Challenges associated with environmental protection in rural areas of Poland: Empirical studies’ results

Piwowar, Arkadiusz

doi:10.14254/2071-789x.2020/13-1/14

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“…It is concluded that municipal waste service managers and policy makers need to implement different strategies to achieve more effective environmental goals while improving people's quality of life. These measures are important due to the high significance of the ecological factors of well-being in quality of life perception (Tvaronavičienė et al, 2021) which steadily increase due to customers' responsibility growth and development of the environmental protection practices of enterprises consequently (Piwowar, 2020;Zielińska, 2020).…”

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The efficiency of municipal waste management systems in the environmental context in the European Union

Ginevičius¹

2022

Journal of International Studies

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Performance criteria of non-energy materials hold an important place in the system of indicators of the green growth strategy. Management of generated municipal waste and its effectiveness depend to a large extent on the ratio of the amount of incinerated, recycled or composted waste to the amount taken to landfills. This ratio is tied to the level of economic development of the country. The conducted research revealed several regularities in the management of generated municipal waste. As the country's economic conditions improve the amount of generated municipal waste increases while the share sent to landfills decreases, and vice versa ‒ less economically developed European Union countries are characterized by a lower amount of generated waste, but a larger amount of it sent to landfills. Multi-criteria methods were used in order to compare countries according to the efficiency of their municipal waste management system in an environmental context. Such assessment entails combining the components into one summarizing measure and taking into account the impact of these components on the environment at the same time. The ranking of the countries revealed that higher efficiency is found in the more economically developed countries of the European Union even though the amount of municipal waste generated in them is higher too. It also became apparent that as it grew, the efficiency gradually decreased.

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The efficiency of municipal waste management systems in the environmental context in the European Union

Ginevičius¹

2022

Journal of International Studies

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“…These conclusions are in line with other studies on the links between gas emission and economic growth, for instance, those highlighted in Refs. [37,38], including those investigating the impact of low-altitude emissions from individual sources [39]. Therefore, the investigation of the relationship between climate change and the insurance sector provided in this paper allows for finding relevant risk management methods in the face of such phenomena as climate change.…”

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GHG Emissions Mitigation in the European Union Based on Labor Market Changes

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The effects of the labor market on environmental issues are an actual problem at the global level, and recommendations are required to achieve equilibrium between labor productivity and environmental protection. Considering the ecological limits of work and the necessity of reducing the working time to mitigate GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions, this paper aims to assess the impact of the labor market on GHG emissions in the EU-28 countries. Using panel data models for 2007–2019, a positive effect of working time for employed persons on GHG emissions was detected. Labor productivity has a positive impact on emissions for most of the developed countries in the EU (old member states), while the effect is negative in the case of most of the new member states, which suggests that more efforts should be made by old member states to correlate labor productivity with a sustainable level of GHG emissions. As a novelty for research in the field, we assessed also the effect of targeted labor utilization on GHG emissions in order to describe the context of a sustainable economy that is an objective for each country in the EU. These results suggest that progress in GHG emissions mitigation might be achieved by reducing the working time for employed persons, which will also improve well-being. These recommendations could be useful also for other developed countries outside the EU that encounter the same difficulties.

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“…Many studies were carried out to assess lowcarbon economy (LCE) within the agricultural sector. In view of this, Piwowar et al [24] stress the importance of raising the awareness of farmers about LCE practice in rural areas of Poland. In Spain, Baccour et al [25] suggested that a combination of measures could help reduce GHG emissions from the agricultural sector by 75%.…”

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GHGs Emission from the Agricultural Sector within EU-28: A Multivariate Analysis Approach

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Climate mitigation and adaptation planning (CMAP) has recently been implemented across the EU-28 to reduce GHG emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O). Thus, the aim of this study was to provide an overview of GHG emissions from the agricultural sector in the EU-28 from 1990 to 2019, and cluster the EU-28 countries regarding their total GHG emissions. The results emphasize the positive impact of CMAP through a negative trend of the total GHG emissions (−2653.01 thousand tons/year, p < 0.05). Despite the positive and not significant trend of the total CO2 emissions, both CH4 and N2O exhibited a negative and significant trend. At the country scale, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands showed the highest reduction in total GHG emissions, by −282.61thousand tons/year (p < 0.05), −266.40 thousand tons/year (p < 0.05), and −262.91 thousand tons/year (p < 0.05), respectively. The output of the multivariate analysis approach indicates changes in the pattern of GHG emissions between 1990 and 2019, where CO2 emissions decreased in the case of Poland and Czechia. The output of this study highlights the positive impact of CMAP, adopted by EU countries, in minimizing GHG emissions. Despite some fluctuations in CO2 emissions, strategies for attaining carbon neutrality in the agricultural sector, across the European Union, should be pursued.

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Challenges associated with environmental protection in rural areas of Poland: Empirical studies’ results

Cited by 13 publications

References 43 publications

The efficiency of municipal waste management systems in the environmental context in the European Union

The efficiency of municipal waste management systems in the environmental context in the European Union

GHG Emissions Mitigation in the European Union Based on Labor Market Changes

GHGs Emission from the Agricultural Sector within EU-28: A Multivariate Analysis Approach

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