EU Integration of Chapter 27 “Environment and Climate change” in Albania

• Pages: 54-61

Vol. 9 No. 3

November, 2023

Academic Journal of Business, Administration

Law and Social Sciences

54

E-ISSN 2410-8693

ISSN 2410-3918

EU Integration of Chapter 27 “Environment and Climate change” in Albania

PhD (C.) Artenida Duraku

Ministry of Tourism and Environment, Albania

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Irida Agolli Nasu

Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tirana, Albania

DOI: hps://doi.org/10.2478/ajbals-2023-0010

Abstract

This article will be focused on the Chapter 27 “Environment & Climate Change” and during

this desk study the new EU Enlargement Methodology will be analysed with a focus on the

Chapter 27 and its transposition in Albania. The aim of this article is to provide a comprehensive

understanding of EU Integration and especially of the environmental sector. With the opening

of the EU negotiations, the responsibility has been moved to the Government of Albania and

to the Albanian’s citizens. The Ministry of Tourism and Environment is the leading authority

for Chapter 27 - Environment and Climate Action.

Chapter 27 is included in cluster “Green agenda and sustainable connectivity” and it is

considered as one of the most comprehensive and challenging to implement, including being

the most-expensive chapter in terms of costs. This study will review the new enlargement

methodology together with its application, which will be applied for the rst time during the

negotiation process and also will identify the level of transposition regarding the sub chapters

of chapter 27 “Environment and Climate change”.

Keywords: EU integration, Environment, Chapter 27, Climate Change.

1. Introduction

The Environmental sector in Albania is closely connected with social, economic and

political developments through which the country has experienced. The natural

potential of the country should have accompanied a greater economic development

and the standard of living of the population, but this has not been the case, because

of the country’s economic and social problems. Albania has already entered the

path of reforms closely related with the EU integration. Sustainable development

Research Article

© 2023 Artenida Duraku & Irida Agolli Nasufi

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