{"id":136168,"date":"2024-12-20T07:56:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T05:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/green-transition-in-the-western-balkans-requires-stronger-focus-on-sustainable-innovation\/"},"modified":"2024-12-20T07:56:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T05:56:46","slug":"green-transition-in-the-western-balkans-requires-stronger-focus-on-sustainable-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/green-transition-in-the-western-balkans-requires-stronger-focus-on-sustainable-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Green transition in the Western Balkans requires stronger focus on sustainable innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136168\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Western Balkan economies are in the initial phase of a green transition, lagging behind EU countries, according to various indicators. Progress in smart specialisation \u2013 introduced in 2016, and involving shared features with green transition such as sustainability, environmental priorities, societal challenges and digitalisation \u2013 can help unlock the potential of a green transformation, a JRC analysis shows.<\/p>\n<p>According to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the Western Balkan economies currently lag behind 11 EU countries in Central Eastern Europe in terms of the green quality of a sustainable market economy. According to World Bank data, emissions are predominantly generated in the electricity and heating sector, a relatively higher proportion compared to most EU member states. The sole exception is Albania, where the transport sector is the primary contributor to emissions.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Balkans are particularly vulnerable to climate change due to a relatively high percentage of the population employed in weather and climate-related sectors, such as agriculture, forestry, and tourism, compared to Western and North Europe. The EU integration process is currently the main political driver of change in the region, also in the environment sector. The Green Agenda for the Western Balkans, aims to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, decouple economic growth from resource use, and ensure inclusive progress. The agenda focuses on five key pillars:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Transitioning to clean energy sources and climate protection.<\/li>\n<li>Shifting towards a circular economy.<\/li>\n<li>Depolluting air, water, and soil.<\/li>\n<li>Developing sustainable agriculture and food systems.<\/li>\n<li>Safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystems.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu\/jrc-news-and-updates\/green-transition-western-balkans-requires-stronger-focus-sustainable-innovation-2024-12-19_en\">European Commission<\/a><\/p>\n<p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/green-transition-in-the-western-balkans-requires-stronger-focus-on-sustainable-innovation\/\">Green transition in the Western Balkans requires stronger focus on sustainable innovation<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[575,3587,13820],"class_list":["post-136168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-green-transition","tag-western-balkans"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}