Science. Business. Society.
Vol. 9 (2024), Issue 1, pg(s) 14-17

BUSINESS

The natural carbon sinks in the fight against climate change

  • 1 Business Faculty – University of Food Technology -Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Abstract

Experts’ climate models predict a continued trend in global warming over the coming decades. They present climate change as a major challenge to modern society with a clear and complex nature in various aspects – ecological, social, technological, economic and political. The EU’s response to the challenges of climate change and the environment is contained in the Union’s strategic goals and objectives for 2030 with a horizon of 2050, agreed in the Green Deal and the Digital Compass of the European Union.
The purpose of this report is to present the state of environmental indicators for Bulgaria and the region and the role of natural carbon sinks for their improvement.

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