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T1 Is Europe on the way to sustainable development? Compatibility of green environment, economic growth, and circular economy issues
A1 Apostu, Simona Andreea
A1 Gigauri, Iza
A1 Panait, Mirela
A1 Martín Cervantes, Pedro Antonio
K1 Environment
K1 Medio ambiente
K1 Sustainable development
K1 Desarrollo sostenible
K1 Economic development
K1 Desarrollo económico
K1 Circular economy
K1 Economía circular
K1 Granger causality
K1 Sustainability
K1 Sostenibilidad
K1 Europe
K1 Europa
K1 5902.08 Política del Medio Ambiente
K1 5310 Economía Internacional
AB The challenges imposed by climate change and the limited nature of resources generate paradigm shifts at the level of economic, social, and environmental policies and strategies. Promoting the principles of sustainable development and the circular economy is a priority worldwide. Thus, the motivation of this research is to explore the European countries’ path toward sustainable development by analysing the relationship between green environment, economic growth, and circular economy issues. In order to explore this relationship in the case of European countries, the analysis takes into consideration specific variables: final energy consumption, GDP, capital gross fixed capital formation, greenhouse gas emissions, SOx emissions, NOx emissions, and generation of municipal waste per capita. This study is focused on the period 2009–2020 for 31 European countries, with data being provided by Eurostat and World Bank databases. The panel data analysis was used in order to examine the relationship between a green environment, economic growth and a circular economy. The results of the study suggest that gross fixed capital formation and total greenhouse gas emissions lead to decreasing generation of municipal waste; instead, final energy consumption, GDP, SOx emissions and NOx emissions generate an increase in the generation of municipal waste. The novelty of our paper consists of associating green environment, economic growth, and circular economy in the case of European countries, the results allowing the proposal of economic policy measures to favor the green transition process considering the potential of the circular economy.
PB MDPI
SN 1660-4601
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/63223
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/63223
LA eng
NO International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023, Vol. 20, Nº. 2, 1078
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 18-nov-2024