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The 2020 climate and energy package adopted in 2009 sets three key targets for EU Member States: 20% cut in greenhouse gas emissions (from 1990 levels); to ensure 20% of renewables in final energy consumption and to achieve 20% improvement in energy efficiency from 2005 levels. The paper...
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There are two main ways to reduce anthropogenic GHG emissions: energy efficiency improvement and increase usage of renewable energy sources. Taking these two main ways into account, it is possible to analyze the main drivers of GHG emissions in the country and to make forecast of future GHG...
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processes with sustainability goals through various levels of support, provided by public or private entities problems arise … cooperation of private subjects towards achieving sustainability. The purpose is to draw conclusions regarding the criteria taken …
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useful in medicine, industry, and agriculture, and even irreplaceable ecosystem services, such as clean air and water …
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The paper investigates the importance of renewable energy in the energy mix of EU-27 countries, as well as their dependence on imports of gas, oil and petroleum products from the Russian Federation, considering the long-term energy security of the EU-27, as well as the objectives of the...
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Efforts to address the sustainability crisis, especially in the U.S., have made important strides over the last twenty …-five years, and continue to evolve. Yet, current sustainability discourse and practice reveal some challenges, risks and emerging … needs. In particular, the modern sustainability movement faces:• The challenge of merely ‘greening’ the unsustainable status …
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The paper is structured in three parts: the first contains some reflections on the essence of the circular economy concept; the second reviews the European Union positions vis-à-vis the circular economy and the large scale utilization of hydrogen, with reference in particular to the most recent...
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The negative effects of climate change are felt in the form of rising temperatures, weather variability, shifting boundaries of agro-ecosystems, the spread of invasive species and pests, and more frequent extreme weather events. Climate change reduces crop yields, the nutritional quality of most...
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