Application of the data envelopment analysis technique to measure the environmental efficiency of the 27 countries of the European Union during the period 2012-2020

In the last decade, we have experienced a changing geopolitical context that has caused changes in the energy context. In addition, human activity contributes to global warming or sea level rising, i.e., climate change. A set of action policies have been implemented to continue fighting against this...

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Autores: Cámara Aceituno, Juan, Hermoso Orzáez, Manuel Jesús, Terrados Cepeda, Julio, Mena Nieto, Ángel Isidro, García Ramos, José Enrique
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/22419
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22419
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
Environmental efficiency
Eco-efficiency
Environmental policy
Energy policy
Sustainable development
European Union
3308 Ingeniería y Tecnología del Medio Ambiente
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spelling Application of the data envelopment analysis technique to measure the environmental efficiency of the 27 countries of the European Union during the period 2012-2020Cámara Aceituno, JuanHermoso Orzáez, Manuel JesúsTerrados Cepeda, JulioMena Nieto, Ángel IsidroGarcía Ramos, José EnriqueData Envelopment Analysis (DEA)Environmental efficiencyEco-efficiencyEnvironmental policyEnergy policySustainable developmentEuropean Union3308 Ingeniería y Tecnología del Medio AmbienteIn the last decade, we have experienced a changing geopolitical context that has caused changes in the energy context. In addition, human activity contributes to global warming or sea level rising, i.e., climate change. A set of action policies have been implemented to continue fighting against this environmental situation (such as the Paris Agreement, the COP27, or the European Green Deal for 2030); therefore, it is necessary to determine whether we are on the right track. It is compulsory to develop predictive models that accurately analyze the current status and the already path undertaken. To this end, this article analyzes the environmental efficiency of the 27 countries of the European Union (excluding the UK) using the so-called data envelopment analysis (DEA). In particular, economic (GDP and GDP per capita), environmental (CO2 and CH4 emissions), electricity production data, the volume of vehicles, and the industrial production rate of the different countries were collected to calculate environmental efficiency. Once these data were collected, the environmental efficiency was calculated using two methods based on the DEA. The results show that out of the 27 countries, only 12 have a relatively high environmental efficiency, although it could be improved, implementing a set of corrections. However, other countries have a low eco-efficiency performance and they must improve in the coming years. We can highlight that rich countries are closer to achieving high environmental efficiency than less developed countries.Springer Science and Business Media LLC.20232023-06-0120232023-06-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10272/22419reponame:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelvainstname:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/224192026-06-02T14:58:11Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Application of the data envelopment analysis technique to measure the environmental efficiency of the 27 countries of the European Union during the period 2012-2020
title Application of the data envelopment analysis technique to measure the environmental efficiency of the 27 countries of the European Union during the period 2012-2020
spellingShingle Application of the data envelopment analysis technique to measure the environmental efficiency of the 27 countries of the European Union during the period 2012-2020
Cámara Aceituno, Juan
Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
Environmental efficiency
Eco-efficiency
Environmental policy
Energy policy
Sustainable development
European Union
3308 Ingeniería y Tecnología del Medio Ambiente
title_short Application of the data envelopment analysis technique to measure the environmental efficiency of the 27 countries of the European Union during the period 2012-2020
title_full Application of the data envelopment analysis technique to measure the environmental efficiency of the 27 countries of the European Union during the period 2012-2020
title_fullStr Application of the data envelopment analysis technique to measure the environmental efficiency of the 27 countries of the European Union during the period 2012-2020
title_full_unstemmed Application of the data envelopment analysis technique to measure the environmental efficiency of the 27 countries of the European Union during the period 2012-2020
title_sort Application of the data envelopment analysis technique to measure the environmental efficiency of the 27 countries of the European Union during the period 2012-2020
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cámara Aceituno, Juan
Hermoso Orzáez, Manuel Jesús
Terrados Cepeda, Julio
Mena Nieto, Ángel Isidro
García Ramos, José Enrique
author Cámara Aceituno, Juan
author_facet Cámara Aceituno, Juan
Hermoso Orzáez, Manuel Jesús
Terrados Cepeda, Julio
Mena Nieto, Ángel Isidro
García Ramos, José Enrique
author_role author
author2 Hermoso Orzáez, Manuel Jesús
Terrados Cepeda, Julio
Mena Nieto, Ángel Isidro
García Ramos, José Enrique
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
Environmental efficiency
Eco-efficiency
Environmental policy
Energy policy
Sustainable development
European Union
3308 Ingeniería y Tecnología del Medio Ambiente
topic Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
Environmental efficiency
Eco-efficiency
Environmental policy
Energy policy
Sustainable development
European Union
3308 Ingeniería y Tecnología del Medio Ambiente
description In the last decade, we have experienced a changing geopolitical context that has caused changes in the energy context. In addition, human activity contributes to global warming or sea level rising, i.e., climate change. A set of action policies have been implemented to continue fighting against this environmental situation (such as the Paris Agreement, the COP27, or the European Green Deal for 2030); therefore, it is necessary to determine whether we are on the right track. It is compulsory to develop predictive models that accurately analyze the current status and the already path undertaken. To this end, this article analyzes the environmental efficiency of the 27 countries of the European Union (excluding the UK) using the so-called data envelopment analysis (DEA). In particular, economic (GDP and GDP per capita), environmental (CO2 and CH4 emissions), electricity production data, the volume of vehicles, and the industrial production rate of the different countries were collected to calculate environmental efficiency. Once these data were collected, the environmental efficiency was calculated using two methods based on the DEA. The results show that out of the 27 countries, only 12 have a relatively high environmental efficiency, although it could be improved, implementing a set of corrections. However, other countries have a low eco-efficiency performance and they must improve in the coming years. We can highlight that rich countries are closer to achieving high environmental efficiency than less developed countries.
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