Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/297612 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] Contemporary Economics [ISSN:] 2300-8814 [Volume:] 16 [Issue:] 4 [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 387-396
Publisher: 
University of Finance and Management in Warsaw, Faculty of Management and Finance, Warsaw
Abstract: 
There are two main ways to reduce anthropogenic GHG emissions: energy efficiency improvement and increase usage of renewable energy sources. Taking these two main ways into account, it is possible to analyze the main drivers of GHG emissions in the country and to make forecast of future GHG emissions based on historical trends. The Visegrad group (V4) countries, including Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and Czech Republic were selected to provide comparative assessment of their GHG emission drivers and to evaluate effects of climate change mitigation policies in energy sector on GHG emission trends. The Kaya identity approach was applied allowing to perform simple multiplication. Kaya identity equation substitutes the factors with wellestablished and measurable quantities, which leave little space for ambiguity. The multiplying population size by GDP per capita, energy intensity, and carbon intensity of energy allows to get total GHG emissions in the country and define its energy efficiency or use of renewables are the main drivers of GHG emissions, including the effect of economic growth expressed by GDP per capita.
Subjects: 
Kaya identity
greenhouse gas emissions
renewable energy
energy efficiency policies
VisegradCountries
JEL: 
H30
P18
Q20
Q30
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Document Type: 
Article

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