Abstract
Sustainable development is a process in which constant changes take place between social, economic, and environmental dimensions. This long-run process requires a carefully managed development policy taking into account the complex global challenges facing humanity. Some of the contemporary challenges of sustainable development are for example: raising the level of people's environmental conscience and responsibility, application of economic instruments and innovative solutions to environmental protection problems, etc. Therefore, a sustainable development and environmental protection strategy is necessary. Statistical estimation of achievement of sustainable development goals of the Western Balkan countries in the period from 2012 to 2023 based on the analysis of time series is used in this paper and it is presented using the average annual growth rates. The results showed that the analysed countries recorded collective positive trends in sustainable development and environmental protection, but Serbia achieved the most significant progress and demonstrated significant engagement in this field.
Publisher
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
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