scholarly journals THE GREEN ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OF JAPAN

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronika Chala ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Energy Intensity ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Green Growth ◽  
Carbon Neutrality ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Production Processes

The strategy of development of the green economy of Japan has been analyzed in this article. It has been noted that the main course in the green economy is low-carbon development and financing of «green» sectors of the economy, which leads to green growth, that is expressed through the rational use of resources and reducing the level of environmental burden. It has been argued that Japan is a leader in international climate policy and environmental protection because it plays a key role in investing in green and low-carbon infrastructure and supports the achievement of sustainable development goals. The preconditions for the formation of the «green economy» concept and its implementation in the program documents of Japan have been studied. The main strategic documents of Japan in the field of green economy development have been reviewed and their key mechanisms have been highlighted. The main strategies implemented by Japan have been revealed, as well as the sectors of the economy targeted by actions aimed at «greening» the economic processes. It has been stated that he main elements of green innovation were the energy sector, the transport system, resource management, and eco-housing. The effectiveness of strategic mechanisms has been assessed by analyzing the amount of carbon dioxide emissions associated with production processes; the level of renewable energy use and the share of renewable electricity use; the level of energy intensity of the agricultural, industrial and service sectors; volumes of generated waste and the share of incinerated, disposed to landfill and recycled or composted waste. Japan's goals in achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 have been stated. Conclusions on the effectiveness of the mechanisms of the green economy development strategy in Japan have been made. It has been considered that since 1990, the country has achieved significant results in the course of green growth, which is reflected in reducing the energy intensity of production processes, increasing the share of alternative energy, developing an effective waste management strategy, which almost eliminated waste disposal and significantly increased recycling and composting. At the same time, the main task remains to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases, which was approved by the plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

scholarly journals Building a green economy of low carbon: the Greek post-crisis experience of photovoltaics and financial 'green grabbing'

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoi Christina Siamanta
Keyword(s):  
Green Energy ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Renewable Energy Resources ◽  
Green Growth ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Complex Interplay ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Green Economies

Abstract Under the global rhetoric of 'the green economy' Renewable Energy Resources (RES) projects have proliferated across the world. This article examines the growth of photovoltaic projects in post-crisis Greece, grounded in a green energy discourse. The aim is to provide insights into how green economies are built and what new appropriations they (might) entail. It is based on a Foucauldian oriented discourse analysis, in depth semi-structured interviews and review of a variety of other sources. The article argues that justificatory discourses for green growth implicated in 'green grabbing' involve the complex interplay of neoliberal and disciplinary 'environmentalities.' These seek to construct 'green economy' entrepreneurs and compliant subjects. A relatively undocumented and understudied aspect of green grabs is the appropriation of public and private financial resources for photovoltaic projects, with significant negative impacts on livelihoods. In Greece, this has resulted in the accumulation of capital by a few large RES companies, as well as significant impacts on the livelihoods of domestic and small business electricity consumers and small/medium photovoltaic investors through debt. Key words: Greece, green economy, photovoltaics, green grabbing, environmentality, Foucault, green energy

scholarly journals THE USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE IN THE ISSUE OF GREEN ECONOMY OF THE REGIONS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Opara ◽  
Natalia Azarova
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Alternative Energy Sources ◽  
Solid Liquid ◽  
State Of The Environment

Currently, an urgent issue is the preservation of the environment, the cyclical use of waste for the production of new products, the preservation and multiplication of the planet’s natural resources. After all, the quality of life of each person directly depends on the state of the environment and the factors that affect its preservation. These factors are an integral part of the development of a green economy. This article discusses the possibility of producing alternative energy sources, such as biofuels of three generations.The first generation is solid, liquid, and gaseous biofuels. Second-generation fuel is obtained from the biomass of plant and animal material residues, or grown crops. As an example, such a type of fuel as biogas, which consists of carbon dioxide and methane, and with its further processing, namely the separation of carbon dioxide, you can get biomethane. In the same way, such fuels as biodiesel and bioethanol can be obtained from the biological mass. And the most unusual raw material for the production of third-generation fuel is biofuel from algae. Unfortunately, the development of the green economy in Russia is taking slow steps, but at present this issue is being paid more attention. The development of technologies for obtaining alternative energy sources will allow us to produce not only new types of energy, but also to preserve the environment of our priceless planet, through the use of raw materials and waste that are not in demand in everyday human life.

scholarly journals The human capital: education and the green economy

2019 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 02074
Author(s):  
Polina Petrusha ◽  
Daria Kozlova ◽  
Kristina Ivanova
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Innovative Development ◽  
Knowledge Capital ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Genome Medicine ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
Carbon Economy

According to the Russia’s Innovative Development Strategy until 2020 (Strategy) [1], one of the main goals of innovative growth of the Russian Economy lays in the advanced studies in the fields of renewable energy and low-carbon economy, genome medicine, and implementation of new technologies in agriculture, the fields in which Russia still faces with sufficient technological backlog. In general, the Strategy and following National Science project [2] approved in 2018 is aimed at Russia’s transition from one of the most energy- and carbon-intensive countries to a sustainable low-carbon economy. Russia needs to attract additional resources in human and knowledge capital in order to eliminate or decrease this technological backlog and to join international scientific community’s efforts in the field of green economy. This paper studies how influencing one of two pillars of the Global Innovation Index (GII), knowledge and technology output pillar, by implementing innovations in Russian higher education affects Russian innovative infrastructure and provides technical and resource baseline in reaching main strategic indicators of innovative development in Russia. This paper proposes a framework for attracting and retaining human resources and creating knowledge capital for transition to a sustainable low-carbon economy on the basis of micro and meso level changes.

scholarly journals A Factor Decomposition on China’s Carbon Emission from 1997 to 2012 Based on IPAT-LMDI Model

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Li ◽  
Ya-Bo Shen ◽  
Hui-Xia Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Energy Intensity ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Scale Effects ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Energy Structure ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Economic Output ◽  
Population Scale

We probe into the key factors that possess significant effects on China’s CO2emissions during 1997–2012 on the basis of IPAT-LMDI model. Carbon dioxide emissions are specifically decomposed into CO2emission intensity, energy structure, energy intensity, industrial structure, economic output, and population scale effects. Results indicate that the paramount driving factors that resulted in the growth of CO2emissions are economic output, population scale, and energy structure. In contrast, energy intensity and industrial structure generally play an outstanding role in reducing emissions. This paper constructs a new weight assessment system by introducing “contribution value-significant factor-effect coefficient” to replace “contribution value-contribution rate” in the previous literature. According to the most significant positive effect and the most negative effect from the conclusion, we point out the effective policies that can not only accelerate the target of “China’s carbon emissions per unit of GDP could be cut down by 40–45% by 2020, from 2005 levels,” but also have crucial significance on the low-carbon economic development strategy of China.

scholarly journals GREEN GROWTH: THE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH MODEL

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 6-13
Author(s):  
Luan Nguyen Van
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Growth Model ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Green Growth ◽  
Social Equality ◽  
Economic Growth Model

The transition of the economic growth model towards a green and sustainableone is a process that requires a reasonable and efficient combination of growth factors. The Vietnam’s economic growth in the period of 2001-2013 created an impression of the economic growth in the economic transition period. The economic growth in the last decade has been mainly in breadth and relied on investment capital and labor expansions. The growth has also relied on natural resources which exacerbated the environmental pollution. This requires Vietnam to change the economic growth model towards a green and sustainable ones. Green growth and green economic development are towards a low-carbon economy, enriching natural resources, reducing emission and increasing greenhouse gases absorption which are an inevitable tendency in the socio-economic development. The green economy enhances the living quality, social equality and significantly reduces the environmental risks and ecological scarcity. This is a new economic model which has a low emission level, uses natural resources efficiently and towards a social equality.

scholarly journals An Empirical Investigation on the Transition Process toward a Green Economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 13151
Author(s):  
Larissa Batrancea ◽  
Marcel Ciprian Pop ◽  
Malar Maran Rathnaswamy ◽  
Ioan Batrancea ◽  
Mircea-Iosif Rus
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Green Growth ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Economy Model ◽  
Advanced Economies ◽  
Demand Changes

The study investigates the transition process and core principles of a green economy. At a global level, green growth represents the essence of a green economy. In this context, the process of restructuring the market economy and transitioning toward a green economy implies continuous efforts and interdependence since it cannot be achieved in isolation. The model of restructuring economic activities to the specificity of a green economy addresses the interdependent pillars of sustainable development: environmental concerns; renewable energy; low carbon levels. Nevertheless, the green economy model that is applied to advanced economies cannot be implemented to low-income economies because of development gaps. Moreover, emerging economies also have other goals and priorities that demand changes into the green economy model of advanced economies.

China City Industrial Structure Planning and Industry Trends of Low Carbon Economy

2012 ◽  
Vol 573-574 ◽  
pp. 977-983
Author(s):  
Yu Xing Chen ◽  
Hui Luo
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Energy Intensity ◽  
Productivity Index ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Industrial Carbon ◽  
Industrial Energy ◽  
Carbon Economy

The article in had the selection based on industrial energy consumption, industrial energy intensity, industrial carbon dioxide emissions, industrial carbon dioxide Emissions intensity and industrial carbon productivity index analysis such as China's industrial economic development three stages of evolution characteristics of low carbon, and according to the 1985 ~ 2007 China work Industry economic data through the regression analysis forecast industry a low carbon economy future development tendency. The analysis results show that, from 1985 to 2007 years although energy consumption Quantity and industrial carbon emissions overall a growing trend, but the industrial strength of energy consumption declined, industrial carbon production ability enhancement, industrial energy intensity reducing to reduce co2 emissions larger contribution, based on this proposed to promote the development of China's industrial low carbon specific Suggestions.

scholarly journals Special Issue on “Energy, Economy and Environment for Industrial Production Processes”

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1126
Author(s):  
Wei Cai ◽  
Guangdong Tian ◽  
MengChu Zhou ◽  
Fu Zhao ◽  
Jorge Cunha
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Climate Warming ◽  
Ecological Modernization ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Green Growth ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Production Processes ◽  
Energy Economy ◽  
Low Carbon Development

Facing significant natural resource consumption, environmental degradation, and climate warming, governments and international organizations have increased their focus on ecological modernization, green growth, and low carbon development, with various sustainable development strategies [...]

Alternatives of Global Energy: Transformational Trends and Risks

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (10) ◽  
pp. 33-44
Author(s):  
I. Sechin
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Energy ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Public Companies ◽  
Carbon Neutrality ◽  
Goods And Services

The article contributes to the literature in three main areas. First, new tendencies and challenges of development of world economy and energy caused by the crisis induced by the COVID‑19 pandemic are revealed, including: the regionalization of markets that creates additional basis for development of multipolar world; the aggravating instability of the alternative energy; the rising risks of disruption of long-term stability of oil supplies due to the underinvestment and risks of sharp oil and gas shortage; the tendency to the consolidation and enlargement of producers in oil and gas sectors, what is also increasingly possible in the Russian oil and gas industry. Second, perspectives of “green” energy to become a basis for development of world economy are analyzed. Obstacles to continuing development of “green” energy are stressed, including: the necessity of extraordinary large investments in development of economically feasible technologies; the expected acute deficit of materials for energy transition, including lithium, nickel, cobalt and other metals as well as low economic efficiency of low carbon solutions placing additional burden on consumers. The thesis of urgent importance of balanced energy development and inadmissibility of relying exclusively on alternative electricity generation is advanced. Third, shifts in strategies of global investors who presently pay the increasing attention to ecological programs, investing into carbon neutrality, green rebranding and shares buyback schemes at the expense of the fundamental financial and operational indicators. Combined with cases of court interventions in corporate decision making that exerts pressure on public companies who are forced to abandon oil and gas projects. The article argues that such an optimization doesn’t solve the task of global reduction of greenhouse gases emissions and achieving carbon neutrality. A tendency for issuing of new instruments and emergence of new models of investment behavior which distort the share prices is discovered. Meantime companies with state participation and private companies are less dependent on the volatile expectations in the stock market. The article also considers the issue of ecological purity of oil and concludes that introduction of transparent system of evaluation and certification of goods and services, recognized by the whole world community is expedient.

scholarly journals Green ICT and Self-directed Users

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Noorriati Din
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Green Manufacturing ◽  
Green Technology ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Green Ict

The Green information and communication technology (ICT) is introduced to support the implementation of the green environment. Promoting green technology and green economy includes "green manufacturing hub", green infrastructure", low carbon emission, efficient use of resources and a healthy, well-educated populace. For this study, the independent variable is the self-directed learning readiness while the dependent variable is the level of awareness on Green ICT. Seventy-seven distance learners participate in the survey. Purposive sampling technique chosen for this study. Findings showed that the level of green awareness scored high. Keywords: GreenICT; Self-directed; Facebook; technology. eISSN 2514-7528 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. https://doi.org/10.21834/jabs.v3i8.280   

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