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Since Latvia acceded to the European Union (EU) in 2004, the natural resources tax (NRT) has been constantly amended to comply with EU regulations and directives. Particularly significant amendments to the NRT Law have been made concerning the circular economy, pollution reduction and sustainable use of resources. Considering that environmental protection requirements become increasingly stringent and sustainable development is a priority of EU and Latvian policies, there is a possibility that the NRT will be exte...

The circular economy is targeted to increase the efficiency of resource use through prevention of waste and pollution; preservation of products and materials in circulation as long as possible and maintenance of natural capital. Therefore, the research authors aim to study the management of household waste and resources in Latvia in the context of other EU Member States in order to achieve circular economy targets. The study employs the monographic method, statistical data analysis and the correlation analysis to ...

The environmental investment programmes are targeted at the implementation of sustainable development activities, maintaining the quality of environment and biological diversity and ensuring the sustainable use of natural resources. In recent decade, Latvia has been one of the most active among the new EU Member States in the acquisition of the EU financial resources and other financial instruments for the implementation of the environmental policy targets in Latvia, especially in the spheres of environmental prot...

In recent years, the EU Member States experience a significant increase in resource efficiency; however, the environmental resource efficiency indicators in the Baltic States, including Latvia, are significantly lower than the EU average indicators and an improvement in figures is too slow. Environmental taxes serve as an essential fiscal instrument for the increase of resource efficiency. Therefore, the research aim is to assess the application of environmental taxes as a fiscal instrument to increase the resourc...