TOWARDS A CIRCULAR ECONOMY: ANALYSIS OF MACROECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DRIVERS IN EU27

Yıl 2023, Cilt: 11 Sayı: Özel Sayı, 163 - 179, 20.10.2023

Canan Şentürk , Aykut Sezgin , Onur Demirel , Hakan Demirgil

https://doi.org/10.52122/nisantasisbd.1347955

Cited By: 2

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Global climate change and environmental degradation, which are among the main agenda items of the 21st century, are directing countries towards new strategies both national and global scales to achieve a balance between sustainability and economic growth. Many countries are changing their industrial strategy and focusing on the circular economy (CE) as an element of sustainable growth and development. CE is considered a prerequisite for a sustainable future with all its dimensions. It refers to a comprehensive transformation that supports the creation of an economic system that includes minimizing input, waste, emission and energy losses by slowing/constricting/closing resource and energy cycles, innovation, design, maintenance and repair, reuse and production, renewal and recycling. Furthermore, this transformation provides the power to increase welfare, employment and sustainability. With this understanding, a structure is being designed that changes both the production chain, pattern of trade and consumption patterns, aiming for economic growth without increasing resource consumption (through a system based on resource efficiency). In this study, trade openness, clean energy, industrialization, human capital and technology will be included among the macro-level drivers of the CE. The effect of these drivers on the circular economy in EU27 countries between 2010-2021 is analysed by panel data analysis.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Circular Economy, Trade Openness, Renewable Energy, Human Capital, Technology

DÖNGÜSEL BİR EKONOMİYE DOĞRU: AB27’DE MAKROEKONOMİK, ÇEVRESEL VE TEKNOLOJİK ETKENLERİN ANALİZİ

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21. yüzyılın ana gündem maddeleri arasında yer alan küresel iklim değişikliği ve çevresel bozulma, ülkeleri sürdürülebilirlik ile ekonomik büyümeyi dengeleyici hem ulusal hem de küresel ölçekte yeni strateji arayışlarına yönlendirmektedir. Çoğu ülke, sanayi stratejisini değiştirmekte ve sürdürülebilir büyüme/kalkınmanın bir unsuru olarak döngüsel ekonomiyi merkeze almaktadır. Öyle ki, döngüsel ekonomi tüm boyutlarıyla sürdürülebilir bir gelecek için ön koşul olarak görülmektedir. Kaynak ve enerji döngülerinin yavaşlatılması/daraltılması/ kapatılmasıyla; girdi, atık, emisyon ve enerji kayıplarının en aza indirilerek; yeniliği, tasarımı, bakım ve onarımı, yeniden kullanım ve üretimi, yenileme ve geri-dönüşümünü de içeren bir ekonomik sistemin yaratılmasını destekleyen; refah, istihdam ve sürdürülebilirliği arttırma gücü sağlayan kapsamlı bir dönüşümü ifade etmektedir. Bu anlayışla, kaynak tüketiminde artış olmaksızın (kaynak verimliliğini temel alan bir sistemle) ekonomik büyüme hedefleyen; hem üretim zincirini hem de ticaret kalıpları ve tüketim alışkanlıklarını değiştiren bir yapı kurgulanmaktadır. Böylelikle, endüstriyel sistemlerin yeniden tasarlandığı bir kalkınma stratejisi de oluşturmaktadır. Çalışmada 2010-2021 dönemi AB27 ülkelerinde döngüsel ekonominin makro düzeyde potansiyel belirleyicileri arasında değerlendirilebilen ticari açıklık, temiz enerji, sanayileşme, beşeri sermaye ve teknolojinin etkisi panel veri analizi yöntemiyle incelenmektedir. Sonuçlara göre, döngüsellik oranının bir dönem gecikmesi, değişkenin cari değerlerinde pozitif, ticari açıklık ve yenilenebilir enerji, döngüsellik oranını negatif bir etki yaratmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Döngüsel Ekonomi, Ticari Açıklık, Yenilenebilir Enerji, Beşeri Sermaye, Teknoloji

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