As Earth’s fossil energy resources are limited, there is a growing need for renewable resources such as biodiesel. That is the reason why the social, economic and environmental impacts of biofuels became an important research topic in the last decade. Depleted stocks of crude oil and the...

The present study explores the relationship between economic growth, electricity consumption, carbon emissions and urbanization in Hungary over the period of 1974-2014. We use three-step model for testing stationarity, cointegration and causality in VECM framework. First, we employ ARDL bounds...

A tanulmány szerzői a cikkben rávilágítanak arra, hogy az energiaipari változások egy új geopolitikai erőteret hozhatnak majd létre. A környezetet kímélő, tiszta energiára történő átállás, mely a karbonsemlegesség irányába történő előrelépés kritikus forrása, a...

Despite the significant volume of fiscal recovery measures announced by countries to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, most recovery plans allocate a low percentage to green recovery. We present scenarios exploring the medium- and long-term impact of the COVID-19 crisis and develop a Green Recovery...

This article aims to quantify the impact of different energy consumption sources on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for three major economies: the United States of America (USA), China, and the European Union (EU). To achieve this, energy consumption and GHG emissions data were obtained from...

Efficient use of energy and other resources, as the basic postulates of the circular economy, is a prerequisite for the green transition to more sustainable cities in the future. The main scientific goal of the paper is the development of a new approach to city governance when it comes to the...

Few things have a greater impact on our lives than water. Water is a paradox: it is a seemingly abundant and renewable resource, while only a tiny amount of it is accessible and drinkable. Moreover, global water resources are unevenly distributed and many of them have been contaminated. Millions...

This paper highlights the need to limit resource use, especially energy resource use in the global economy. First, the scientific literature on capping resource use in light of three primary issues (sustainable scale, fair distribution, efficient allocation) is reviewed, as ecological economics...

Self-sufficiency, climate change and increasing geopolitical risks have driven energy policies to make renewable energy sources dominant in the power production portfolios. The initial boom in the mid-2000s of global photovoltaic installations demonstrated the feasibility of the ambitious...