Efficiency of Implementing Climate/Energy Targets of the Europe 2020 Strategy and the Structural Diversity between Old and New Member States

Guzowska, Małgorzata; Kryk, Barbara

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“…However, achieving the best results in the use of renewable energy sources (52%, countries significantly exceed the required target value) is a positive. Guzowska and Kryk [ 58 ] reached similar conclusions in their paper, according to which Sweden’s high position is related to the long-term implementation of a very precise and purposeful environmental policy. Since the 1970s, the country has increased the emphasis on renewable energy sources and gradually reduced the share of fossil fuel use.…”

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“…In contrast to their conclusions, the opposite views can also be encountered. For example, Guzowska and Kryk [ 58 ] state that new member countries Latvia, Malta and Cyprus were most effective in approaching the targets in environmental area in 2018. According to Firoiu et al [ 18 ], it is possible to expect a higher energy import dependency in the case of small but also island states such as Cyprus and Malta.…”

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European Union and its progress towards affordable and clean energy in context of the Agenda 2030

Megyesiova,

Dul’ová Spišáková,

Gontkovičová

2023

PLoS ONE

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The topic related to affordable and clean energy is currently highly actual. It is essential to realize that affordable and clean energy is energy without negative effects on the environment. Its advantage is that a lot of clean energy is renewable. Therefore, this type of energy contributes positively to the development of several spheres in the economy, such as agriculture, trade, communications, education, health and transport. The aim of the study is to analyze changes in the development of sustainable indicators set of affordable and clean energy in relation to Sustainable Development Goal 7 in the European Union, using cluster analysis to identify the differences and compare changes in the grouping of countries into clusters in the two years studied (2010, 2020). In addition to categorizing countries and confirming differences among member states of the European Union, the results allow us to evaluate the contribution of selected indicators to achieving affordable and clean energy. Our findings indicate that primary energy consumption per capita, final energy consumption in households per capita, energy productivity, share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption and population unable to keep their home adequately warm shows a positive trend and supports the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal 7.the energy import dependency is a problematic area in several countries. The results of cluster analysis showed that the largest shifts within the clusters were recorded in Italy, Estonia, and Luxembourg. The most positive shift occurred in Italy due to a significant improvement in four indicators. Luxembourg as a solo country cluster showed in 2020 some of the worst results due to the highest primary energy consumption per capita and the lowest share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption. The dynamics of Estonia within the clusters was marked by the lowest value of the indicator of dependence on energy imports, as well as an increase in the share of renewable energy and insufficient energy productivity. The results of our study also confirm, that Sweden and Finland are leader countries, which despite high energy consumption are applying renewable energy sources to a greater extent by which they make a positive movement toward affordable and clean energy.

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European Union and its progress towards affordable and clean energy in context of the Agenda 2030

Megyesiova,

Dul’ová Spišáková,

Gontkovičová

2023

PLoS ONE

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“…The results of the regression analysis Liobikienė, G. and Butkus, M. (2017) showed that economic growth and increasing primary energy consumption will contribute to the growth of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU, which may negatively affect the achievement of the targets. Guzowska and Kryk (2021) also indicated the difficulties of some countries to achieve the target (Bel and Joseph, 2018;Duľová Spišáková et al, 2021), as well as in the field of energy (Mikoláš et al, 2015;Bellotti et al, 2019). According to Liobikien and Butkus (2017), the uneven effectiveness of the energy and climate policy of the EU member, which determined different changes in greenhouse gas emissions, primary energy consumption and the share of RES at the level of individual countries, affects the achievement of the set targets.…”

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Climate and energy targets under Europe 2020 strategy and their fulfillment by member states

Gontkovičová,

Duľová Spišáková

2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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European member states have taken several systematic steps on the way to become low-carbon and resource-efficient economies since the adoption of the Europe 2020 Strategy. The long-term targets in the field of climate and energy challenges is currently being continued and developed through the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda. In order to assess the current situation and progress in the given area, it is necessary to consistently analyze the results that the member states have achieved during the validity of the Europe 2020 Strategy. Therefore, the aim of the article is to analyze and assess the degree of fulfilment of Europe 2020 targets by EU member states in the field of the environment with a subsequent link to the targets of the 2030 Agenda. We compared the values of the selected indicators (Share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption (RER), Final energy consumption (FEC), Primary energy consumption (PEC) and Net greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the EU Member States with the national goals of the selected countries by application of multivariate comparison methods, namely, the ranking method, the scoring method and the distance method. Among the countries that achieved the best results in the evaluation were Greece, Romania and Estonia. On the other hand, in the sample of countries, there were four, namely, France, Ireland, Austria and Belgium, which did not meet the targets and based on the prediction, they will not achieve them even by 2025.

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“…Guzowska and Kryk [29] sought to evaluate the efficiency of the Europe 2020 Strategy climate and energy targets implementation in the period of 2014-2018. The authors performed DEA and analyzed changes over time by grouping countries into the old (15) and new members (13) of the EU.…”

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The Achievements of Climate Change and Energy Policy in the European Union

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The European transition to green economy is based on long-term strategies. The Europe 2020 Strategy was launched in 2010 in order to promote smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth in the region. Later, the ambitions regarding this strategy were followed by the Green Deal and Sustainable Development Goals. Now, the effort of countries towards the green economy is even more relevant than ever because of the context of today’s global energy crisis and economic uncertainty due to many challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic or Russia invasion of Ukraine. This paper seeks to assess the countries’ achievements in seeking to achieve climate change and energy targets of the Europe 2020 Strategy by applying the innovative multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) technique. The kernel-based comprehensive assessment (KerCA) method was applied for the calculations of the progress achieved and countries’ rankings. It allows to evaluate countries’ achievements and compare them using the application of scientific justified and recognized mathematical models. The analysis of the national target implementation among countries allows to determine the compliance of countries with their commitments and liability towards other countries and the European Union (EU). A full analysis of the implementation of the strategy can serve as a guide to further develop climate change and energy policy in the region. Furthermore, the added value of the article is systematic overview of scientific studies proposing different methodologies for the analysis of progress made or to monitor target implementation at the whole region level. The novelty of this paper also relies on the approach, which considers not only the level of achievement of the target, but also assesses the excess.

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Efficiency of Implementing Climate/Energy Targets of the Europe 2020 Strategy and the Structural Diversity between Old and New Member States

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European Union and its progress towards affordable and clean energy in context of the Agenda 2030

European Union and its progress towards affordable and clean energy in context of the Agenda 2030

Climate and energy targets under Europe 2020 strategy and their fulfillment by member states

The Achievements of Climate Change and Energy Policy in the European Union

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