Position of European countries in sustainable resource management
Conference Object Open access M33
2023
Stojanović, Anđelka 
Nikolić, Ivica
Milošević, Isidora
University of Belgrade, Technical Faculty in Bor
Proceedings - 54th International October Conference on Mining and Metallurgy - IOC 2023, 18-21 October 2023, Bor Lake, Serbia
100
103
English
M33 - Conference paper at an international conference, printed in full
The emergence of new crises, along with old global trends in production and consumption, impose serious challenges on planetary boundaries regarding pollution, climate change, and severe depletion of natural resources. With the further development of industry in recent decades, the problems relating to the environment became pronounced and provoked global interest. As a result, the United Nations proposed Sustainable Development Goals to promote practices and targets for reducing adverse effects caused by socio-economic development. This paper presents an approach to assessing sustainable resource management practices measured through indicators of responsible consumption and production available in the Eurostat database. The Evaluation Based on Distance from Average Solution (EDAS) method has been used to evaluate the efforts of 27 European countries according to indicators that are part of sustainable development goals. The results indicate the spatial division of EU countries in implementing environmentally oriented sustainable practices. This research can imply that more developed European countries should promote successful practices and help the rest to the whole of Europe reach sustainability until targeted 2030.
sustainable resource management, EU countries, EDAS
ISBN
978-86-6305-140-9