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Is the Green Deal Fit for Combating Climate Change in EU Regions and Cities?.
Through major commitments such as the Paris Agreement and its own 2050 Longterm Strategy and the European Green Deal, the European Union (EU) has set out to become a carbon neutral and pollution-free continent by 2050. This strategic vision is inextricably linked to efforts to improve the competitiveness, modernisation and prosperity of the Member States while ensuring that European societies benefit from the change on equal terms. The monumental work needed to achieve these objectives requires nothing short of systemic transformation in all policy fields across all levels of government. As the main level of implementation, local and regional authorities (LRAs) are on the frontline of change...
The cost of inaction
PFAS (per and polyfluoroalkylsubstances) are known to be extremely difficult to degrade in the environment and to be bioaccumulative and toxic. Exposure to PFAS is suspected to increase the risk of adverse health effects, such as impacts on the thyroid gland, the liver, fat metabolism and the immune system. This study estimates the socioeconomic costs that may result from impacts on human health and the environment from the use of PFAS. Better awareness of the costs and problems associated with PFAS exposure will assist decision-makers and the general public to make more efficient and timely risk management decisions. Findings indicate that the costs are substantial, with annual health-relat...
Toward a New Social Contract
The growing economic fissures in the societies of Europe and Central Asia between generations, between insiders and outsiders in the labor market, between rural and urban communities, and between the super-rich and everyone else, are threatening the sustainability of the social contract. The institutions that helped achieving a remarkable degree of equity and prosperity over the course of several decades now face considerable difficulties in coping with the challenges presented by these emerging forms of inequality. Public surveys reveal rising concerns over inequality of opportunity, while electoral results show a marked shift to populist parties that offer radical solutions to voters dissa...
Renovation Wave and Local and Regional Authorities
Buildings are responsible for 40 % of final energy consumption and 36 % of all CO2 emissions in the EU, and therefore present an enormous potential for contributing to climate neutrality objectives mainly through improvements to their energy efficiency and use of renewable energies for heating and cooling purposes. Given most of the EU building stock was built before 1970, renovation of these buildings is an opportunity to deliver energy savings and further integrate use of renewable energies in the building sector. Furthermore, the benefits of building renovations go beyond the immediate cost savings: they improve living conditions, tackle indoor air quality, create synergies in addressing ...
The Cost of Inaction
Preface -- Estimates of costs of inaction linked to exposure to PFAS -- Data used for environment-related cost calculations -- The case studies -- National / state screening for PFAS contamination -- The regulatory framework as baseline in relation to PFAS -- References -- Methodology to assess environment and health-related costs -- -- Abbreviations used -- Health impacts - additional information on evidence and calculations -- Introduction -- Conclusions.
2018 Annual Report on Intra-EU Labour Mobility
The latest developments indicate that the large growth in mobility seen in 2015 and 2016, has slightly slowed down. Intra-EU mobility is still increasing but with a slower speed. In 2017, there were 17 million EU-28 movers. This annual report provides updated information on labour-mobility trends in EU and EFTA countries. This year, the report also analyses the qualifications and the household’s composition of the EU-28 movers.
Social & Economic Dynamics of Development
International Conference of Political Economy (ICOPEC ), takes as a goal to identify and analyze the status of its age, held its first conference with the theme "International Political Economy: Adam Smith Today " in 2009. Following the ICOPEC conference, JOPEC Publication started to be published in 2010 . JOPEC Publication aims at searching required alternatives, in addition to existing alternatives, with a critical approach, has been the main supporter of ICOPEC conference by including the studies in this context. In 2016, ICOPEC conferences were turned into a conference series with its 7th conference and the main theme of the 7th conference was determined as “State, Economic Policy, Tax...
The EU's Government of Worker Mobility
This book brings together the expertise of economists, legal scholars, political scientists, and sociologists in order to integrate diverse perspectives and a broad range of analytical tools in the conceptualisation of labour mobility. It examines how variably the question of labour mobility has translated into the policies, laws, and norms through which the EU as a whole is governed. The contributions focus on the actors – European and national officials, experts, trade union and employers’ organisations – and on instruments implemented by institutions and political organisations – European Agency, coordination systems, European Job Mobility Portal (EURES) – to increase and support mobility within the European Union. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of European/EU studies, migration studies, labour studies, political sociology, and more broadly to comparative politics.
Informality, Labour Mobility and Precariousness
From the erosion of state legitimacy in Lebanon to the use of smartphones in Kyrgyzstan, from a Polish suburb to the music scene in Azerbaijan, this volume attempts to explain why, in a variety of world regions, a substantial number of people tend to ignore or act against state rules. We propose to look at informality beyond simplistic associations of the phenomenon with a single category such as "informal labour" or "corruption". By doing this, we propose to look for a correlation between the emergence, and persistence, of some informal practices and the quality of governance in a given area. We also suggest that a better understanding of the variety of informal practices present in a region can help conceptualising more adequate interventions and eventually improve the socio-economic conditions of its inhabitants.
