Environmental efficiency in the context of achieving EU climate targets

• Autorzy: Tkacova Andrea , Toth Peter , Gavura Stefan , Fulajtarova Maria

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.17512/pjms.2024.29.2.21

Warianty tytułu

PL

Efetywność środowiskowa w kontekście realizacji celów klimatycznych UE

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The European Union is actively involved in the fight against climate change by setting national and international goals in the field of environmental protection. An important and globally monitored indicator is Net greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), the reduction of which was enshrined in the Europe 2020 Strategy and is subsequently the subject of the 2030 Agenda. The contribution focuses on the evaluation of the fulfillment of the main climate goal set in the Strategy 2020 and on the analysis of the environmental efficiency of member countries in reducing Net greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). The method of distance from a fictitious object was used to evaluate the set climate target, and environmental efficiency was measured in the period 2010-2020 using the DEA method. The chosen methods made it possible to reach the conclusion that up to five countries, such as Ireland, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Spain and Austria, failed to meet the set climate goal by 2020. By means of the DEA method, significant differences in environmental efficiency were detected between countries that joined the EU before and after 2004. Lower environmental efficiency was achieved to a greater extent by countries that joined the EU last. The presented study assumed that countries that did not reach the set goal have low environmental efficiency. However, this turned out to be a false assumption and countries like Ireland and Luxembourg were included among the states with the highest environmental efficiency. The results may indicate that the climate goals at the national level were set too ambitiously in these countries.

PL

Unia Europejska aktywnie uczestniczy w walce ze zmianami klimatycznymi, ustanawiając krajowe i międzynarodowe cele w dziedzinie ochrony środowiska. Ważnym i globalnie monitorowanym wskaźnikiem jest emisja gazów cieplarnianych netto (GHG), których redukcja została uwzględniona w Strategii Europa 2020 i jest przedmiotem Agendy 2030. Niniejszy artykuł skupia się na ocenie realizacji głównego celu klimatycznego ustanowionego w Strategii 2020 oraz analizie efektywności środowiskowej państw członkowskich w redukcji emisji gazów cieplarnianych netto (GHG). Do oceny wyznaczonego celu klimatycznego zastosowano metodę odległości od obiektu fikcyjnego, a efektywność środowiskową mierzono w okresie 2010-2020 za pomocą metody DEA. Wybrane metody pozwoliły dojść do wniosku, że do 2020 roku pięć krajów, takich jak Irlandia, Luksemburg, Cypr, Hiszpania i Austria, nie osiągnęło wyznaczonego celu klimatycznego. Za pomocą metody DEA wykryto istotne różnice w efektywności środowiskowej między krajami, które przystąpiły do UE przed i po 2004 roku. Niższą efektywność środowiskową osiągnięto w większym stopniu przez kraje, które przystąpiły do UE w ostatnim przedziale czasowym. Przedstawione badanie założyło, że kraje, które nie osiągnęły wyznaczonego celu, mają niską efektywność środowiskową. Jednak okazało się, że jest to fałszywe założenie, a kraje takie jak Irlandia i Luksemburg zostały uwzględnione wśród państw o najwyższej efektywności środowiskowej. Wyniki mogą wskazywać, że cele klimatyczne na poziomie krajowym zostały ustawione zbyt ambitnie w tych krajach.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

environmental efficiency; green management; DEA; GHG; Strategy Europe 2020; environmental behaviour

PL

efektywność środowiskowa; zarządzanie ekologiczne; DEA; GHG; Strategia Europa 2020; zachowania środowiskowe

• Wydawca: Czestochowa University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Management Studies
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 29, No. 2
• Strony: 394--412
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 66 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Tkacova Andrea

• Technical University of Kosice, Faculty of Economics, Slovakia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6025-1261

autor

Toth Peter

• Technical University of Kosice, Faculty of Economics, Slovakia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5616-5520

autor

Gavura Stefan

• Technical University of Kosice, Faculty of Mining, Slovakia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5969-5597

autor

Fulajtarova Maria

• Technical University of Kosice, Faculty of Mining, Slovakia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6426-1977

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).