Implementation of the 2030 sustainable development goals - affordable and clean energy in Poland

Abstract

One of the most serious challenges facing the world, including the European Union and Poland, is the climate crisis and environmental pollution. The article presents an analysis of the implementation of sustainable development goals in the field of Affordable and clean Energy in Poland. The Sustainable Development Goals have replaced the Millennium Goals and enable their continuation. They were defined at the United Nations Conference in 2012. 17 goals and 169 actions were set. Sustainable Development Goals are a set of activities, the implementation of which is to lead to the development of sustainable development in the environmental, social and economic terms. Achieving the goals will be possible among others through changes in the field of climate, education, poverty or the natural environment. The study analyses, inter alia, such indicators related to the discussed objectives like energy import dependency by products, energy productivity, share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption by sector, final energy consumption in households per capita were analysed. This made it possible to indicate the level of achievement of the set goals, as well as to determine the possibility of achieving the goals set by 2030. The authors also presented the results of the generated for the analysed indicators forecasts. The presented results were obtained with the use of mathematical models, which were finally selected by the authors after the validation process. The time horizon of the forecasts was adjusted to the requirements of sustainable development goals. Countermeasures that can be taken to accelerate the deadline for achieving the targets were also outlined.

National Sustainability Index as a tool for evaluating the implementation of sustainable development goals in Poland in 2010-2019

“…In contrast, Rybak and Włodarczyk (2021) analysed the implementation of sustainable development goals only to the extent of available and clean energy in Poland, that is, based on: dependence on energy imports by product, energy efficiency, renewable energy share in the gross final energy consumption by sector, and final energy consumption in households per capita. This allowed identifying the current implementation level of the goals and forecasting the achievement of the adopted goals by 2030.…”