Year 2017, Issue 134

Date published

18.12.2017

Table of content

  • Radka Nenova
    THE CLIMATE STATE AND TRENDS IN BULGARIA AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE
    JEL: Q 10, Q54.
    Keywords: climate elements, climatic anomalies, greenhouse gases in agricultural sector, decoupling analysis, trend.
    Summary: This study focuses on one of the greatest contemporary global challenges - climate change. An interdisciplinary approach has been applied to this research, thus making it possible to study the condition of climate in parallel with the dynamics of the greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture. The main thesis, which is defen ... ... CONTENTS Introduction Chapter One. The greenhouse effect on the climate and economy 1.1. Global climate change and the need to reduce the harmful emissions 1.2. International control over greenhouse gas reduction 1.3. Greenhouse gas monitoring policy of the European Union 1.4. National policy on greenhouse gas control Chapter Two. Climate Change Criteria and GHG Emissions Indicators 2.1. Climate change research 2.2. Sectoral greenhouse gas emissions indicators 2.3. Decoupling between greenhouse gas emissions and driving forces Chapter Three. Analysis of climate changes and greenhouse gas emissions in the agricultural sector of Bulgaria 3.1. Change of the major climate elements in Bulgaria in the period between 1901 and 2015 3.2. Dynamics of agricultural GHG Emissions in Bulgaria for the period 1990 – 2015 3.3. Decoupling analysis of Bulgaria’s agriculture for the period 1990 – 2015 Conclusion References Appendices ABSTRACT This study focuses on one of the greatest contemporary global challenges - climate change. An interdisciplinary approach has been applied to this research, thus making it possible to study the condition of climate in parallel with the dynamics of the greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture. The main thesis, which is defended in the study, is that in recent years, the climate of Bulgaria has been characterized by anomalies (not changes), while the link between the driving force of the Bulgarian agriculture and the harmful emissions in the sector has been broken, i.e., over the period under survey, there has been no link between the realization of agricultural activities and greenhouse gas emissions as a result of these activities. This research paper of the climate condition and trends in Bulgaria and the greenhouse gas emissions in the sector of agriculture has been structured in the following order: first place is given to the impact of the greenhouse effect on climate and economy; in the second part, the methodological guidelines have been synthesized, and the third part represents a conducted empirical study showing data on the climate elements in Bulgaria and the harmful emissions in the agricultural sector.