Romania Toward a Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Economy : Benchmarking Study

World Bank

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: CLIMATE VARIABILITY;    JOBS;    GREENHOUSE;    ENERGY SECURITY;    LEAD;   

RP-ID  :  103909

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This report is about Romanis'sGreen growth benchmarking, which is a country-leveldiagnostic that helps define a country’s strengths andvulnerabilities in adopting a path to greener growth. Theprocess of defining a country’s green growth path startswith an analysis aimed at mapping the country’s currentposition on a multi-dimensional green-growth chart, witheach dimension defined by an indicator of green growth. Aframework to define a list of questions key to understandinghow Romania or any country compares in an internationalcontext is constructed with three considerations: “howgreen?,” “going green,” and “riding a green wave.” Thisframework is used to guide a benchmarking exercise that mapsRomania against comparator countries and country groupsusing a dataset of more than 100 indicators for 69countries. The following were the key findings: (i) Romaniais well-endowed with natural resources, which, if usedproductively, can support strong and sustained economicgrowth; (ii) despite drastic improvements since the early1990s, Romania’s economy has high intensity greenhouse gasemissions and high energy intensity. However, as a member ofthe European Union (EU) the country already facesobligations to reduce its emissions; (iii) makingadaptations to protect tomorrow’s output from climate damageis also important for Romania, a country more vulnerable toclimate change than others in the EU; and (iv) a greenerworld will require economic transition, and successfultransformation will depend on the flexibility of thecountry’s economy--its ability to absorb shocks—and itsreadiness to take advantage of new opportunities. Romaniadoes not appear ready to take advantage of new greenopportunities: in research and development indicators andthe innovation and knowledge economy, Romania lags farbehind the EU. The following were the conclusions andrecommendations: (i) this benchmarking exercise identified aselected set of issues within the broad green growth agendawhich Romania should focus on as it considers how to moveonto a greener growth path; and (ii) a country pursuinggreen growth might find regular benchmarking analysis ofvalue in identifying emerging green issues.