position in protecting the natural environment and disseminating information on it among stakeholders. However, our knowledge about the dissemination of environmental information practices among stakeholders is limited. The purpose of this research is to fill a gap in current knowledge, to describe and compare the practical work with dissemination of such information among stakeholders in Swedish and Polish municipalities. The questions to be answered are: What environmental information is collected and produced by the local government ? At what stakeholders is such information targeted ? and What effects does it have on decision-making by stakeholders in the investigated municipalities ? The study is based on state regulations, the homepages of municipal offices, and policy documents, official reports, and semi-structured interviews with key managers responsible for the protection of the natural environment in the studied municipalities. Data were collected from late 2015 to early 2017. This research indicates that dissemination of environmental information has a positive effect on the decision-making of internal stakeholders. In both countries, the municipal authorities follow the EU recommendations, resulting in innovative work and growing environmental awareness among the municipal authorities, the residents, and other stakeholders. Improvement of the natural environment is perceived as “a must” for the future. Nonetheless, especially larger municipalities face challenges because the production and dissemination of environmental information is time-consuming. In the long run, however, surprisingly positive effects on the local protection of the natural environment appear.

scholarly journals Green Economy for Sustainable Development in Nepal: Role of Forestry Sector

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 96-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madhav Karki
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Poor Country ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Rural And Urban

Although there is no unified view among the policy makers and development experts on what represents and drives a Green Economy and there is also no clarity on what it means for the mountain countries like Nepal, the concept is however, very pertinent in the context of rapid climate change and unsustainable development. There is a general agreement that green economy provides opportunities for developing and forest rich country like Nepal as the fossil fuel-based and import oriented consumerism based economy cannot be successful today and in future. It is likely that green economy could be a good vehicle to reach sustainable mountain development (SMD). However, there is a need to develop specific and strategies and action plans to implement green and low-carbon economic activities. First and foremost, there is a need to develop a national policy and to use green economy to achieve poverty reduction and sustainable development. The economic growth rate has to be sustained while reducing poverty through sound development plans and programmes actively participated and managed by poor and enterprising rural and urban communities and supported by government, non-government and donor agencies. There are numerous challenges in adapting and adopting Green Economy policies in a poor country like Nepal. Capacity and skill development, technology adaptation, transfer, and retrofitting to suit Nepal’s hilly and mountainous terrains, need for huge investment in processing and value addition, and of course adapting to and mitigating against climate change are some of the major challenges. Notwithstanding these constraints, green economic policies and programmes can be means to achieve sustainable development in the mountainous region. There is need to document good case studies for drawing lessons so that future green growth pathway can be charted in a flawless manner and scaling up of the success to create bigger impacts can be achieved. Finally, effective and outcome oriented implementation will require multi-disciplinary planning, interdisciplinary implementation, and effective and participatory monitoring and evaluation. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/init.v5i0.10259   The Initiation 2013 Vol.5; 96-109

scholarly journals KONSEP KONSTITUSI HIJAU (GReeN CoNSTITUTIoN) DALAM KEGIATAN EKONOMI BERKELANJUTAN

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jundiani, Yunizar Prajamufti
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Life ◽  
National Development ◽  
Development Economic ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Basic Change ◽  
Economic Law ◽  
State Constitution ◽  
Development Concept

<p>object of this research addresses the problem of green constitution concept management in supporting sustainable economic activities. This research applies normative law approach. The result shows that the character of green constitution concept management in running economic activities refers to the essence of human life in nation and state living context which is in line with the five basic principles keeping balance and harmonious relationship with nature. It is the implication of principles in running economic activities based on article 33 of Indonesia State constitution 1945 on forming economic law of Indonesia. hence, it has been a basic change on perception and national development concept which is integrated with sustainable development .As a result, that condition needs a new pattern towards the establishment of sustainable development economic law.</p> <p> </p> <p>obyek kajian penelitian ini mengangkat permasalahan karakteristik pengaturan konsep konstitusi hijau (green constitution) dalam mendukung penyelenggaraan kegiatan ekonomi yang berkelanjutan dan implikasi prinsip-prinsip penyelenggaraan kegiatan ekonomi sebagaimana yang termuat dalam UUD 1945. Metode penelitian menggunakan pendekatan juridis normative. hasil penelitian menunjukan karakteristik pengaturan konsep green constitution dalam penyelenggaraan kegiatan ekonomi merujuk pada hakikat kehidupan manusia dalam kehidupan berbangsa dan bernegara Pancasila yang senantiasa menjaga hubungan yang selaras dan seimbang dengan alam. hal tersebut berimplikasi prinsip-prinsip penyelenggaraan kegiatan ekonomi menurut Pasal 33 UUD 1945 yaitu telah dilakukan perubahan yang mendasar pada cara pandang dan konsep pembangunan nasional yang terintegrasi sehingga dibutuhkan pola baru menuju penormaan hukum ekonomi berkelanjutan.</p>

scholarly journals PROBLEMS OF STATISTICAL STUDY OF “GREEN ECONOMICS” AND GREEN GROWTH POTENTIALS IN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-98
Author(s):  
Tetiana Melnyk ◽  
Nataliia Reznikova ◽  
Oksana Ivashchenko
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Economic ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Green Growth ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Statistical Assessment ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Energy Indices ◽  
Development Context

The purpose of the research. The research subject purpose is theoretical and practical aspects of the statistical assessment of the green economy potential in the sustainable development context. The methods. The article is based on the categories of theoretical (hypothesis, concept, theory, problem) and empirical (facts, empirical summarizations, empirical dependences) level of the issue, distinctive features of which are: objectivity; categorical character; rationality; testability; high level of generalization; universality and use of special tools and methods of cognition. General scientific and special methods of research are used to achieve the article’s purpose and solve its problems, namely: methods of analysis, abstraction and synthesis, induction and deduction, and system structuring method; hypothetico-deductive method; method of historical and logical integrity; method of idealization; methods of classification and system generalization; statistical methods. Considering that further “greening” of socio-economic indicators constitutes a vital problem remaining on the agenda of global and national institutes of development, the article’s objective is to develop an integral approach to the revision of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) built by the UN approach, through comparing existing approaches to the statistical assessment of the green economy state and the green growth potential, taking into account the proposed energy indices and indicators. Results. It is demonstrated that because none of the integral indicators of “green economy” development has been widely adopted by now, national and international statistics have no grounds for separating green goods and services as a specific sector of the national economy. Practical implications. The System of Environmental- Economic Accounting (SEEA) has been adopted as a basic tool for the assessment of indicators reflecting the causal links between the economy and the environment. It is substantiated that most part of the data for measuring green growth processes has to be possibly collected by SEEA. Value/originality. The importance of the assessment of the dynamics of national economy greening is demonstrated, because this type of analysis enables one to assess the change in the environmental impact of the new economic model by analyzing the factors and identifying most effective methods for decreasing environmental pressures of economic activities. The advantage of such assessment is that it can be made on the basis of the available statistical data. Considering that energy indices and indicators are widely used in many international reporting systems to assess the state of green economy and the potential of green growth in the sustainable development context, we made an attempt to systematize all the indicators by the two main groups: direct and indirect. It is revealed that international organizations (ОЕСР, UNEP and the World Bank) attempt to unify the existing approaches in constructing their own algorithms for the assessment of “green growth”, in particular with the indicators of Sustainable Development Goals. At the same time, national statistical agencies attempt to build a set of statistical indicators for the assessment of green economy development as indicators of demand for green products. It is demonstrated that harmonized definitions of economic activities concerned with the green industry and green jobs and comparable key indicators, if used internationally, will enable for the statistical assessment of the green economic development in space and time.

scholarly journals Assessment of the Economic Pillar and Environmental Pillar of Sustainable Development in the European Union

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emília Huttmanová ◽  
Tomáš Valentiny
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Inverse Relationship ◽  
Development Economic ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Negative Results ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
The Individual

Sustainability is currently being implemented in a variety of activities. In practice, however, its achievement is complicated and difficult.  In the process of achieving sustainability, it is essential to know the components of sustainable development and their current state. In general, sustainable development is perceived through four pillars - economic, social, environmental and institutional. In some cases, however, achieving a positive result in one of them could cause negative results in other(s). This inverse relationship can also be identified in the case of the economic and environmental pillar of sustainable development. The complexity of pillar´s relations is one of the factors which causes considerable complicated achievement of sustainability. The difference of the individual pillars of sustainable development and difference in the individual European Union countries development (despite their relative homogeneity) is an object of our interest. The aim of the paper is to evaluate the current state and development of the economic and environmental pillar of sustainable development in EU countries, using selected indicators. Keywords: sustainability, sustainable development, economic pillar, environmental pillar

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREEN ECONOMY CONCEPT

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 1253-1258
Author(s):  
Iva Bichurova ◽  
Petia Yordanova-Dinova
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
High Price ◽  
Development Economic ◽  
Use Of Resources

The paper outlines the leading theories and concepts in categorizing the concept of green economy. The idea of an environmental friendliness, competitive, green economy is interpreted as contributing to sustainable development and effectively use of resources. Green economy helps solving problems of the slowdown in economic growth and job losses, as well as the continued deterioration of environmental quality and ecosystem degradation. All this defines the green economy as an approach to achieving sustainable development. Economic growth measured by the size of the gross national / social product cannot continue to be used without the appearance of environmental problems. he green economy has become one of the pillars of major international and European strategies and is being considered as an approach leading to a structural transformation of the economy.The results of the Green Economy research distinguishnine strategic areas: sustainable consumption and production through responsible consumers and producers; knowledge society through information development and training; government to help adapting to new business realities; climate change and energy; sustainable transport and mobility; conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity and natural resources; public health and risk prevention with an emphasis on environmental quality; demography and migration and social inclusion; challenges in the field of sustainable development; global poverty reduction.The theme of green economy is more and more relevant for Bulgaria, it is constantly being discussed and there is an increasing awareness of the importance of this transition to a green economy, which is associated with the high price that a society has to pay. But this is the only way our generationto take care of the coming generations and thus conserve the planet's resources.

scholarly journals EU-Latin America: Towards a Constructive Model of Partnership

2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (6) ◽  
pp. 90-100
Author(s):  
Violetta Tayar ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Development Economic ◽  
Constructive Model ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Eu

The article deals with the future-oriented forms in the bi-regional partnership between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The author analyses changes in the cooperation on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean with special attention to the geo-economic and geo-strategic interests of the parties due to the signing of the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement. The author holds that the EU currently needs a renewed approach to its dialogue with the LAC. In this regard a promising form of cooperation is the joint implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (agenda 2030). The author argues that the official development assistance and environmental programmes might be an important component of a constructive EU-LAC partnership. The EU currently implements a wide range of initiatives in sustainable development. Thus, the members of European Union seek to move forward to a new pattern of reproduction in the world economic system, based on the SDG agenda, both within the EU and in the interregional North-South cooperation. In this context, the significance of the EU and the LAC interaction in three dimensions of sustainable development ‒ economic, social and ecological – is growing.

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