The paper performed comparative assessment of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission trends and climate change mitigation policies in the fuel combustion sector of selected EU member states with similar economic development levels and historical pasts, and implementing main EU energy and climate change mitigation policies, having achieved different success in GHG emission reduction. The impact of climate change mitigation policies on GHG emission reduction was assessed based on analysis of countries' reports to UNFCCC by identifying the key areas of GHG emission reduction, their GHG emission reduction potential, and the driving forces behind them. The study revealed that climate change mitigation policies that have been implemented so far in Bulgaria are less efficient than in Lithuania, as Bulgaria places priorities not on energy efficiency improvement and penetration of renewable energy sources, but on switching from coal to natural gas. The policy implications for strengthening GHG emissions reduction efforts are provided based on analysis conducted.
1.Vilnius Univ, Kaunas Fac, Muitines 8, LT-44280 Kaunas, Lithuania 2.Lithuanian Inst Agr Econ, V Kudirkos Str 18-2, LT-03105 Vilnius, Lithuania 3.Lithuanian Energy Inst, Breslaujos 3, LT-44403 Kaunas, Lithuania 4.Vytautas Magnus Univ, Agr Acad, Fac Bioecon Dev, Univ G-10, LT-53361 Kaunas, Lithuania
Recommended Citation:
Mikalauskiene, Asta,Streimikis, Justas,Mikalauskas, Ignas,et al. Comparative Assessment of Climate Change Mitigation Policies in Fuel Combustion Sector of Lithuania and Bulgaria[J]. ENERGIES,2019-01-01,12(3)