The relationship between economic and carbon footprint changes in EU: The achievements of the EU sustainable consumption and production policy implementation |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economic and Legal Studies – University of Naples “Parthenope”, Via Ammiraglio Ferdinando Acton, 38, 80133 Naples, Italy;2. Department of Philosophical, Pedagogical and Economic-Quantitative Sciences. University “G. D’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara. Viale Pindaro, 42, 65127 Pescara, Italy;3. Department of Philosophical, Pedagogical and Economic-Quantitative Sciences. University “G. D’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Viale Pindaro, 42, 65127 Pescara, Italy;1. Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia;2. Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia;3. Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia;1. University of Brescia, Italy;2. Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Greece;3. Umweltbundesamt, Germany;4. Politecnico di Milano, Italy;5. Instytut Badań Systemowych PAN, Poland;6. European Commission, JRC, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Air and Climate Unit, Italy;7. University of Strasburg, France;8. Institut National de l’EnviRonnement Industriel et des RisqueS, INERIS, France;1. Environmental Policy Centre, Finnish Environment Institute, Mechelininkatu 34a, 00250 Helsinki, Finland;2. Environment Centre, P.O. Box 44, FI-02070 City of Espoo, Finland;1. Department of Economy, Society and Politics, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy;2. Department of Human Geography, Lund University, Sweden;3. Division of Geography, KU Leuven, Belgium;4. Institut für Soziologie, University of Vienna, Austria;5. Institute of Environmental Protection – National Research Institute, Poland;6. Department of Base Sciences and Fundamentals, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy;7. Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate—ISAC, Italian National Research Council, Italy |
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The Sustainable Consumption and Production policy is a key objective in the renewed European Union (EU) Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS). EU countries implement the targets of Sustainable Consumption and Production policy at different a level. Nevertheless, SDS targets are concerned more with production than consumption side. In addition, analysis of the carbon footprint data, which was supplied by the Global Footprint Network, showed that in all EU countries consumption-based carbon footprint caught-up and exceeded the level of production-based carbon (except Denmark and Estonia) during 1993–2010 period. The significant absolute decoupling in terms of carbon footprint from production-based perspective was observed in Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Slovakia, Poland, United Kingdom and Germany, meanwhile from consumption-based perspective only in Denmark, Estonia and Germany. Moreover in Spain, Portugal, Italy and Croatia the consumption-based carbon footprint grew faster than economy in general. Results imply that EU should put more focus on consumption side in terms of Sustainable Consumption and Production policy and measures taken. A commitment to reduce the environmental impact from consumption-based perspective should be more addressed covering values and lifestyles. |
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| Keywords: | Carbon footprint Sustainable consumption and production policy Elasticity European Union |
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