کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
6302971 1618092 2014 12 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Conceptual basis for development of the European Sustainability Footprint
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
پایه مفهومی برای توسعه پدیده پایداری اروپا
کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم محیط زیست بوم شناسی
چکیده انگلیسی


- Sustainability is central to the policy objectives of the European Commission.
- A widely accepted sustainability assessment framework for policy support is lacking.
- We describe the conceptual basis for the “European Sustainability Footprint” (ESF).
- The ESF is comprised of a selection of life-cycle based and other indicators, which are to be assessed against sustainability targets and thresholds.
- The ESF is intended to guide policies in support of the twin objectives of (1) green growth and (2) respecting planetary boundaries and resource constraints.

Sustainability is central to the policy objectives of the European Commission (EC), but a widely accepted integrated sustainability assessment framework in support of policy analysis and development is currently lacking. Here, we sketch the conceptual basis for the proposed European Sustainability Footprint (ESF) - an integrated sustainability assessment framework for establishing a baseline and tracking trends with respect to the sustainability of European production and consumption (at both micro- and macro-scales). Specifically, it is proposed that the European Sustainability Footprint to be comprised of a selection of life-cycle based indicators (environmental, social, and economic) for production and consumption at product, sector and economy-scales. The indicators will subsequently be assessed against defined sustainability targets or thresholds in each domain. Such an approach is necessary for monitoring the relationship between, as well as progress with respect to, the twin EC policy objectives of (1) green growth and (2) ensuring that the EU economy develops so as to respect planetary boundaries and resource constraints.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Environmental Development - Volume 9, January 2014, Pages 12-23
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