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The Effect of Environmental Degradation, Climate Change, and the European Green Deal Tools on Life Satisfaction
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Abstract Environmental issues, sustainability, and climate change have become the targets of many policies from international and governmental organizations including the EU’s European Green Deal action plan. This plan provides tools to address them—which include support for the circular economy, implementat... view more
Environmental issues, sustainability, and climate change have become the targets of many policies from international and governmental organizations including the EU’s European Green Deal action plan. This plan provides tools to address them—which include support for the circular economy, implementation of energy and environmental taxes, and investment in environmental protection—with the aim of favoring the well-being of EU citizens. In this context, this study analyses the impact of several parameters (environmental matters, global warming, circular economy, energy and environmental taxes, and expenditure and investment on the environment) on life satisfaction, or subjective well-being, and their effects on 33 European countries. For this purpose, four econometric models were carried out using data collected from the World Values Survey (WVS), the European Values Study (EVS), and the World Bank and Eurostat, reflecting subjective citizen satisfaction data. The findings present a highly significant inverse relationship between life satisfaction variables and both environmental problems and energy taxes. Additionally, there is a highly significant positive relationship between circular economy, environmental tax, and environmental protection expenditure parameters and life satisfaction variables, as well as, to a lesser degree of significance, with noise pollution from neighbours.... view less
Keywords
satisfaction with life; environment; environmental protection; climate change; recycling management; environment tax; investment; well-being; EU citizen; EU; Europe; environmental pollution; regression analysis
Classification
European Politics
Ecology, Environment
Special areas of Departmental Policy
Free Keywords
European Green Deal; satisfaction life; circular economy; energy and environmental taxes; investment on environmental protection; ZA7500: European Values Study 2017: Integrated Dataset (EVS 2017) (Data file Version 4.0); World Values Survey (WVS)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 1-14
Journal
Energies, 14 (2021) 18
Issue topic
Governance, Legislation and Economic Policy for Green Energy Production: The EU Green Deal Framework and Horizon 2030
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/en14185839
ISSN
1996-1073
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed