| Titre : | Economic activities and linked pressures |
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| Auteurs : | M. Outters, coord. ; L. Tode, coord. ; N. Benalouache ; M. Bernal ; O. Bessaoud ; M. Blinda ; M. Caparis ; A. Carlson ; J. Fosse ; L. Fourlain ; F. Galgani ; A. Gonzalez ; G. Gonzalez ; H. Hamza ; L. Khodjet ; S. Klarwein ; J. Lloret ; R. Mancini ; F. Massa ; K. Moukaddem ; F. Rossi de ; C. Schröder ; A. Srour |
| Type de document : | Chapitre d'ouvrage |
| Editeur : | Marseille [France] : Plan Bleu, 2020 |
| Format : | p. 119-179 |
| Note générale : | Chapter 4 |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Langues du résumé : | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
Catégories principales 03 - POLITIQUE ET THEORIE ECONOMIQUE ; 3.3 - Politique et Situation EconomiquesThésaurus IAMM CONSOMMATION ; GESTION DES RESSOURCES ; IMPACT SUR L'ENVIRONNEMENT ; DEGRADATION DU SOL ; DEGRADATION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT ; CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE ; COMPORTEMENT DU CONSOMMATEUR ; DURABILITE ; POLITIQUE PUBLIQUE ; MARCHE ; ADAPTATION DE LA PRODUCTION ; REGION MEDITERRANEENNE |
| Résumé : | Current consumption and production patterns, characterized by high resource consumption combined with low recycling rates and unsatisfactory waste management, are unsustainable overall and lead to considerable environmental degradation in the Mediterranean region, including land take and degradation, water scarcity, noise, water and air pollution, biodiversity loss and climate change. Pressures resulting from agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture, energy, tourism, transport and industries have the potential to be mitigated to a certain extent. To reach sustainability, they need to be accompanied by more environmentally responsible overall consumer behaviour as well as by the circular, local and resource-efficient production of goods and services. The transition to sustainable economic sectors will both reduce pressures on the environment and increase the resilience of economic activities that depend on quality natural environments, while increasing overall human well-being. Mediterranean countries have initiated many efforts and innovations to foster a green and blue economy. Still, the dominant pattern of economic activities in the Mediterranean remains resource-intense (including carbon), linear (not circular), and generates numerous types of pollution, which are characteristic of market failures inherent to common goods such as the environment. Transitioning to sustainable economic activities requires urgent and coordinated efforts both on production and consumption. On the production side, economic activities must be further regulated to correct the mentioned market failures through targeted policy mixes, including market-based instruments that favour environmentally friendly activities and disadvantage polluting ones. On the demand side, decision makers need enhanced support from the social and behavioural sciences to design measures that will lead to needed radical changes in consumer behaviour. |
| Cote : | Online |
| URL / DOI : | https://planbleu.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SoED-Full-Report.pdf |
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