Resumo

Contemporary society traces its trajectory searching for sustainable, safe, and lasting development. In a period of a prominent flourishing of international integration and interdependence, governance and innovation are considered strong conductors towards the evolution and performance of nations. Moreover, we can point out that since environmental issues showed up and were emphasized in the last three decades, the state has been an active performer trying to solve them. As a result of growth and development the crescent focus is the creation of a continuing sustainable society.

The objective of this study is to analyze the influence of global governance and innovation in the environmental performance of countries. The justification in developing a study with these three indicators is in the explanation, whether there is or not, the influence of the governance of the country, and also the innovation setting of the country in its environmental performance.

In this work, a bibliographic study was carried out on: Global Governance and Innovation Lighten by the Theory of Institutions and The Environmental Performance of Nations.

This study is categorized as descriptive in regards to its objective, and the procedures present a study accomplished using secondary data. The research was also carried out with a quantitative approach. The data used in this work were collected on the indicators sources, being the Worldwide Governance Indicator (2018), the Global Innovation Index (2018) and at last, the Environmental Performance Index (2018). Subsequently, the data were organized and tabulated on the software SPSS®, version 22. The analysis of the data happened with descriptive statistics, and also, with linear regression.

It is notable that the only non-significant variable attained was the WGI (<0,05). Thus, it is not possible to assure that the Worldwide Governance Index (WGI) influences the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) of the analyzed sample. However, the Global Innovation Index (GII), goes the other way around, since we can statistically infer this influence, demonstrating that innovation is indeed a part of the environmental performance of a country.

We must also highlight that the already mentioned ecosystems are basic but crucial and unavoidable to the human condition since they offer various means of subsistence and survivability, that is a good reason why a splendid environmental performance must be constantly sought. In addition, the innovation process also avoids or even minimizes environmental problems, as they also represent opportunities to reach competitive gains and sustainable growth among countries. At last but not least, the governance approach, frequently seeks a new level of quality in regards to the national policy results

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