Connecting Blue Economy and Economic Growth to Climate Change: Evidence from European Union Countries

Bădîrcea, Roxana Maria; Manta, Alina Georgiana; Florea, Nicoleta Mihaela; Puiu, Silvia; Manta, Liviu Florin; Doran, Marius Dalian

doi:10.3390/en14154600

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“…In addition, the use of renewable energy, the enhancement of energy efficiency, and the promotion of the blue economy have been proven to help sustainable development [12][13][14][15][16]28,29,[55][56][57][58]. Consequently, countries should focus on developing their economy from this base, avoiding policies that promote economic expansion at the price of environmental deterioration.…”

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A New Climate Change Analysis Parameter: A Global or a National Approach Dilemma

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Climate change is an issue nowadays present in almost all of the media daily, but information can be manipulated very easily. It is a fact that, in the last decades, greenhouse gas emissions have multiplied, and to tackle climate change efficiently, it is necessary to analyze their origin and their relationship with regards to countries, population, production, etc. When analyzing a country’s emissions, not only the total emissions, but also the emissions in relation to its population, production, etc., should be considered. In this paper, a new parameter (CE2N) that merges total emissions, and emissions per capita and per GDP is proposed and applied, obtaining, for the first time, a unified and universal parameter that considers the emission efficiency and total emissions at the same time and can be used in all countries. We validated this new parameter with its implementation in previous environmental models, and the results obtained showed that CE2N would help to increase the transparency and objectivity of these models, giving more weight to emission efficiency, rather than other, more subjective criteria previously used. In addition, CE2N could be implemented in future international agreements, being beneficial not only for the scientific community, but also for policymakers.

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“…Leitão et al [28] studied the linkage between emissions, economic growth, tourism, and renewable energy in the European Union. Bădîrcea et al [29] studied the relationship between climate change, emissions, and the blue economy, and Karman et al [30] presented a climate model to evaluate regional competitiveness.…”

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“…In order to meet the research objective, we combined the research model which surmises the environment in terms of quality and sustainability proposed by Bhutta [ 47 ], with the research models which include variables that characterize the agri-environmental policy proposed by other authors [ 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 ]. The results of these combinations led to the development of three econometric models that can respond to the formulated hypotheses and cover the gaps in the literature in the field:…”

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Financing the Agri-Environmental Policy: Consequences on the Economic Growth and Environmental Quality in Romania

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The aim of this research is to point out the impact that the application of the agri-environmental policy has on the economic growth and on the quality of the environment, these being the main aspects targeted by the practice of a sustainable agriculture. The research is conducted based on the agri-environment indicators for Romania for the period of time between 1997 and 2019. In order to answer the objectives of this whole research, we performed stationarity tests, a cointegration test and used the Fully Modified Least Squares (FMOLS) method to estimate the relationships between the variables included in the three proposed models. The obtained results highlighted the positive influence exerted by the area that was arranged for irrigation and the agricultural area that was arranged with drainage works on the GDP, but also the negative influence of the amount of natural fertilizers used in agriculture. The use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides generates an increase in environmental degradation, meaning CO2 emissions, while an increase in the agricultural area arranged with erosion control and land improvement works, leads to reducing environmental degradations. The limitations of this research lie in the fact that the agri-environmental indicators are specific to each country in the European Union and, therefore, it is difficult to make comparisons with other member states or to apply the measures recommended for Romania to other states with similar agricultural and economic systems.

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“…Hence, because of the extremely changing geopolitical context, as well as the social and economic challenges, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been forced to constantly modernize. It also had to adapt to the complexity of realities generated by the expansion of the accession process and the doubling of the agricultural population at the European level, as well as the emergence of some new challenges, such as climate change, food security, and the sustainable management of natural resources [17,18].…”

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The Impact of RDP Measures on the Rural Development: The Case of Romania

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The goal of this study is to analyze the development of rural areas in Romania on the basis of the absorption of both the European non-reimbursable funds and the national funds for the modernization of the infrastructure of villages and communes. The aim of the article is to carry out thorough empirical research on the process of rural development in Romania as a facet of the EU’s overall rural development. Thus, in order to obtain relevant results in connection with the pursued goal, we will be using hierarchical cluster analysis to observe the effects of the expenses financed through the National Rural Development Program (NRDP) on the development of rural areas. In accordance with the methodological approach of research, our goal is to give a picture of the way in which Romania’s counties (NUTS 3) were clustered at the beginning of the multi-annual planning (2014) as well as at the end of the planning period, in 2020, and to point out a series of practical and concrete aspects generated by the opportunities that the rural areas have had in terms of attracting structural funds. Based on the conducted analysis, we can say that a series of positive aspects can be put in the spotlight as a result of the existence of the European irredeemable funds, which engender positive direct and indirect effects on both the economy and the population’s standard of living.

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Connecting Blue Economy and Economic Growth to Climate Change: Evidence from European Union Countries

Cited by 23 publications

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A New Climate Change Analysis Parameter: A Global or a National Approach Dilemma

A New Climate Change Analysis Parameter: A Global or a National Approach Dilemma

Financing the Agri-Environmental Policy: Consequences on the Economic Growth and Environmental Quality in Romania

The Impact of RDP Measures on the Rural Development: The Case of Romania

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