Naslov
Sustainable Environmental Management in Croatia – Waste and Climate Change

Autori
Schneider, Daniel Rolph

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Sustainable Energy Production and Consumption: Benefits, Strategies and Environmental Costing / Barbir, Frano ; Ulgiati, Sergio - , 2008

Skup
Sustainable Energy Production and Consuption and Environmental Costing

Mjesto i datum
Napulj, Italija, 03.07.2007. - 07.07.2007

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
waste management; climate change mitigation; legislation

Sažetak
The environmental protection represents the financially most demanding chapter of accession negotiations in the process of the EU accession of Croatia. The costs however do not appear high when compared with the expected benefits such as: better public health, more rational use of natural resources, higher quality of life and others. Some of the areas in which the largest funding is needed are waste management, waste water treatment, industrial pollution prevention and control, and climate change mitigation. According to the new Waste Management Plan there is envisaged construction of county and regional waste management centers where the waste will be processed in sustainable manner (with material and energy recovery), in order to reduce the quantity of waste that is landfilled and decrease its reactivity. The existing landfills (mainly not in compliance with regulations) will be remediated and closed in five years period. Some of them will become transfer stations or recycling yards. The Republic of Croatia has recently ratified the Kyoto protocol after almost four years of negotiations, mainly about the GHG emission level in the base year. By doing that Croatia has taken obligation to reduce its overall GHG emissions by at least 5% below the 1990 level during the commitment period 2008-2012. In order to reach that goal Croatia will have to implement different cost-effective measures such as use of renewable energy sources (mainly wind, biomass and solar energy), increase the energy efficiency in industry, service and building sector, introduce biofuels in transport etc. The activities on introducing the national emission trading scheme are already commenced in Croatia.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Strojarstvo

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