ÜLKELERİN ÇEVRESEL PERFORMANS DÜZEYLERİ VE SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR KALKINMALARI ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ: ÇOK DEĞİŞKENLİ İSTATİSTİKSEL BİR ANALİZ
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Sürdürülebilir kalkınma, tüm dünya ülkelerinin ortak bir hedefi ve bu yönde atılacak adımların birlikte belirlendiği bir manifesto haline gelmiştir. Gelecek nesilleri, kendi ihtiyaçlarını karşılama kabiliyetlerinden mahrum bırakmadan, mevcut neslin ihtiyaçlarını karşılamaya yönelik atılan bu adımların en temel hedefi, nesiller arası dayanışmanın sağlanmasıdır. Dünya ekosisteminin bütünlüğünün korunması, mevcut ve gelecek yaşamın devamı için son derece önemlidir. Artık ülkeler, dünyanın bugününü ve geleceğini tehlikeye atmamak için bilinçsizce kaynak tüketimini azaltmak zorundadırlar. Bu açıdan ekonomik kalkınma hedeflerinin gerçekleştirilmesinde, çevresel etkileri göz ardı etmeyen politikaların belirlenmesi önemlidir. Bu makalede, dünya ülkelerinin çevresel performanslarının, sürdürülebilir kalkınma üzerindeki etkisi incelenmektedir. Çalışmanın amacı, dünya ülkelerinin çevresel anlamda elde ettikleri başarılarının değerlendirildiği çevresel performans endeksi göstergesi ile sürdürülebilir kalkınma endeksi göstergesi arasındaki ilişkiyi analiz etmektir. Analiz tekniği olarak Yapısal Eşitlik Modellemesi (YEM) tercih edilmiştir. Bu kapsamda, Çevresel Performans Endeksi 2020 raporuna dâhil olan ve verisine tam olarak ulaşılabilen 154 dünya ülkesi incelenmiştir. Analiz sonuçları, çevresel performansın, sürdürülebilir kalkınma üzerindeki etkisinin pozitif yönde ve güçlü olduğunu göstermektedir. Sonuçlar ampirik literatürle tutarlıdır ve ülkelerin sürdürülebilir kalkınmalarında, çevresel başarılarının önemini ortaya koymaktadır.
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Sustainable development has become a common goal of all countries throughout the world and become a manifesto in which the steps to be taken in this direction are determined together. The main goal of these steps taken to meet the needs of the current generation without depriving future generations of their ability to meet their own needs is to ensure intergenerational solidarity. Preserving the integrity of the earth's ecosystem is extremely important for the continuation of current and future life. Now, countries have to reduce unconscious resource consumption in order not to endanger the present and future of the world. In this respect, it is important to determine policies that do not ignore environmental effects in the realization of economic development goals. In this article, the impact of the environmental performances of the world's countries on sustainable development is examined. The aim of the study is to analyze the relationship between the environmental performance index indicator, which evaluates the environmental achievements of the world's countries, and the sustainable development index indicator. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was preferred as the analysis technique. In this context, 154 world countries which are included in the Environmental Performance Index 2020 report and whose data can be fully obtained were examined. The results of the analysis show that the impact of environmental performance on sustainable development is positive and strong. The results are consistent with the empirical literature and reveal the importance of environmental achievements within the sustainable development of countries.
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