The performance of European Union countries in decoupling socio-economic progress from environmental impactsVintar Mally, Katja (Avtor) environmental protectionecological footprintsustainable developmenthuman developmentEuropean UnionOver the last few decades, the European Union has intensified its commitments to decouple socio-economic progress from resource use and environmental impacts. This article examines the performance of countries in implementing selected aspects of these commitments in the period 1990-2016. To this end, it focuses on the relationships between progress in human development, in particular in raising peopleʼs incomes, and pressures on natural resources and ecosystem services, as incorporated in the concept of ecological footprint. The results show a certain measure of success in decoupling the two among the countries of the European Union, but the same cannot be said of the worldʼs countries more generally.20202024-11-21 10:33:01Neznano165040sl