Assessment of the Impact of Digitalization on Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the Example of EU Member States

• Autorzy: Kuzior Aleksandra , Vyshnevskyi Oleksandr , Trushkina Nataliia

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.30657/pea.2022.28.50

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Digitization and climate neutrality are among the development priorities of EU member states. This causes wide scientific and practical interest in the description of these processes, including their mutual influence. In this case, digitalization is a factor, and climate neutrality, largely characterized by green-house gas emissions, is the answer. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to assess the impact of digitalization on greenhouse gas emissions using the example of EU member states. The scientific novelty of the obtained results is the proposition of hypotheses, the proof of which will allow us to estimate the level of influence of the digitalization process on the volume of greenhouse gases per capita of the EU member states using economic and mathematical tools. It is justified that the direct impact of digitalization on the level of greenhouse gas emissions cannot be considered significant and statistically significant. The impact of digitalization on the processes of reducing greenhouse gas emissions with a delay of 1 to 4 years has not been identified. Considering the low degree of correlation-regression dependence between greenhouse gas emissions and the level of digitization, it can be assumed that either (1) other factors have a significant impact (list), or (2) the observation horizon is "captured" only by the part of the Kuznets curve, which corresponds to the descending part parabolas. Consequently, the conducted analysis shows that there are serious reasons to believe that digitalization is not the main (leading) factor in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This necessitates further re-search with the inclusion of a wide range of variables (related to regulatory policy, tax policy, investment policy, the culture of consumption) in the model.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

digitalization; Digital Economy and Society Index; greenhouse gases emissions; European Green Deal; empirical analysis

PL

cyfryzacja; gospodarka cyfrowa i społeczeństwo; emisja gazów cieplarnianych; europejski zielony ład; analiza empiryczna

• Wydawca: Oficyna Wydawnicza Stowarzyszenia Menedżerów Jakości i Produkcji
• Czasopismo: Production Engineering Archives
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 28, Iss. 4
• Strony: 407--419
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 43 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Kuzior Aleksandra

• Department of Applied Social Sciences, Faculty of Organization and Management, Silesian University of Technology, 26 Roosevelt Street, PL 41-800 Zabrze, Poland; Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management, Sumy State University, 39 Soborna St., 40000 Sumy, Ukraine

autor

Vyshnevskyi Oleksandr

• Department of regulatory policy and entrepreneurial development, Institute of Industrial Economics of the NAS of Ukraine, 2 Maria Kapnist Street, Kyiv, 03057, Ukraine

autor

Trushkina Nataliia

• Department of regulatory policy and entrepreneurial development, Institute of Industrial Economics of the NAS of Ukraine, 2 Maria Kapnist Street, Kyiv, 03057, Ukraine; Tel.: [phone]

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).