Download or read book A Sustainable Recovery for the EU written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The EU Recovery Plan represents a unique window of opportunity to restart the socioeconomic system addressing the Covid-19 crisis, fostering a shift towards sustainable development. The UN Agenda 2030, with its 17 goals and 169 targets, provides a compass to orientate the recovery in a sustainable way, considering the economic, social and environmental dimensions in a systemic manner. The political guidelines of the President of the European Commission attribute a central role to the Agenda 2030 and its SDGs and frame sustainable development as the cornerstone of the national and EU policies. Within this context, this report contributes to a better understanding of how the EU Recovery Plan relates to the SDG framework by applying a text mining approach that automatically maps key documents of the plan with the UN goals and targets through specific keywords. This textual analysis has been applied to a collection of documents publicly available from May up until September 2020, and provides a preliminary screening of SDGs and their targets in the Recovery Plan. The Recovery Plan is indeed in continuous evolution, with new legislative and non-legislative acts being drafted and adopted; therefore, these results represent a snapshot that may eventually change over time. However, identifying the link between the proposed Recovery Plan and SDGs upstream in early phase of the negotiations, can help to highlight areas that may boost SDG implementation along with areas that deserve more attention; further, it may also facilitate SDG mainstreaming in the implementation phase or monitoring changes in SDGs coverage during the implementation process (e.g. through a subsequent analysis of the Member States' National Recovery and Resilience Plans, currently under preparation). Summarizing the results at the goal level, the main goals detected in the Plan are SDG 3 on health and SDG 8 on economic growth and employment, but many others are identified. Overall, the Plan addresses all the 17 Goals, though some goals are only marginally mentioned. At target level, the text analysis detected 94 targets, described in detail in chapter 4. The distribution of SDGs and targets shows a great variety along the three pillars of the Next Generation EU (NGEU). The first pillar ("Support Member States in Recovering") pays particular attention to SDG 8, addressing many of its targets. This pillar has the largest financial allocation (about 90% of all funds of the Plan), and this is reflected by the broader coverage of all SDGs and their targets, compared to the other pillars. The second pillar of NGEU ("Kick-start the economy and help private investment") has also a relatively broad coverage of SDGs, and is mainly focused on SDG 9, regarding sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation. The textual analysis of the third pillar of NGEU ("Learning the lessons from the crisis") evidenced that it focuses on fewer SDGs compared to the previous two, with a strong emphasis on SDG 3. The main target is 3.d, which increases the resilience against pandemics by strengthening the capacity for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks. The SDGs are a roadmap for sustainable development and should remain a guiding framework for recovery in all countries. The mapping of SDGs in the proposed EU Recovery Plan provides a tool for tracking the implementation of the SDGs in the Plan, providing a text mining perspective on how specific initiatives included in the Plan address goals and related targets. A sustainable recovery should embrace the principles of the Agenda 2030 and its SDGs as much as possible, putting the EU in the right track to long-term sustainable growth. Our assessment of the Recovery Plan indicates that the Commission strives to be a frontrunner in pursuing the goals, and the Plan can further accelerate the transition towards a more sustainable, fair, just, and resilient EU.
Download or read book A New Era for Europe written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The COVID-19 pandemic devastated the European Union yet also spurred an unprecedented level of cooperation and joint decision making. The EU and its Member States rallied to meet the challenges of the global health threat with a jointly procured vaccine, a jointly funded economic recovery package and a jointly supported public borrowing programme. As a result, 2 years later the economy has begun to recover and the EU is ready to consider its next steps in crisis management and planning. A triple transition of climate, digital and social change will dictate the EU's overall strategy in coming years. Policymakers have an opportunity to set the Union on a path toward growth and prosperity, but if they are not careful they also could set the stage for entrenched inequality and disagreement. Continuing with longstanding policies also poses a danger, given the need for change to meet the challenges ahead. The EU will have a chance to set a course along one of three main scenarios: Business as Usual, Fragmentation and Conflict, or a New Era. Under the first option, the EU does not adapt as needed to protect the environment or give its population the skills they need to survive in a digital world, and the EU falls further behind its international counterparts. In the second scenario, EU policies actively unravel the alliances and economic programmes that have taken so long to build, with corresponding threats to political and economic stability. But the EU also has a better option: pursuing policies that will lead to a New Era within the single market and around the world.
Download or read book A New Era for Europe written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prospects and Policies for Global Sustainable Recovery written by Philip Arestis and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-05-04 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents economic policies to combat the challenges posed by financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the climate crisis. How the role of the markets, the state, and social cohesion have come into question is explored, alongside broader issues, such as inequality. Particular attention is given to policies relating to the funding and financing of investment to confront the climate emergency, enhancing productivity and technical innovation, the significance of the commons in the context of the state, and macroeconomic policies to underpin sustainability. This book aims to present a framework for a sustainable future, with policy suggestions that promote both environmental and economic sustainability. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in the political economy and sustainable development.
Download or read book Sustainable Development in the European Union written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This Eurostat publication, entitled "Sustainable development in the European Union - A statistical glance from the viewpoint of the UN Sustainable Development Goals", provides an overview of the current situation of the EU and its Member States on sustainable development in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This publication follows a strictly descriptive approach, presenting a purely statistical picture based on facts and figures. It provides rather a snapshot of the starting position of the EU and its Member States and is not intended as a regular SDG monitoring exercise at EU level. The analysis in this publication is based on a limited number of indicators, which are relevant to the EU perspective and capture the broader objective and ambition of each SDG. Each goal is analysed through two to four indicators. In total, 51 indicators are presented in the report, mainly obtained from the European Statistical System and disseminated by Eurostat. The analysis of Member States' performance and international comparisons focus on the most recent year for each indicator. EU-28 trends over time are also presented, covering the period from 2000 or 2002 up to the most recent year for which data are available (2014 or 2015)."--Back cover.
Download or read book Household Final Consumption in the EU written by Sylvain Bouyon and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 4-5 years of poor performance, final consumption of households in the 28 EU member states is expected to recover significantly in 2015 and 2016. This is all the more important since final consumption of households has been the main driver of economic growth during the 12 years preceding the financial crisis. However, some obstacles are still in the way preventing a sustainable recovery in private consumption.
Download or read book Competition Policy and State Aid written by Andrea Renda and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book For a Resilient Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery in Europe written by Rainer Masera and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A corollary of the pandemic crisis and the unprecedented contraction of economic activity in Europe is the inevitable increase in public debt, and the need for active support of the European Central Bank (ECB), centred on the emergency purchase programme of government bonds. There is broad agreement on the general thrust of fiscal and monetary policies, but significant differences exist on the appropriate implementation and efficacy of policy impulses, notably between “Nordic” and “Peripheral” countries. This paper starts by reconsidering the dogma of balanced budgets as a general principle. A different approach is based on the taxonomy of deadweight and (re)productive debt. If government bonds finance capital expenditure (infrastructures broadly defined) with net returns higher than the cost of borrowing, the debt is fundamentally self-financing. More broadly, by reason of the huge warranted public investments (as documented by the European Investment Bank, EIB and the European Commission, EC), it is argued that “good” infrastructure capital accumulation represents a solution not only to the economic consequences of the pandemic crisis, but also to the issue of the savings glut. On the basis of this approach an assessment is offered of the responses to the crisis. Special attention is devoted to the EC proposal of the Recovery Fund. The model proposed here dovetails with the Recovery approach, and suggests a structural scheme to finance European Union (EU) infrastructures (monitored at EU level) through the issue of EU Real Infrastructure Securities (EURIS). The securities would comprise non only debt but also equity and equity-related instruments. The emphasis would be on Public-Private-Partnership initiatives. These real infrastructure securities would form the basis of a new European debt at Union level. The need to ensure rigour in public finances would be satisfied in two concurrent ways: the quality and net returns of the assets financed and a gradual move to a new fiscal pact, whereby national public deficits would be exclusively allowed for the financing of sound public investments, agreed and monitored at European level. Safety clauses would be introduced for exceptional events and to cope with cyclical developments (with full reversal in upturns).
Download or read book Sustainable Development Report 2021 written by Jeffrey Sachs and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-14 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains insights on current issues in research on sustainable development, featuring the SDG Index and Dashboards.
Download or read book EU Recovery Plan NextGenerationEU written by and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NextGenerationEU is the European Union's €800 billion temporary recovery instrument to support the social and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and build a greener, more digital and more resilient Europe for future generations. The centrepiece of NextGenerationEU is the Recovery and Resilience Facility - an instrument that provides grants and loans to support reforms and investments in the EU Member States for a total of €723.8 billion in current prices. Part of the funds - up to €338 billion - are being provided to Member States through grants and another part - up to €385.8 billion - through loans. Funds under the Recovery and Resilience Facility are being provided to Member States in line with their national Recovery and Resilience plans - the roadmaps to reforms and investments to make EU economies greener, digital and more resilient. The Recovery and Resilience Facility is the first performance-based instrument of this scale, in the EU, with financial support being provided to Member States subject to the successful delivery of the commitments Member States took in their Recovery and Resilience Plan. REPowerEU is the European Commission's plan to accelerate the EU's green transition and increase the resilience, security and sustainability of the Union energy system through the decrease of dependence on fossil fuels and the diversification of energy supplies. Following the political agreement reached in December 2022 by the European Parliament and the Council, the Recovery and Resilience Facility will provide financial support for REPowerEU. Member States will add to their existing Recovery and Resilience Plans a dedicated chapter with new actions to deliver on the REPowerEU objectives. Additional funding is made available to Member States to finance REPowerEU.
Download or read book The Future of EU Competitiveness written by Great Britain and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book European Green Deal written by Milan Elkerbout and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book EU Budget 2021 written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2021, the European Union should have a budget of €166.7 billion, the Commission has proposed today. It will receive a contribution of €211 billion in grants and approximately €133 billion in loans from Next Generation EU - the temporary recovery instrument aimed to mobilise investments and kick-start the European economy. Taken together, the budget and Next Generation EU will mobilise significant investments in 2021 to address the immediate economic and social damage brought by the coronavirus pandemic; kick-start a sustainable recovery and protect and create jobs.
Download or read book Taking a Multisectoral One Health Approach A Tripartite Guide to Addressing Zoonotic Diseases in Countries written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2019-03-11 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2018 FAO-OIE-WHO (Tripartite) zoonoses guide, “Taking A Multisectoral, One Health Approach: A Tripartite Guide to Addressing Zoonotic Diseases in Countries” (2018 TZG) is being jointly developed to provide member countries with practical guidance on OH approaches to build national mechanisms for multisectoral coordination, communication, and collaboration to address zoonotic disease threats at the animal-human-environment interface. The 2018 TZG updates and expands on the guidance in the one previous jointly-developed, zoonoses-specific guidance document: the 2008 Tripartite “Zoonotic Diseases: A Guide to Establishing Collaboration between Animal and Human Health Sectors at the Country Level”, developed in WHO South-East Asia Region and Western Pacific Region. The 2018 TZG supports building by countries of the resilience and capacity to address emerging and endemic zoonotic diseases such as avian influenza, rabies, Ebola, and Rift Valley fever, as well as food-borne diseases and antimicrobial resistance, and to minimize their impacts on health, livelihoods, and economies. It additionally supports country efforts to implement WHO International Health Regulations (2005) and OIE international standards, to address gaps identified through external and internal health system evaluations, and to achieve targets of the Sustainable Development Goals. The 2018 TZG provides relevant country ministries and agencies with lessons learned and good practices identified from country-level experiences in taking OH approaches for preparedness, prevention, detection and response to zoonotic disease threats, and provides guidance on multisectoral communication, coordination, and collaboration. It informs on regional and country-level OH activities and relevant unisectoral and multisectoral tools available for countries to use.
Download or read book The External Dimensions of the European Green Deal written by Svea Koch and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Green Deal conveys the EU's ambition to adjust and "green" its economic growth trajectory and become climate-neutral by 2050, as part of its contribution to the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. While being ambitiously pursued within the Union's own borders, the Green Deal also has strong external ramifications, as the EU leaves a tremendous ecological footprint in other parts of the world. The EU has referred to this "external dimension" of the Green Deal without further defining it, and appears to primarily understand it as a reflection of the internal strategies and as a call for the EU's partner countries to follow a sustainable recovery trajectory similar to its own. A number of proposed EU domestic strategies (e.g. biodiversity, blue economy or farm-to-fork) contain chapters on global aspects, yet the EU seems to follow a predominantly sectoral logic to implementing the external dimension of the Green Deal. This approach has certain shortcomings. For one, it creates uncertainty for partner countries on how to adapt to the EU's new rules, regulations and standards, and the extent of EU support for adjusting to this. It also creates a vacuum for member state engagement by means of their economy, finance, climate and foreign policies. Last but not least, it lacks clear governance mechanisms to address potentially conflicting policy objectives and to strive for greater coherence of domestic and external EU policies. Ultimately, the EU needs to define the different external dimensions of the Green Deal and promote an integrated approach. Whereas this applies universally to all partner countries of the EU, we focus in particular on developing countries in this paper. We consider these dimensions to be (1) promoting the Green Deal in bilateral and regional cooperation, (2) ensuring coherence and addressing negative spillovers, both in trade and domestic policies and (3) the EU's global leadership in multilateral fora. Combining those three dimensions and governing them across EU institutions and member states allows for the external response to become an integral part of the EU Green Deal. Such an integrated approach allows the EU to claim leadership vis-à-vis other global powers, make credible commitments in multilateral fora for successful "green diplomacy", and use its market and regulatory power to transform itself and others. In its bilateral relationships, the EU needs to strike a "deal" in the true sense of the word: together formulating and "owning" cooperation agendas that are clear in terms of what is in it for the EU's partners and how the EU will cushion the potential negative adjustment costs of partners. Overall, the EU needs to avoid a "projectisation" of the external dimension of the Green Deal and clarify how the different Commission services and member states aim to work together to deliver the Green Deal, including through its various external policy areas, of which development is just one.
Download or read book Building a Sustainable Job Rich Recovery written by International Labor Office and published by International Labour Organisation. This book was released on 2011 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Commission and the International Labour Organization have combined efforts in reaction to the deep crisis that hit the global economy in 2008. The aim of this joint project is to examine policies that will lead not only to a quicker recovery but also to a more sustainable, environmentally friendly and equitable global economy. This is particularly relevant given the uneven and fragile nature of the recovery process across and within countries. These efforts have culminated in the publication of two Synthesis Reports. The first report examines the origins of the crisis and provides an overview of immediate policy responses across both developed and developing economies; the second discusses green policies and labour market issues related to this necessary long-term economic transformation. Both reports are based on a series of technical discussion papers. This first report examines the origins of the deep financial and economic crisis that hit the world economy in 2008 and that continues to shape labour market performance across the globe. The report discusses general lessons to be learned form financial crises as well as the role of global imbalances that have taken a prominent place in the current crisis. The report then presents global stimulus measures and assesses their effectiveness, comparing them with earlier examples in Argentina and the Republic of Korea. Finally, the report provides an overview of policy measures to maintain the recovery momentum in times of increasingly reduced policy space, focusing on the importance of quality job creation and demand-led initiatives to build a sustainable job-rich recovery.
Download or read book Planetary Economics written by Michael Grubb and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How well do our assumptions about the global challenges of energy, environment and economic development fit the facts? Energy prices have varied hugely between countries and over time, yet the share of national income spent on energy has remained surprisingly constant. The foundational theories of economic growth account for only about half the growth observed in practice. Despite escalating warnings for more than two decades about the planetary risks of rising greenhouse gas emissions, most governments have seemed powerless to change course. Planetary Economics shows the surprising links between these seemingly unconnected facts. It argues that tackling the energy and environmental problems of the 21st Century requires three different domains of decision-making to be recognised and connected. Each domain involves different theoretical foundations, draws on different areas of evidence, and implies different policies. The book shows that the transformation of energy systems involves all three domains - and each is equally important. From them flow three pillars of policy – three quite distinct kinds of actions that need to be taken, which rest on fundamentally different principles. Any pillar on its own will fail. Only by understanding all three, and fitting them together, do we have any hope of changing course. And if we do, the oft-assumed conflict between economy and the environment dissolves – with potential for benefits to both. Planetary Economics charts how.
