Bottom-up Efforts for a Low-Carbon Economy: Examples of Local Action Groups Activities in Poland and the Czech Republic

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Trnková, Gabriela
Furmankiewicz, Marek
Kola-Bezka, Maria
Hewitt, Richard J.
Date
2024-04
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University of Hradec Králové
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Abstract
Actions to counteract and adapt to rapid climate change caused by human activity require large-scale initiatives undertaken by international agencies and central governments as well as changes in the functioning of local economies and communities. In this article, we analyze the possibilities of involving rural territorial partnerships (so-called Local Action Groups; LAGs) in supporting the transformation of the EU local socio-economic systems towards a low-carbon economy (LCE). LAGs operate as associations of local stakeholders from the public, business, social and voluntary sectors and work for local socio-economicdevelopment. They can implement projects supporting energy transformation at three levels: as cooperation projects between LAGs and external institutions, as individual (own) projects, and by supporting grassroots initiatives of local stakeholders. In this paper we present examples of such activities, based on content analysis of LAGs strategic documents and websites. We point out that the potential of LAGs in supporting initiatives towards LCE is currently underused, which may be due to the low social awareness and low financial resources of local communities. However, LAGs have significant potential to support local pro-environmental initiatives using neo-endogenous development mechanisms, in which voluntary local actions are stimulated by external support.
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The data to this paper were gathered under the project No. 2019/33/B/HS4/00176 financed by National Science Center, Kraków, Poland.
Keywords
low-carbon economy    circular economy    local action groups    bottom-up actions    Poland    Czech Republic
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Trnková, G., Furmankiewicz, M., Kola-Bezka, M., Hewitt, R. J. (2024). Bottom-up Efforts for a Low-Carbon Economy: Examples of Local Action Groups Activities in Poland and the Czech Republic. Hradec Economic Days 14(1): 453–465. https://doi.org/10.36689/uhk/hed/2024-01-040
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https://depot.ceon.pl/handle/123456789/24180
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