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The Green Economy for a Sustainable Future: Experience from the Visegrad Group Countries

dc.contributor.authorKlimko, Roman
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-26T15:19:22Z
dc.date.available2026-02-26T15:19:22Z
dc.date.issued2025-09-30
dc.identifier.issn1508-2008
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11089/57536
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this paper is to identify the significance of the green economy for a sustainable future and compare the situation and developments in achieving the European Green Deal (EGD) in the Visegrad Group (V4) countries. To achieve this objective, the paper focuses on the challenges, risks and opportunities of implementing green economy policies. Comprehensive data analysis is conducted, and a European Green Deal Index (EGDI) for the V4 countries is developed. The Eurostat database is used to monitor 18 key indicators in the V4 countries from 2015 to the latest year available. The results show that Slovakia is the best-performing V4 country with the highest EGDI score, while Poland shows the most significant improvement, mainly in the category Enabling a green and just transition. Between 2015 and 2023, Slovakia and Czechia experienced negative trends in the percentage of the population unable to keep their home adequately warm for financial reasons. The paper highlights the social dimension of the EGD and the green economy as well as the importance of a just transition concept across the whole European Union since increased household spending on the green transition could affect public support.en
dc.description.abstractCelem artykułu jest zidentyfikowanie znaczenia zielonej gospodarki dla zrównoważonej przyszłości oraz porównanie sytuacji i postępów w realizacji założeń Europejskiego Zielonego Ładu (EGD) w krajach Grupy Wyszehradzkiej (V4). Aby osiągnąć ten cel, w artykule skoncentrowano się na wyzwaniach, zagrożeniach i szansach związanych z wdrażaniem zielonej gospodarki. Dokonano kompleksowej analizy danych oraz opracowano Indeks Europejskiego Zielonego Ładu (EGDI) dla krajów V4. Wykorzystano dane z bazy danych Eurostatu do monitorowania 18 kluczowych wskaźników w krajach V4 od roku 2015 do ostatniego roku, dla którego dostępne były dane. Wyniki pokazują, że Słowacja jest najlepiej radzącym sobie krajem V4, z najwyższym wynikiem EGDI, podczas gdy Polska wykazuje największą poprawę, głównie w kategorii Umożliwienie zielonej i sprawiedliwej transformacji. W latach 2015–2023 na Słowacji i w Czechach odnotowano negatywne tendencje w zakresie odsetka ludności, która nie jest w stanie odpowiednio ogrzać swoich domów z powodów finansowych. W dokumencie podkreślono społeczny wymiar Europejskiego Zielonego Ładu i zielonej gospodarki, a także znaczenie koncepcji sprawiedliwej transformacji w całej Unii Europejskiej, ponieważ zwiększone wydatki gospodarstw domowych na transformację ekologiczną mogą wpłynąć na wsparcie publiczne.pl
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiegopl
dc.relation.ispartofseriesComparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe;3en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subjectEuropean Green Dealen
dc.subjectEuropean Green Deal Indexen
dc.subjectgreen economyen
dc.subjectjust transitionen
dc.subjectVisegrad Groupen
dc.subjectEuropejski Zielony Ładpl
dc.subjectIndeks Europejskiego Zielonego Ładupl
dc.subjectzielona gospodarkapl
dc.subjectsprawiedliwa transformacjapl
dc.subjectGrupa Wyszehradzkapl
dc.titleThe Green Economy for a Sustainable Future: Experience from the Visegrad Group Countriesen
dc.title.alternativeZielona gospodarka dla zrównoważonej przyszłości: doświadczenia krajów Grupy Wyszehradzkiejpl
dc.typeArticle
dc.page.number71-87
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationBratislava University of Economics and Business, Faculty of Economics and Finance Department of Social Development and Labour, Bratislava, Slovakiaen
dc.identifier.eissn2082-6737
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dc.contributor.authorEmailroman.klimko@euba.sk
dc.identifier.doi10.18778/1508-2008.28.21
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