Environmental and Climate Technologies (Jan 2022)

Bioeconomy in the Shade of Green Deal: The System Dynamic Approach

  • Dolge Kristiana,
  • Bohvalovs Girts,
  • Kirsanovs Vladimirs,
  • Blumberga Andra,
  • Blumberga Dagnija

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2022-0092
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 1
pp. 1221 – 1233

Abstract

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At the end of 2019, the European Commission launched a new growth strategy called ‘The European Green Deal’ (GD), which aims to ‘transform the European Union (EU) into a fair and prosperous society with a modern, resource-efficient a competitive economy with no net greenhouse gas emissions in 2050 and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use’. This study present developed system dynamic (SD) tool for determining bioeconomy development until 2030 and impact of different GD strategy activities on achieved progress. The bioeconomy index the created and used to measure bioeconomy progress for all scenarios. The optimal scenario was identified between reaching climate goals and adding value to the agricultural, forestry and fisheries resources.

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