Comparative Assessment of Climate Change Mitigation Policies in Fuel Combustion Sector of Lithuania and Bulgaria

Asta Mikalauskiene, Justas Štreimikis, Ignas Mikalauskas, Gintarė Stankūnienė and Rimantas Dapkus
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Asta Mikalauskiene: Kaunas Faculty, Vilnius University, Muitines 8, LT-44280 Kaunas, Lithuania
Justas Štreimikis: Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics, V. Kudirkos Str. 18–2, 03105 Vilnius, Lithuania
Ignas Mikalauskas: Kaunas Faculty, Vilnius University, Muitines 8, LT-44280 Kaunas, Lithuania
Gintarė Stankūnienė: Lithuanian Energy Institute, Breslaujos 3, LT-44403 Kaunas, Lithuania
Rimantas Dapkus: Faculty of Bioeconomy Development, Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy, Universiteto g.10, 53361 Kaunas, Lithuania

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 3, 1-25

Abstract: The paper performed comparative assessment of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission trends and climate change mitigation policies in the fuel combustion sector of selected EU member states with similar economic development levels and historical pasts, and implementing main EU energy and climate change mitigation policies, having achieved different success in GHG emission reduction. The impact of climate change mitigation policies on GHG emission reduction was assessed based on analysis of countries’ reports to UNFCCC by identifying the key areas of GHG emission reduction, their GHG emission reduction potential, and the driving forces behind them. The study revealed that climate change mitigation policies that have been implemented so far in Bulgaria are less efficient than in Lithuania, as Bulgaria places priorities not on energy efficiency improvement and penetration of renewable energy sources, but on switching from coal to natural gas. The policy implications for strengthening GHG emissions reduction efforts are provided based on analysis conducted.

Keywords: GHG emissions from fuel combustion; climate change mitigation policies in the energy sector; comparative assessment; Bulgaria; Lithuania (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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