scholarly journals The reasons of the implementation of the concept of smart villages in the European Union

2021 ◽  
pp. 37-48
Author(s):  
Barbara Panciszko
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
European Union ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Rural Populations ◽  
Smart Environment ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Smart Agriculture

The aim of this article is to identify the main challenges facing the rural areas in the European Union (EU) and to investigate whether implementation of the concept of smart villages makes it possible to face these challenges. These challenges are: depopulation, aging of the society, climate change, growing demand for food, environmental degradation, peripheralization or low income of rural populations, pandemic COVID-19. The first part describes the situation in rural areas, using statistical data from the reports of the European Commission and Eurostat. Then the roots of the concept of smart villages in the European Union were presented. Its six components have been identified: smart society, smart economy, smart agriculture, smart management, smart environment and smart associability. In the last part, it was checked whether the implementation of the concept of smart villages responds to the main challenges faced by rural areas.

scholarly journals A Review: The Energy Poverty Issue in the European Union and Latvia

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Zalostiba ◽  
D. Kiselovs
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Energy Market ◽  
Political Discussion ◽  
Housing Conditions ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
The Eu

Abstract Energy poverty is a growing concern in the European Union. Following energy market liberalization, the problem of energy affordability has entered the political discussion, making it necessary to estimate its dimensions, develop and implement a policy and means for its mitigation. To evaluate the situation in Latvia, the paper reviews the way energy poverty is currently defined and measured, investigating the advantages and shortcomings of various definitions and approaches. It then provides a brief analysis of energy poverty in three char-acterising dimensions: low income, high costs of energy services and unsatisfactory housing conditions (primarily related to energy efficiency aspects), using available statistical data. The characterising indicators of energy poverty are compared with the EU average values. Finally, this paper highlights individual policy measures for diminishing energy poverty.

HOUSING CONDITIONS OF RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN POLAND COMPA RED WITH SELECTED COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

2018 ◽  
Vol XX (6) ◽  
pp. 230-235
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Siedlecka
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
European Union ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Housing Conditions ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Union Countries

The aim of the paper was to analyze the housing conditions of households living in rural areas in Poland against a background in selected European Union countries. The household as a basic subject of economic life has limited resources. One of the elements of these resources is a flat. Both its area, equipment and infrastructure are an important element affecting the quality of life. The analysis of statistical data showed that worse conditions, described using the average number of rooms per person in households, were in Poland in comparison with other European Union countries. The statistical data for 2017 collected by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) were used in the article.

scholarly journals FARMS PARTICIPATING IN THE AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL-CLIMATE MEASURE AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF OTHER FARMS

2019 ◽  
Vol XXI (3) ◽  
pp. 542-551
Author(s):  
Agata Żak ◽  
Marek Zieliński
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
European Union ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
The State ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Family Work ◽  
Field Crops ◽  
The World

The progressive effects of climate change and persistent negative trends in the state of the natural environment of many rural areas in the European Union and throughout the world are reasons for which there is an urgent need to carry out activities with respect to the protection of climate and natural environment in the agricultural sector. The objective of this article is to describe both the state of spending funds and farms belonging to beneficiaries of the Agri-environmental-climate The aim of the study was to measure and assess the functioning of farms belonging to beneficiaries of the RDP 2014-2020 measure against a background of other farms in 2017. A comparative analysis of farms belonging to beneficiaries and other farms included farms with field crops, mixed production and animals fed with roughage, as they play an important role in Polish agriculture. As part of the Measure, more than half of the farms use support under Packages 1 and 2. The share of farms implementing 3 or more packages at a time was much lower. The analysis carried out shows, inter alia, that farms belonging to beneficiaries are characterised by a worse economic situation expressed by income per 1 FWU (Family Work Unit).

scholarly journals The European Union Green Deal: Clean Energy Wellbeing Opportunities and the Risk of the Jevons Paradox

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 4148
Author(s):  
Estrella Trincado ◽  
Antonio Sánchez-Bayón ◽  
José María Vindel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
European Union ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Financial Framework ◽  
The Common

After the Great Recession of 2008, there was a strong commitment from several international institutions and forums to improve wellbeing economics, with a switch towards satisfaction and sustainability in people–planet–profit relations. The initiative of the European Union is the Green Deal, which is similar to the UN SGD agenda for Horizon 2030. It is the common political economy plan for the Multiannual Financial Framework, 2021–2027. This project intends, at the same time, to stop climate change and to promote the people’s wellness within healthy organizations and smart cities with access to cheap and clean energy. However, there is a risk for the success of this aim: the Jevons paradox. In this paper, we make a thorough revision of the literature on the Jevons Paradox, which implies that energy efficiency leads to higher levels of consumption of energy and to a bigger hazard of climate change and environmental degradation.

scholarly journals Post COVID-19 Recovery and 2050 Climate Change Targets: Changing the Emphasis from Promotion of Renewables to Mandated Curtailment of Fossil Fuels in the EU Policies

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 1347
Author(s):  
Kyriakos Maniatis ◽  
David Chiaramonti ◽  
Eric van den Heuvel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
European Union ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Climate Impacts ◽  
The European Union

The present work considers the dramatic changes the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the global economy, with particular emphasis on energy. Focusing on the European Union, the article discusses the opportunities policy makers can implement to reduce the climate impacts and achieve the Paris Agreement 2050 targets. The analysis specifically looks at the fossil fuels industry and the future of the fossil sector post COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis first revises the fossil fuel sector, and then considers the need for a shift of the global climate change policy from promoting the deployment of renewable energy sources to curtailing the use of fossil fuels. This will be a change to the current global approach, from a relative passive one to a strategically dynamic and proactive one. Such a curtailment should be based on actual volumes of fossil fuels used and not on percentages. Finally, conclusions are preliminary applied to the European Union policies for net zero by 2050 based on a two-fold strategy: continuing and reinforcing the implementation of the Renewable Energy Directive to 2035, while adopting a new directive for fixed and over time increasing curtailment of fossils as of 2025 until 2050.

scholarly journals Analysis of the State of the Accident Rate in the Construction Industry in European Union Countries

2015 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 19-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Hoła ◽  
M. Szóstak
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
The State ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Accident Rate ◽  
Analysis And Evaluation ◽  
European Union Countries

The article presents an analysis and evaluation of the accident rate in selected European Union countries. On the basis of available statistical data, the analysis of accidents in various sectors of the European Union economy was carried out. Afterwards, a ranking of countries regarding accidents in the construction industry was developed. For the selected representative countries, analysis of changes in the indicators which characterize the accident rate during the period between 2008 and 2012 was carried out. Conclusions resulting from the conducted research were formulated.

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SET-ASIDE AND FALLOW LAND SCALE IN POLAND

2021 ◽  
Vol XXIII (4) ◽  
pp. 32-44
Author(s):  
Anna Grontkowska
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Spatial Diversity ◽  
Agricultural Area ◽  
Simultaneous Increase ◽  
Fallow Land ◽  
The European Union

Changes in land management methods constantly occur, caused by natural, economic, social and demographic conditions. This paper aims to determine changes in set-asides and fallow land in Poland, in the years 1990-2020, and determine the spatial diversity of this phenomenon. The study was based on available statistical data for the studied period. The study shows that, before 2004, the share of fallow land was much more significant. After Poland acceded to the European Union, land left without cultivation decreased considerably with a simultaneous increase in the area of land used for agriculture. The results show that the share and number of hectares of fallow area decreased. The provinces of Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Opole and Wielkopolskie were characterized by the lowest percentage of fallow land in the agricultural area of the province. In contrast, the provinces of Podkarpackie, Lubuskie, Świętokrzyskie, Małopolskie, Śląskie and Warmińsko-Mazurskie had the highest percentage of fallow land.

Staatsklimahaftung

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabell Böhm
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
European Union ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Basic Law ◽  
State Liability ◽  
Liability Claims ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Made In

Climate change litigation is becoming increasingly important. This thesis deals with the question whether state liability claims against Germany or the EU can be justified, if commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are not met. For this purpose, the claim under public liability according to § 839 German Civil Code in connection with Art. 34 German Basic Law, the liability of the EU-Member States and the liability of the European Union according to Art. 340 II TFEU are discussed. At the end of the thesis, considerations on the practical perspectives of state liability are made in order to improve their prospects of success.

Health co-benefits and the development of climate change mitigation policies in the European Union

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 585-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annabelle Workman ◽  
Grant Blashki ◽  
Kathryn J. Bowen ◽  
David J. Karoly ◽  
John Wiseman
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
European Union ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Change Mitigation ◽  
Mitigation Policies
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