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Is geopolitics a new risk to environmental policy in the European union?
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Journal of environmental management [J Environ Manage] 2023 Nov 01; Vol. 345, pp. 118868. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 31. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Geopolitical risks and environmental policy have become increasingly important in the European Union (EU), which is committed to tackling climate change and protecting the environment. However, geopolitical risks can undermine its environmental policy objectives. Thus, the study evaluates the relationship between geopolitical risks and environmental policy in nineteen EU countries from 1994 to 2020 through panel bootstrap Granger causality. The results show that geopolitical risks significantly influence environmental policy in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and Romania. On the other hand, the findings reveal that environmental policy causes geopolitical risks only in Latvia, while there is no relationship in the remaining countries. Therefore, policymakers must develop resilience to geopolitical risks, promote renewable energy, strengthen environmental regulations, and address social and economic implications to reduce environmental policy vulnerability to geopolitical risks.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.<br /> (Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- European Union
Finland
France
Germany
Environmental Policy
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1095-8630
- Volume :
- 345
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of environmental management
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 37659375
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118868