Feiferytė-Skirienė Akvilė, Stasiškienė Žaneta
Institute of Environmental Engineering, Kaunas University of Technology, Gedimino Str. 50, 44239 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Environ Dev Sustain. 2023 May 23:1-25. doi: 10.1007/s10668-023-03367-x.
Increasing global concern about climate change and the circular economy have successfully established itselves in international and national policies over the last decade, with the aim of reshaping the production and consumer behavior. The circular economy is one of the core pillars of European Union policy and its success depends on the energy efficiency, reducing production costs, and maintaining employment levels by ensuring continuous strong economic independency of the region. While crises are unavoidable and continue to appear, this paper aims to project the impact of any crisis on sustainability transitions using data analysis of the Global Financial crisis from 2008 to 2009 and discuss how the success of the circular economy implementation and environmental policies could be affected. The paper notes that the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 had a short-term positive impact on environmental degradation and that economic interests overshadowed environmental goals. Due to the recent events of the ongoing Russia and Ukraine war, COVID-19 societal and industrial behavior has shifted from sustainable to linear and has taken a step backward in reducing environmental pollution and achieving Sustainable Development Goals. Analysis of already present data and the context of the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, reviewing of COVID-19 impact on the global economy, health sector, and environmental policies allows us to predict the consequences, as it relates to the future of circular economy policy.
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在过去十年中，全球对气候变化和循环经济的关注度不断提高，并已成功纳入国际和国家政策，旨在重塑生产和消费行为。循环经济是欧盟政策的核心支柱之一，其成功取决于能源效率、降低生产成本以及通过确保该地区持续强大的经济独立性来维持就业水平。虽然危机不可避免且持续出现，但本文旨在通过对2008年至2009年全球金融危机的数据分析，预测任何危机对可持续发展转型的影响，并讨论循环经济实施和环境政策的成功可能如何受到影响。本文指出，2008 - 2009年的全球金融危机对环境退化产生了短期积极影响，经济利益凌驾于环境目标之上。由于俄乌战争的近期事件，新冠疫情下的社会和工业行为已从可持续转向线性，在减少环境污染和实现可持续发展目标方面出现了倒退。分析现有数据以及2008 - 2009年全球金融危机的背景，审视新冠疫情对全球经济、卫生部门和环境政策的影响，有助于我们预测与循环经济政策未来相关的后果。
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