The literature suggests different approaches towards modelling of the environmental impact caused by the production processes. The present paper attempts to establish a framework for multicriteria comparison of agricultural sectors of the European Union Member States and identify the performance gaps in terms of energy-related carbon dioxide emission. The research relies on the two approaches, viz. the by-production approach and the multi-criteria decision making approach. The environmental performance indicators were evaluated in regards to the desirable output (gross value added), inputs, and the undesirable output (carbon dioxide emission). The results indicate that Slovakia, Estonia, Lithuania, and Hungary should attempt to improve their carbon factors by implementing cleaner energy technologies. The combinations of by-production sub-indices suggest that productivity gains are more important for Sweden, Belgium, Poland, and France. Czech Republic, Latvia, and Finland are specific with low performance in terms of both the intended production and the undesirable output. The MCDM approach identified similar trends in performance as suggested by country ranking and correlation analysis.
The literature suggests different approaches towards modelling of the environmental impact caused by the production processes. The present paper attempts to establish a framework for multicriteria comparison of agricultural sectors of the European Union Member States and identify the performance gaps in terms of energy-related carbon dioxide emission. The research relies on the two approaches, viz. the by-production approach and the multi-criteria decision making approach. The environmental performance indicators were evaluated in regards to the desirable output (gross value added), inputs, and the undesirable output (carbon dioxide emission). The results indicate that Slovakia, Estonia, Lithuania, and Hungary should attempt to improve their carbon factors by implementing cleaner energy technologies. The combinations of by-production sub-indices suggest that productivity gains are more important for Sweden, Belgium, Poland, and France. Czech Republic, Latvia, and Finland are specific with low performance in terms of both the intended production and the undesirable output. The MCDM approach identified similar trends in performance as suggested by country ranking and correlation analysis.
With the rapid development of industry and manufacturing, emissions of the most environmentally harmful substances are increasingly, leading to more unfavourable climate change. For this reason, it is necessary to ensure a more efficient use of non-renewable resources and reduce negative impact on the environment in manufacturing processes. In this context, it is very important to promote equipment and plant linked to cleaner technology investment which can reduce negative impact on the environment, but it is still unclear what determinants of cleaner technology investment in manufacturing sector are. Therefore, it is appropriate to investigate manufacturing sector's investment in cleaner technology determinants. The object for this work is factors for manufacturing sector investment in cleaner technologies. The aim for this paper is to identify factors for investment in cleaner technologies in the European Union. Research objectives: 1. To overview relevance of science researches related to investment in cleaner technologies. 2. To identify the factors of investment from a theoretical point of view. 3. To prepare a methodology for empirical research of factors influencing manufacturing sector investment in cleaner technologies. 4. To determine the factors for manufacturing sector investment in cleaner technology in the in the European Union through an empirical study. Research methods: analysis of scientific literature, regression analysis of statistical data and synthesis method. Based on the analysis of the problem in the first part, it has been identified that the manufacturing sector needs to introduce and invest in cleaner technologies. Second part concentrated on theoretical analysis of factors of investment. Results showed that that the main factors that may affect the manufacturing sector's investment in cleaner technologies in the European Union are environmental taxes, leverage of companies, electricity price uncertainty, energy consumption, public support, public education, inflation, GDP growth, CO2 ...
Today global warming is a worldwide problem that requires global solutions and the main cause of this problem is inefficient usage and making of energy. Sustainable energy means solving all social, economical and environmental problems in ways that support human development over the long term. Current energy system deals with many aspects of unsustainability and energy efficiency and intensity, increasing the share of renewable energy in the energy balance, researches and development of new technologies, energy pricing, reducing Carbon Dioxide emissions, cleaner fuels, subsidization and internalization of externalities and market opening are the main targets of sustainable energy development. Even though all three Baltic States have implemented similar policies and measures helping to reduce GHG emissions but the results are different. And this is mainly because of differences between those three countries: in size, primary energy mix, and in final energy consumption. The object of this work is support mechanisms for climate change mitigation. The main aim is to evaluate the preferences of the potential energy consumers by choosing instruments for the promotion of green energy and by choosing the way energy power is being produced. Research lasted 30 days, from the 3 of April till the 2nd of May. 330 people were questioned in supermarkets: "Mega", "Savas" and "Akropolis". There are slightly more respondents who would rather use atomic energy than energy produced by using renewable energy sources. Respondents who chose atomic energy also chose a grant of 20 % and a support from EU Structural funds (30 %) as mechanisms for climate change mitigation. The structure of graduation dissertation consists of 76 pages, 8 charts and 19 pictures.
Today global warming is a worldwide problem that requires global solutions and the main cause of this problem is inefficient usage and making of energy. Sustainable energy means solving all social, economical and environmental problems in ways that support human development over the long term. Current energy system deals with many aspects of unsustainability and energy efficiency and intensity, increasing the share of renewable energy in the energy balance, researches and development of new technologies, energy pricing, reducing Carbon Dioxide emissions, cleaner fuels, subsidization and internalization of externalities and market opening are the main targets of sustainable energy development. Even though all three Baltic States have implemented similar policies and measures helping to reduce GHG emissions but the results are different. And this is mainly because of differences between those three countries: in size, primary energy mix, and in final energy consumption. The object of this work is support mechanisms for climate change mitigation. The main aim is to evaluate the preferences of the potential energy consumers by choosing instruments for the promotion of green energy and by choosing the way energy power is being produced. Research lasted 30 days, from the 3 of April till the 2nd of May. 330 people were questioned in supermarkets: "Mega", "Savas" and "Akropolis". There are slightly more respondents who would rather use atomic energy than energy produced by using renewable energy sources. Respondents who chose atomic energy also chose a grant of 20 % and a support from EU Structural funds (30 %) as mechanisms for climate change mitigation. The structure of graduation dissertation consists of 76 pages, 8 charts and 19 pictures.
Master thesis analyses the objectives that influence U.S. climate policy and its decisions to participate in multilateral agreements on climate change. The objective is to determine the differences between climate change policy framing in rethoric of U.S. presidents: George Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump, when talking about international multilateral agreements. Also, to determine whether the framing reflects the factual objectives that influence national climate policy. The research problem is to find out how U.S. presidents – G. Bush, B. Obama and D. Trump – frame their own decision of (non)participation in cases of Kyoto Protocol and Paris Accord in order to legitimize political decisions. Master thesis seeks to prove that factual objectives that influence U.S. climate policy do not change or change slowly and gradually. Therefore, cardinally different climate policy pivots – (non)participation in Kyoto Protocol, leadership in Paris Accord and withdrawal from Paris Accord can only be explained by discourse and framing. U.S. climate policy drivers are liberal market economy, presidential system, dependency on carbon energy and growing population. These factors mostly reflect in president D. Trump's discourse. By theory, these climate policy drivers prevent U.S. from implementing strict environmental regulations. Therefore, the only way to reach Paris objectives is to invest in energy efficiency and clean energy. B. Obama's discourse analysis shows that this path is the most convenient for the States. However, in the conclusions the idea is formulated that multi-track approach recommended by the theory, in reality becomes an object of political manipulation, especially with powerful countries like U.S. The decision made by president D. Trump to withdraw U. S. from Paris Accord is an example of that. President's discourse analysis proves it.
Master thesis analyses the objectives that influence U.S. climate policy and its decisions to participate in multilateral agreements on climate change. The objective is to determine the differences between climate change policy framing in rethoric of U.S. presidents: George Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump, when talking about international multilateral agreements. Also, to determine whether the framing reflects the factual objectives that influence national climate policy. The research problem is to find out how U.S. presidents – G. Bush, B. Obama and D. Trump – frame their own decision of (non)participation in cases of Kyoto Protocol and Paris Accord in order to legitimize political decisions. Master thesis seeks to prove that factual objectives that influence U.S. climate policy do not change or change slowly and gradually. Therefore, cardinally different climate policy pivots – (non)participation in Kyoto Protocol, leadership in Paris Accord and withdrawal from Paris Accord can only be explained by discourse and framing. U.S. climate policy drivers are liberal market economy, presidential system, dependency on carbon energy and growing population. These factors mostly reflect in president D. Trump's discourse. By theory, these climate policy drivers prevent U.S. from implementing strict environmental regulations. Therefore, the only way to reach Paris objectives is to invest in energy efficiency and clean energy. B. Obama's discourse analysis shows that this path is the most convenient for the States. However, in the conclusions the idea is formulated that multi-track approach recommended by the theory, in reality becomes an object of political manipulation, especially with powerful countries like U.S. The decision made by president D. Trump to withdraw U. S. from Paris Accord is an example of that. President's discourse analysis proves it.
Master thesis analyses the objectives that influence U.S. climate policy and its decisions to participate in multilateral agreements on climate change. The objective is to determine the differences between climate change policy framing in rethoric of U.S. presidents: George Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump, when talking about international multilateral agreements. Also, to determine whether the framing reflects the factual objectives that influence national climate policy. The research problem is to find out how U.S. presidents – G. Bush, B. Obama and D. Trump – frame their own decision of (non)participation in cases of Kyoto Protocol and Paris Accord in order to legitimize political decisions. Master thesis seeks to prove that factual objectives that influence U.S. climate policy do not change or change slowly and gradually. Therefore, cardinally different climate policy pivots – (non)participation in Kyoto Protocol, leadership in Paris Accord and withdrawal from Paris Accord can only be explained by discourse and framing. U.S. climate policy drivers are liberal market economy, presidential system, dependency on carbon energy and growing population. These factors mostly reflect in president D. Trump's discourse. By theory, these climate policy drivers prevent U.S. from implementing strict environmental regulations. Therefore, the only way to reach Paris objectives is to invest in energy efficiency and clean energy. B. Obama's discourse analysis shows that this path is the most convenient for the States. However, in the conclusions the idea is formulated that multi-track approach recommended by the theory, in reality becomes an object of political manipulation, especially with powerful countries like U.S. The decision made by president D. Trump to withdraw U. S. from Paris Accord is an example of that. President's discourse analysis proves it.
Master thesis analyses the objectives that influence U.S. climate policy and its decisions to participate in multilateral agreements on climate change. The objective is to determine the differences between climate change policy framing in rethoric of U.S. presidents: George Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump, when talking about international multilateral agreements. Also, to determine whether the framing reflects the factual objectives that influence national climate policy. The research problem is to find out how U.S. presidents – G. Bush, B. Obama and D. Trump – frame their own decision of (non)participation in cases of Kyoto Protocol and Paris Accord in order to legitimize political decisions. Master thesis seeks to prove that factual objectives that influence U.S. climate policy do not change or change slowly and gradually. Therefore, cardinally different climate policy pivots – (non)participation in Kyoto Protocol, leadership in Paris Accord and withdrawal from Paris Accord can only be explained by discourse and framing. U.S. climate policy drivers are liberal market economy, presidential system, dependency on carbon energy and growing population. These factors mostly reflect in president D. Trump's discourse. By theory, these climate policy drivers prevent U.S. from implementing strict environmental regulations. Therefore, the only way to reach Paris objectives is to invest in energy efficiency and clean energy. B. Obama's discourse analysis shows that this path is the most convenient for the States. However, in the conclusions the idea is formulated that multi-track approach recommended by the theory, in reality becomes an object of political manipulation, especially with powerful countries like U.S. The decision made by president D. Trump to withdraw U. S. from Paris Accord is an example of that. President's discourse analysis proves it.
Recently, the number of cases is rising because of the various hazardous materials contamination around the nature. Most often this occurs because of unexpected natural disasters. For example, due to a strong earthquake that triggered the tsunami, a huge disaster in Japan occurred (Fukushima nuclear power plant case). At that time, a large part of radioactive nuclear materials spread in the open ocean and this breakthrough that is widespread even now still cannot be stopped. It applies not only to the pollution of the ocean, but to all other different countries within outside territorial waters. The question is: Are the affected State has the right to compensation in this case? Then who should pay for damages? What is the legal regulation for such situations? International environmental law is mainly expressed in treaties and other international legal instruments, but it cannot be applied for the marine pollution with nuclear materials because there is no legal regulation in this field. Hereinafter, the problem of deficiency of legal regulation will be examined specifically in the area of oceans, sea borders, and territorial waters pollution by radioactive materials. And finally, there will be explored the issues to whether there is an obligation for a legal entity to compensate the damage to another state when according to the force majeure circumstances the radioactive nuclear materials spread and contaminate other state's outside territorial waters and ocean? The main goal of this thesis is to determine whether there is an obligation of a legal person to compensate the damages to another state within force majeure conditions radioactive nuclear materials contaminate other states outside territorial waters and the seas. Main tasks: First, analysis of the human right to a clean environment in international law, and also nuclear pollution consequences; Then there is, revelation of nuclear pollution features of international law, while reviewing the disposition of nuclear material aspects in the international and national levels; Thirdly, analysis of the relation of nuclear damage and pollution of the marine environment concepts; Fourthly, examination of civil liability in Public International Law; Fifthly, clearing out the responsible person in the event of contamination of territorial waters and oceans. The main hypothesis - there is no obligation for a legal entity to compensate the damage to another state when according to the force majeure circumstances the radioactive nuclear materials spread and contaminate other state's outside territorial waters and ocean. The human right to a clean environment in international and national laws in the analysis showed that according to the national level - the Lithuanian Constitution in Article 53, establishes environmental and public security for human health conditions and herein is determined by a person's right to breathe clean and fresh air, use uncontaminated natural resources. When examining the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, during 1972 United Nations conference held and various sources of scientific publications that are reasonably arguing that the right to a clean environment needs to be fully legally regulated for living a healthy life and a being in a healthy environment of necessity, because the occurrence of nuclear pollution is in danger to human health, their well-being in a contaminated environment. Herein will be also analyzed the specific features of the disposition of nuclear materials in international law, it became clear that each country determines its own legal regulation related to radioactive materials of their national legislation and hereinafter international law for the same problem is based on the relation with other countries and international cooperation in law infringement. It was found that the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) is the world's center of cooperation in the field of nuclear energy and its possession taken major legislation. It was found that the main issues dealing with marine pollution legislation are adopted by the United Nations Convention of the Law of The Sea. There is a lot of issues about environment and its conservation defined in this Convention, but it does not specify the marine radioactive pollution. According to the marine environment and radioactive pollutions concepts observed, there has been shown that the concept of nuclear marine pollution does not apply anywhere. Under the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage, the concept of nuclear damage is defined better, it is obvious that only the direct damage to human life and property is being stated here. What is more, the question of civil liability associated with environmental pollution losses is still a problem due to the lack of a legal regulation in this field. In 1963 . Vienna Convention establishes an absolute liability of the operator for nuclear damage, but if the exemptions in this case like force majeure, civil liability does not apply to nuclear contamination of the operator. In the view of the land-based sources, the Convention of the Law of The Sea requires to establish pollution prevention measures including the internationally approved rules, standards and recommended practices and procedures. It was found in Vienna Convention that the operator shall not be liable for nuclear damage caused by a nuclear incident, except when the States, who is responsible for damage, laws may provide the contrary prediction - the operator shall not be liable for nuclear damage caused by a nuclear incident directly due to severe natural disasters. \"Operator\", in relation to a nuclear installation, means the person designated or recognized by the Installation State as the operator of that installation. Hence, the force majeure conditions resulting in nuclear contamination do not require a legal entity to compensate the losses and damages to another state.
In the second half of the twentieth century begun a new phase of human relationship with nature – o global ecological crisis. Waste collection and management is recognized as the most important and difficult in environment. Master's research object – domestic waste sorting in Lithuania. The aim – to analyze Lithuania's Ministry's of Environment communication to promote domestic waste sorting in a context of sustainable development. The tasks: to reveal the importance of waste sorting in the context of sustainable development; to clarify the basic principles of waste management policies, domestic waste management and sorting features in Lithuania and foreign countries; to examine the Lithuania's Ministry's of Environment communications of the public relations, waste sorting promotion iniciatives; to investigate public awareness and education in the environment opportunities and prospects, public participation - the right to environmental information and ensuring its interest in environmental protection and in domestic waste sorting issues; analyze the Lithuania's Ministry's of Environment communications in promotion activities of the domestic waste sorting. Using a descriptive, analytical, historical and literary sources and methods of analysis leads to the conclusion that waste collection and processing is recognized as most recent and most sophisticated sector of environmental protection and is very important in European Union's environmental policy, priority is given to this sector also in Lithuania. Assuming, that in most European Union countries waste is sorted, recycled and re-used for energy, heat and other materials, waste sorting in the context of sustainable development is important as economically as socially. Sorting and recycling reduces waste causing risks, protects natural resources, supports clean and healthy environment, reduces fees for waste management. Taking in mind the reticence of waste sorting in both the private and the business sectors in Lithuania, public awareness and environmental education is one of the key measures, that can be seen as a change in environmental pressures. The largest role in impementing the promotion of waste sorting has Lithuania's Ministry of Environment. Unfortunately, after the waste sorting iniciative analysis and pilot evaluation of communication activities, it became clear that the ongoing communication activities are not implemented systematically and sufficiently unorganized, society does not encourage the sort of waste, there is a lack of specific information and only very few public campaigns. Thus, public education, including environmental education, eco-friendly environment and lifestyle, is one of the priority objectives of sustainable development. To promote waste sorting in Lithuania, the current low waste management level needs to be raised by environmental education and economic impact, approaching attitude development in kindergartens and schools and providing more information through mass media. In order to become this a social problem publicity is necessary. Master's work may be useful for environmental institutions, public relations professionals, for communication and information direction students and teachers and those, interested in environmental problems and communication effectiveness of public institutions.
In the second half of the twentieth century begun a new phase of human relationship with nature – o global ecological crisis. Waste collection and management is recognized as the most important and difficult in environment. Master's research object – domestic waste sorting in Lithuania. The aim – to analyze Lithuania's Ministry's of Environment communication to promote domestic waste sorting in a context of sustainable development. The tasks: to reveal the importance of waste sorting in the context of sustainable development; to clarify the basic principles of waste management policies, domestic waste management and sorting features in Lithuania and foreign countries; to examine the Lithuania's Ministry's of Environment communications of the public relations, waste sorting promotion iniciatives; to investigate public awareness and education in the environment opportunities and prospects, public participation - the right to environmental information and ensuring its interest in environmental protection and in domestic waste sorting issues; analyze the Lithuania's Ministry's of Environment communications in promotion activities of the domestic waste sorting. Using a descriptive, analytical, historical and literary sources and methods of analysis leads to the conclusion that waste collection and processing is recognized as most recent and most sophisticated sector of environmental protection and is very important in European Union's environmental policy, priority is given to this sector also in Lithuania. Assuming, that in most European Union countries waste is sorted, recycled and re-used for energy, heat and other materials, waste sorting in the context of sustainable development is important as economically as socially. Sorting and recycling reduces waste causing risks, protects natural resources, supports clean and healthy environment, reduces fees for waste management. Taking in mind the reticence of waste sorting in both the private and the business sectors in Lithuania, public awareness and environmental education is one of the key measures, that can be seen as a change in environmental pressures. The largest role in impementing the promotion of waste sorting has Lithuania's Ministry of Environment. Unfortunately, after the waste sorting iniciative analysis and pilot evaluation of communication activities, it became clear that the ongoing communication activities are not implemented systematically and sufficiently unorganized, society does not encourage the sort of waste, there is a lack of specific information and only very few public campaigns. Thus, public education, including environmental education, eco-friendly environment and lifestyle, is one of the priority objectives of sustainable development. To promote waste sorting in Lithuania, the current low waste management level needs to be raised by environmental education and economic impact, approaching attitude development in kindergartens and schools and providing more information through mass media. In order to become this a social problem publicity is necessary. Master's work may be useful for environmental institutions, public relations professionals, for communication and information direction students and teachers and those, interested in environmental problems and communication effectiveness of public institutions.
In the second half of the twentieth century begun a new phase of human relationship with nature – o global ecological crisis. Waste collection and management is recognized as the most important and difficult in environment. Master's research object – domestic waste sorting in Lithuania. The aim – to analyze Lithuania's Ministry's of Environment communication to promote domestic waste sorting in a context of sustainable development. The tasks: to reveal the importance of waste sorting in the context of sustainable development; to clarify the basic principles of waste management policies, domestic waste management and sorting features in Lithuania and foreign countries; to examine the Lithuania's Ministry's of Environment communications of the public relations, waste sorting promotion iniciatives; to investigate public awareness and education in the environment opportunities and prospects, public participation - the right to environmental information and ensuring its interest in environmental protection and in domestic waste sorting issues; analyze the Lithuania's Ministry's of Environment communications in promotion activities of the domestic waste sorting. Using a descriptive, analytical, historical and literary sources and methods of analysis leads to the conclusion that waste collection and processing is recognized as most recent and most sophisticated sector of environmental protection and is very important in European Union's environmental policy, priority is given to this sector also in Lithuania. Assuming, that in most European Union countries waste is sorted, recycled and re-used for energy, heat and other materials, waste sorting in the context of sustainable development is important as economically as socially. Sorting and recycling reduces waste causing risks, protects natural resources, supports clean and healthy environment, reduces fees for waste management. Taking in mind the reticence of waste sorting in both the private and the business sectors in Lithuania, public awareness and environmental education is one of the key measures, that can be seen as a change in environmental pressures. The largest role in impementing the promotion of waste sorting has Lithuania's Ministry of Environment. Unfortunately, after the waste sorting iniciative analysis and pilot evaluation of communication activities, it became clear that the ongoing communication activities are not implemented systematically and sufficiently unorganized, society does not encourage the sort of waste, there is a lack of specific information and only very few public campaigns. Thus, public education, including environmental education, eco-friendly environment and lifestyle, is one of the priority objectives of sustainable development. To promote waste sorting in Lithuania, the current low waste management level needs to be raised by environmental education and economic impact, approaching attitude development in kindergartens and schools and providing more information through mass media. In order to become this a social problem publicity is necessary. Master's work may be useful for environmental institutions, public relations professionals, for communication and information direction students and teachers and those, interested in environmental problems and communication effectiveness of public institutions.
In the second half of the twentieth century begun a new phase of human relationship with nature – o global ecological crisis. Waste collection and management is recognized as the most important and difficult in environment. Master's research object – domestic waste sorting in Lithuania. The aim – to analyze Lithuania's Ministry's of Environment communication to promote domestic waste sorting in a context of sustainable development. The tasks: to reveal the importance of waste sorting in the context of sustainable development; to clarify the basic principles of waste management policies, domestic waste management and sorting features in Lithuania and foreign countries; to examine the Lithuania's Ministry's of Environment communications of the public relations, waste sorting promotion iniciatives; to investigate public awareness and education in the environment opportunities and prospects, public participation - the right to environmental information and ensuring its interest in environmental protection and in domestic waste sorting issues; analyze the Lithuania's Ministry's of Environment communications in promotion activities of the domestic waste sorting. Using a descriptive, analytical, historical and literary sources and methods of analysis leads to the conclusion that waste collection and processing is recognized as most recent and most sophisticated sector of environmental protection and is very important in European Union's environmental policy, priority is given to this sector also in Lithuania. Assuming, that in most European Union countries waste is sorted, recycled and re-used for energy, heat and other materials, waste sorting in the context of sustainable development is important as economically as socially. Sorting and recycling reduces waste causing risks, protects natural resources, supports clean and healthy environment, reduces fees for waste management. Taking in mind the reticence of waste sorting in both the private and the business sectors in Lithuania, public awareness and environmental education is one of the key measures, that can be seen as a change in environmental pressures. The largest role in impementing the promotion of waste sorting has Lithuania's Ministry of Environment. Unfortunately, after the waste sorting iniciative analysis and pilot evaluation of communication activities, it became clear that the ongoing communication activities are not implemented systematically and sufficiently unorganized, society does not encourage the sort of waste, there is a lack of specific information and only very few public campaigns. Thus, public education, including environmental education, eco-friendly environment and lifestyle, is one of the priority objectives of sustainable development. To promote waste sorting in Lithuania, the current low waste management level needs to be raised by environmental education and economic impact, approaching attitude development in kindergartens and schools and providing more information through mass media. In order to become this a social problem publicity is necessary. Master's work may be useful for environmental institutions, public relations professionals, for communication and information direction students and teachers and those, interested in environmental problems and communication effectiveness of public institutions.
According to the World Tourism Organization, tourism is becoming increasingly popular around the world and Portugal is one of those popular countries, where 3.7 million of tourists visited in 2016 and it is 3.9% more than in 2015. There is no doubt that tourism has significant economic benefits and usually it is the main economic driver of regions. Algarve region is precisely the place, where abandonment of tourism would make the majority of population unemployed and the region would suffer from an economic downturn, and therefore maintaining and developing tourism is vitally important. Despite economic benefits of tourism, researchers have found that large tourist flows strongly affect ecosystems, destroy natural landscape, cause habitat fragmentation and also have a negative social and cultural impact. The question of the conservation of natural resources, human well-being and the long-term economic viability of communities is of increasing concern. Conservation of natural resources, human well-being and the long-term economic viability of communities are the questions which are of great concern. Unfortunately, tourism growth has not been sufficiently organized, accurately planned and predicted long-term future forecasts. In addition, climate change has a major impact on the coast, and also on tourism and one of the most aggressive consequences is sea level rising, resulting in reduction of sandy beach carrying capacity and intensified coastal erosion. More and more legislation is being issued globally and at European level with countries committing to develop sustainable coastal management aimed at preserving ecosystems and reducing climate change. However, researches have found that there are many barriers to meeting those targets. Portugal is one of those countries where integrated coastal management is not fully implemented due to certain obstacles. In face of negative effects of tourism and the threats of climate change, it is necessary to assess the present quality of the beaches and to identify priorities for sustainable beach management. Objective – to assess the quality of coastal zones and tourism and to identify priorities and measures to improve sustainable tourism management. Object – four different types of beaches in Algarve region, Portugal: urban beach "Praia dos Pescadores", resort "Praia de Santa Eulalia", rural "Praia dos Olhos d'Agua" beach and remote "Praia de Falesia" beach. The methodology for assessing beach quality and management priorities has been compiled and comprised of three methods: initial SWOT analysis, which evaluates the internal strengths, weaknesses and external opportunities, threats. Following BARE (Bath Area Registration and Evalaution) analysis, which evaluates five parameters of each beach (safety, water quality, litter, landscape and facilities). For obtaining quantitive data, 50 questionnaires at each beach are conducted in order to get objective opinion of beach users. A detailed analysis of the scientific literature was carried out, which assessed: the current coastal situation on coasts of Algarve region; an overview of the implementation of sustainable coastal development strategies in Portugal, as well as an overview of the legal acts applicable to coastal protection and the implementation of sustainable development strategies; researches and the most commonly used methodologies for assessing beach quality. SWOT analysis was performed, where overcrowding, increasingly coastal urbanization, ecosystem and dunes degradation, coastal erosion and reduced beach carrying capacity due to sea level rising emerged as main future threats. After followed the evaluation of the beach quality by using Bathing Area Registration and Evaluation framework (BARE), where "Praia dos Pescadores", "Praia de Santa Eulalia" and "Praia dos Olhos d'Agua" obtained three-star ratings and Praia de Falesia site obtained four-star rating. The quantitative research data obtained through administration of 50 questionnaires per beach and respondents expressed the need for public toilets, showers, trails and broadwalks, garbage facilities, renewable energy, clean sand and vegetation health. The average age of respondents was 47,7 years and the majority (85%) were international tourists. After conducting SWOT, BARE and beach user questionnaires, one of conclusions was done that solar panel system need to be installed on beach objects. It was calculated that solar panel system on restaurant in urban beach (with government support (50%)) would cost 11 361 Eur and would pay off within 5 years, while calculations for the restaurant in resort showed that price of solar panel system would be 13 773 Eur and would pay off within 6 years. The paper presents recommendations for beach managers and municipalities: pay more attention to raising public education and awareness, combine beach nourishment with maritime structures, control urbanization on the coast by releasing a minimum distance law, set up wooden stairs and paths for tourists to walk, use solar energy in ships / restaurants, restrict light use during the night, integrate biofilic design into the interior and exterior of buildings, enter beach entry fees and fees for toilets and showers usage, use advertisements for waste prevention, recruite officers of dog control, plant shrubs and trees on beaches / slopes, increase cooperation with stakeholders.
