The "new" environmental policy of the European Union: A path to development of a circular economy and mitigation of the negative effects of climate change

This paper analyses the evolution of the new environmental policy of the European Union in the context of the efforts undertaken to moderate the negative effects of climate change. It describes all the activities in the European Union designed to implement new tools of the EU environmental policy, s...

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Published inComparative economic research. Central and Eastern Europe Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 57 - 73
Main Author Wysokinska, Zofia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Warsaw De Gruyter 01.06.2016
De Gruyter Open
University of Łódź
Lodz University Press
Subjects
Alternative energy sources
Biodiversity
Circular economy
Climate change
Consumption
Conventions
Councils
Economic development
Economic theory
Emissions
Energy industry
Environmental economics
Environmental liability
Environmental policy
Environmental protection
EU's new environmental policy
Legislation
Natural resources
Parliaments
Pollution
Regulation
Renewable resources
Studies
Sustainable development
Europe
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Summary:This paper analyses the evolution of the new environmental policy of the European Union in the context of the efforts undertaken to moderate the negative effects of climate change. It describes all the activities in the European Union designed to implement new tools of the EU environmental policy, such as low carbon economy technologies, tools that improve the efficiency of managing the limited natural resources, the environmentally friendly transport package, etc. All of them are aimed at laying the foundations of the circular economy, which may also be referred to as a closed-loop economy, i.e., an economy that does not generate excessive waste and whereby any waste becomes a resource.
ISSN:2082-6737
1508-2008
2082-6737
DOI:10.1515/cer-2016-0013