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Zuo S, Zhao Y, Zheng L, Zhao Z, Fan S, Wang J. Assessing the influence of the digital economy on carbon emissions: Evidence at the global level. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 946:174242. [PMID: 38917896 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2024] [Revised: 06/09/2024] [Accepted: 06/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024]
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This paper discusses the influence of the digital economy (DE) on carbon emissions based on evidence at the global level. Specifically, based on the panel data from 80 countries from 2010 to 2020, this paper creates a DE measurement index and uses the System-GMM model to assess the influence of DE on carbon emissions. The results show that: (1) The development of DE significantly promotes carbon emissions reduction. (2) The development of DE significantly promotes carbon emissions reduction through technological advancement, structural optimization, and educational enhancement; (3) Regulatory quality and financial development play a positively moderating role in DE's promoting effect on carbon emissions reduction; (4) DE of European and North American nations have stronger promoting effect on carbon emissions reduction than DE of other countries. Compared to DE of developing countries, DE of developed countries has a stronger promoting effect on carbon emissions reduction. Additionally, this paper also finds that institutional differences can impact the carbon emission reduction effects of DE. Based on the results, this paper suggests that governments globally should promote the development of DE and foster international cooperation to enhance DE's driving role in promoting carbon emissions reduction.
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- Sumin Zuo
- School of Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- School of Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.
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- School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- School of Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China; School of Economics and Management, Yan'an University, Yanan 716000, China
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- School of Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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Arzo S, Hong M. Resilient green infrastructure: Navigating environmental resistance for sustainable development, social mobility in climate change policy. Heliyon 2024; 10:e33524. [PMID: 39035491 PMCID: PMC11259874 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e33524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2023] [Revised: 05/29/2024] [Accepted: 06/23/2024] [Indexed: 07/23/2024] Open
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This study explores the complex dynamics of environmental resistance, policy stability, skill development, and green initiatives in light of the growing worldwide concerns about climate change. COP27 and the G20 Summit show that as microcosm of the global discourse, provides a unique opportunity to study it. This research sought to thoroughly investigate, the links among green infrastructure, green technological innovation, policy stability, skill development, and their combined effects on social mobility and climate change (Case-1), it also discusses the global talk on climate change in COP27 and G20 (Case-2). In Case-1 data were analyzed through the use of structural equation modeling (SEM) by adopting a quantitative approach, and in Case-2 data were analyzed using theme analysis by applying a qualitative approach. Using a mixed-method research approach, the study surveyed 375 locals living close to the CPEC corridor quantitatively and interviewed ten important stakeholders, including elected officials, environmental activists, and community leaders, qualitatively. The survey highlighted the complex perspectives and experiences of citizens with green programs and environmental legislation in the CPEC zone. The study revealed the perceptions and experiences of residents regarding green initiatives and environmental policies within the CPEC region. Key stakeholders provided valuable insights into policy formulation and ongoing environmental sustainability efforts. The analysis unveiled intricate relationships between green infrastructure, technological innovation, policy stability, skill development, and their collective impact on climate change and social mobility. Notably, the study identified a critical research gap in understanding these dynamics within regions undergoing substantial economic development. Policy formulation and continuing environmental sustainability efforts were aided by key stakeholders' ideas. Green infrastructure, technological innovation, policy stability, skill development, and their overall influence on climate change and social mobility were all examined. Notably, the study found a critical research vacuum in understanding these processes inside rapidly developing economies. Policymakers, environmental groups, and communities managing the fine line between economic success and environmental responsibility will find great value in the findings. This study is unique because it examines issues on climate change from a local perspective in a region that is rapidly developing economically, it also adds value to the climate change challenges on the global level. This study presents a substantial theoretical contribution by examining the intricate interactions among environmental opposition, policy stability, skill development, and green initiatives within the CPEC against the backdrop of global climate change concerns.
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- Shumaila Arzo
- School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Naheed Z, Nasreen S, Tiwari AK, Arsh S. Analyzing the effectiveness of energy aid for driving the transition towards energy decarbonization; Evidence from Asian developing countries. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 360:121125. [PMID: 38772231 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2024] [Revised: 05/04/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/23/2024]
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Environmental degradation poses a significant challenge in many developing countries, as they heavily rely on fossil fuels to drive economic activities. The transition towards renewable energy is crucial to mitigate ecological depletion, yet numerous Asian developing countries may struggle to achieve the desired levels of renewable energy adoption due to financial constraints. Foreign aid in the energy sector can expedite this transition process. This study aims to examine the impact of foreign aid on the energy decarbonization transition in 22 Asian developing countries from 2003 to 2022 to analyze its contributions and challenges to promote renewable energy adoption. This paper incorporates the two types of foreign aid in the energy sector (nonrenewable and renewable energy aid) provided by the OECD to developing economies. Utilizing the System-Generalized Method of Moments (Sys-GMM), the findings reveal that energy aid significantly contributes to the transition towards energy decarbonization by providing financial support for embracing renewable energy technologies. Specifically, the analysis indicates that a 1% increase in energy aid leads to approximately 3% enhancement in the decarbonization transition process. Moreover, this study adds to the existing body of knowledge by examining the mediating impact of human capital and financial development as well as the moderating effect of institutional quality and demand for clean fuel. These factors play a pivotal role in energy decarbonization transition by fostering financial development and enhancing human capital through capacity-building initiatives and facilitating the adoption of renewable energy technologies.
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- Zahra Naheed
- Department of Economics, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan.
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- Department of Economics, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan.
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- Department of Economics, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan.
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Wang Z, Sibt-e-Ali M. Financial globalization and economic growth amid geopolitical risk: A study on China-Russia far East federal district. Heliyon 2024; 10:e31098. [PMID: 38813146 PMCID: PMC11133754 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 04/19/2024] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024] Open
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Geopolitics, natural resource efficiency and financial globalization have arisen as a new concept for low CO2 to achieve sustainable economic growth (EG). Therefore, developed and developing economies focus on Geopolitics risk (GPR), natural resource (NRS) efficiency and financial globalization (FG) to cope with CO2 neutrality targets. In order to understand the elements that contribute to achieving CO2 neutrality, this study sought to establish a relevant connection between geopolitics, the efficiency of NRS, financial globalization (FNG), and economic growth. For the abovementioned objectives, modern econometric methods, such as the canonical cointegration, CS-FGLS and GMM were adopted to evaluate the China-Russia Far East dataset between 1990 and 2022. In order to achieve CO2 neutrality in the long run, the study's elements are crucial, according to the results. In addition, GMM shows that each of the parameters affects CO2 neutrality. As a result, the ecological Kuznets curve rules the economic landscape, and long-term CO2 neutrality is greatly facilitated by geopolitics, efficient use of natural resources, financial globalization, and economic growth. Consequently, numerous domains necessitate far-reaching and revolutionary policy changes, such as economic integration to mitigate geopolitical risk, effective management of natural resources, efficient financial systems, and sustainable technology.
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- Zhuojun Wang
- Business School of the University of Sydney, New South Wales, 2006, Australia
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Murtaza MR, Hongzhong F, Magdalena R, Javed H, Ileana SC. Nexus of green energy, financial inclusion, militarization, and environmental sustainability: A global perspective. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0301122. [PMID: 38758933 PMCID: PMC11101087 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/19/2024] Open
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This article investigates the dynamic impact of green energy consumption (GE), financial inclusion (FI), and military spending (MS) on environmental sustainability (ES) by utilizing a sample of 121 countries from 2003 to 2022. The dataset is divided into high-income, upper-middle income and low and lower-middle-income countries. We employed a two-step system GMM approach, which was further robust through panel Quantile and Driscoll-Kraay (D-K) regressions. The findings divulged that green energy resources benefit ES at global and all income levels because of having a significant negative impact of 5.9% on ecological footprints. At the same time, FI and MS significantly enhance ecological footprints by 7% and 6.9%, respectively, proving these factors detrimental to ES. Moreover, conflicts (CON), terrorism (TM), institutional quality (IQ), and socioeconomic conditions (SEC) also have a significantly positive association with global ecological footprints and most of the income level groups. Dissimilarly, financial inclusion and armed conflicts have a non-significant influence on ecological footprints in low-income and high-income countries, respectively. Furthermore, institutional quality enhances ES in upper-middle and low and lower-middle-income countries by negatively affecting ecological footprints. At the same time, terrorism significantly reduces ecological footprints in high-income countries. This research also provides the imperative policy inferences to accomplish various SDGs.
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- School of Economics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Finance, Accounting, and Economics, National University of Science and Technology, Politehnica Bucharest, Pitesti Regional Center, Pitești, Romania
- Institute of Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Studies, University Lucian Blaga of Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania
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- School of Business Administration, Budapest Metropolitan University, Budapest, Hungary
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- School of Management, Valahia University of Târgoviște, Târgoviște, Romania
- Selinus University of Science and Literature, Bolonga, Italy
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Wu Y, Anwar A, Quynh NN, Abbas A, Cong PT. Impact of economic policy uncertainty and renewable energy on environmental quality: testing the LCC hypothesis for fast growing economies. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:36405-36416. [PMID: 37884705 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-30109-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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This study investigates the influence of economic policy uncertainty and trade openness on load capacity factor for fast growing countries for time period of 1996-2019. The empirical outcomes verify the presence of the LCC hypothesis in fast growing economies. Results also show that economic policy uncertainty reduces environmental quality for lower quantiles, whereas renewable energy consumption is a useful tool for improving environmental quality. Moreover, the negative sign of the coefficient of trade openness demonstrates that the current pattern of trade is not providing the desired outcomes. Based on these empirical findings, we suggest a comprehensive policy framework to attain the targets of SDG 07 (renewable energy), SDG 08 (economic growth), and SDG 13 (climate action).
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- Yanan Wu
- School of Digital Economics, University of Sanya, Sanya, China
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- Faculty of Management Sciences, Department of Business Administration, ILMA University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- National College of Business Administration and Economics, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Economics, Thuongmai University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Dilanchiev A, Umair M, Haroon M. How causality impacts the renewable energy, carbon emissions, and economic growth nexus in the South Caucasus Countries? ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:33069-33085. [PMID: 38668947 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-33430-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Renewable energy is essential for boosting economic expansion and lowering carbon dioxide emission (CO2) to achieve carbon neutrality. This study's objective is to investigate the relationship between the use of renewable energy, economic growth, and CO2 for South Caucasus Countries. For analysis purposes, time series methods were applied on the panel data. Second-generation unit root and cointegration tests were used to test the cross-sectional dependence. Afterward, panel causality and panel VAR techniques were performed to examine the relationship between the variables. Based on feedback hypothesis, results of our causality analysis revealed a bidirectional causality relationship between growth and renewable energy consumption. Moreover, we revealed unidirectional causality from CO2 to renewable energy and from growth to CO2 emission. We also found that the effect of a shock in renewable energy on growth is increasing, and on CO2, it is decreasing implying that renewable energy consumption will trigger growth and have a reducing effect on CO2 emissions. We portrayed significant workable implications for policymakers, regulation bodies, companies, stakeholders, and managers. Results from this study should be extrapolated with caution since their applicability is limited to the South Caucasus Countries. In addition, the research heavily depends on summaries, which may obscure regional differences. In the future, researchers may want to dig deeper into the data and examine the subtle effect of renewable energy policy nationally. Moreover, including socio-economic aspects and technical improvements in the research might give a more thorough picture of the dynamics at play.
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- Azer Dilanchiev
- School of Business, International Black Sea University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
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- Department of Economics, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
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- Department of Economics, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
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Tian J, Fu S, Peng J, Fu S, Chen S. Innovating from the ground up: the impact of key technological advancements on collaborative carbon and haze governance. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:36474-36491. [PMID: 38153575 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-31611-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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Strengthening the synergistic management of carbon and haze is an important means to realize China's "carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals" and green development. In this paper, the entropy method is used to measure the key core technology innovation level of 30 provinces in China from 2011 to 2021, and the fixed-effect model is used to empirically test the impact of key core technology innovation on carbon haze synergistic governance and the internal mechanism. The study found that (1) key core technological innovation helps to promote carbon haze synergistic governance. (2) The mechanism test shows that key core technology innovation promotes the synergistic management of carbon haze by improving the clean energy structure. (3) The moderating effect shows that both market incentives and government environmental regulations will strengthen the positive relationship between key core technology innovation and carbon haze synergistic governance. The main contribution of this paper is to reveal the influence mechanism of key core technology innovation on carbon haze synergistic governance, and also to provide theoretical basis for the mechanism and law of carbon haze synergistic governance.
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- Jiali Tian
- School of Law and Business, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430205, China
- Center for High Quality Collaborative Development of Resources, Environment and Economy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430205, China
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- School of Law and Business, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430205, China
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- School of Law and Business, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430205, China.
- Center for High Quality Collaborative Development of Resources, Environment and Economy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430205, China.
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- School of Law and Business, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430205, China
- Center for High Quality Collaborative Development of Resources, Environment and Economy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430205, China
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- Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Cao Y, Jiang P, Gong Z, Yin K, Wang Y. The spatial spillover effects of clean energy consumption and production on sustainable economic development in China. Heliyon 2024; 10:e28976. [PMID: 38628718 PMCID: PMC11016969 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2023] [Revised: 03/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
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The massive consumption of fossil energy has resulted in high CO2 emissions, posing a formidable challenge to global sustainable economic development (SED). As countries endeavor to shift from fossil to clean energy sources to achieve SED, research on the impact of clean energy is scarce, and quantitative analysis is lacking. This study measured China's SED and used a spatial econometric model to examine the impact of clean energy consumption and production on SED across 30 provinces in China from 2008 to 2020. Results show that (1) China's SED exhibits significant positive spatial autocorrelation characteristics, forming a "point-to-area" development pattern. (2) Clean energy consumption, production, and consumption structure all contribute to the promotion of SED in the region and have positive spatial spillover effects. (3) A considerable regional disparity exists in the spatial impact of clean energy on SED. The eastern and central regions have significant positive spatial spillover effects, whereas the western region is opposite. Notably, the estimated coefficient of the spatial Durbin model is relatively small, reflecting China's ongoing transition to clean energy and its limited role in promoting economic sustainability. Joint efforts and differentiated policies are essential to develop clean energy and sustainable economic.
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- Yun Cao
- School of Business Administration, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
- Key Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Science of Statistics and Management (Guangxi University), Education Department of Guangxi, 530004, China
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- School of Business Administration, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- School of Business Administration, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- Institute of Marine Economics and Management, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan 250000, China
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- School of Management Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan 250000, China
- Institute of Marine Economics and Management, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan 250000, China
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Zhu H, Chang S, Chen B. Technological innovation, militarization, and environmental change: evidence from BRICS economies. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:23909-23923. [PMID: 38430445 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-32718-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024]
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In the complex international society, the economic development and defense construction of BRICS countries have attracted increasing attention. This article incorporates technological innovation, militarization, and environmental change into a unified analytical framework to assess the potential impact of technological progress and defense military expenditure on the environment in BRICS countries. Based on CSD tests, unit root tests, and cointegration tests, this study constructs a CS-ARDL model to examine the long-term and short-term relationships among various variables from 1990 to 2021. The results show that technological innovation, military expenditure, and economic growth can significantly increase ecological footprint in the long run, while in the short term, technological innovation and economic growth significantly increase ecological footprint, and the impact of military expenditure is not significant. It is suggested that BRICS countries should focus on supporting low-carbon technology policies and research and development investment, while also considering the use of cutting-edge technology to improve military intelligence capabilities in order to reduce the negative impact of technological innovation and military activities on the environment.
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- Huaijia Zhu
- Institute of Defense Economics and Management, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China.
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- Institute of Defense Economics and Management, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Defense Economics and Management, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China
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Bakhsh S, Zhang W, Ali K, Anas M. Energy transition and environmental stability prospects for OECD economies: The prominence role of environmental governance, and economic complexity: Does the geopolitical risk matter? JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 354:120358. [PMID: 38412728 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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The global increase in temperature and climate change signals the need for humanity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adopt eco-friendly lifestyles. The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in the UAE emphasized this, urging nations to commit to the Paris Agreement and pursue a greener, carbon-free future. In recent decades, climate change has become a critical issue, primarily because of the extensive use of fossil fuels and conventional energy resources. Economic growth has led to an increase in energy consumption and widespread environmental damage. The present study empirically explores whether any changes in environmental governance, economic complexity, geopolitical risk, and the interaction term influence energy transition and environmental stability in OECD economies over the period 1990-2021. Novel econometric methods, including Westerlund co-integration and the Method of Moments Quantile Regression (MMQR), are employed to address complexities such as cross-sectional dependency and panel causality. The key findings from the MMQR technique showed a positive link between environmental governance and economic complexity in driving sustainable energy transitions, thus bolstering environmental resilience in OECD countries. However, economic complexity counterbalances environmental stability. Significantly, geopolitical risk acts as a moderating variable, enhancing the effects of governance and complexity on sustainable energy practices and environmental stability. Based on these insights, this study recommends strategic initiatives, including investment in eco-friendly technologies, to fast-track the shift to clean energy and strengthen environmental resilience in OECD countries. These strategies align with the broader objectives of global sustainable development, offering a path towards a greener and more sustainable future.
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- Satar Bakhsh
- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, PR China.
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, PR China.
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- School of Management, Jiangsu University, PR China.
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, PR China
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Javan K, Altaee A, BaniHashemi S, Darestani M, Zhou J, Pignatta G. A review of interconnected challenges in the water-energy-food nexus: Urban pollution perspective towards sustainable development. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 912:169319. [PMID: 38110094 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 12/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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The swift growth of cities worldwide poses significant challenges in ensuring a sufficient water, energy, and food supply. The Nexus has innovated valuable systems to address these challenges. However, a crucial issue is the potential for pollution resulting from these systems, which directly and indirectly impacts public health and the overall quality of urban living. This study comprehensively reviews the interconnected challenges of the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus and various forms of pollution in cities. The primary focus of this review article is to showcase the findings of WEF nexus studies regarding various pollutions across different geographical regions and spatial scales. It aims to examine the problems resulting from these pollutions, specifically their effects on human health and urban life. It also delves into the sources of pollution as identified in these studies. Furthermore, the article will highlight the proposed solutions from the research aimed at effectively mitigating pollution in each sector studied. This article is a systematic review which analyses research sources from the Scopus database. It extensively reviewed 2463 peer-reviewed published articles and focused explicitly on articles related to the WEF nexus that discussed pollution. Our study emphasizes, firstly, raising awareness about the crucial link between the WEF nexus, pollution, urban environments, and human health among policymakers and key stakeholders, including urban planners, industry partners and municipalities. This is to promote the development of policies that encourage sustainable practices and key stakeholders. Secondly, it evaluates WEF nexus and pollution research methods and findings, aiding in identifying research gaps technological innovation and potential, as well as enhancing decision-making. Lastly, it outlines future research challenges, providing a roadmap for researchers and policymakers to advance understanding in this domain and identify opportunities for resource efficiency and collaboration between different sectors.
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- Kazem Javan
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, Australia.
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, Australia
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- School of Design and Built Environment, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia
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- School of Civil and Environmental Environment, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, Australia
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- School of Built Environment, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia
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Alam MM, Destek MA, Haque A, Kirikkaleli D, Pinzón S, Khudoykulov K. Can undergoing renewable energy transition assist the BRICS countries in achieving environmental sustainability? ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:9700-9712. [PMID: 38194172 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-31738-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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The BRICS countries ratified the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals agenda whereby ensuring environmental sustainability is of paramount importance for these emerging market economies. Although the BRICS nations have recorded noteworthy economic growth trajectories over the last couple of decades, these nations have not fared well in terms of improving their environmental indicators, especially due to gradually becoming more fossil fuel dependent over time. Hence, this study aims to explore whether undergoing the renewable energy transition can directly and indirectly establish environmental sustainability in the BRICS countries by containing their annual growth rates of carbon dioxide emissions. Additionally, the emission growth rate-influencing effects of technological innovation, foreign direct investment receipts, urbanization, and institutional quality are also evaluated. Based on data spanning from 1996 to 2021 and considering the result obtained using advanced panel data estimators, the findings endorse that the yearly carbon emission growth rates are (a) unaffected by undergoing the renewable energy transition on its own; (b) positively impacted by technological innovation, net receipts of foreign direct investment, and urbanization; and (c) negatively impacted by improving institutional quality through effective controlling of the spread of corruption. More importantly, the results verify the joint carbon emission growth rate-mitigating impact of renewable energy transition and institutional quality improvement. Hence, for abating the emission growth rate figures, several policies are prescribed.
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- Mohammad Mahtab Alam
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Applied Medical Science, King Khalid University, 61421, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Economics, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey
- Adnan Kassar School of Business, Lebanese American University, Beirut, 1102-2801, Lebanon
- Research Methods Application Center of UNEC, Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC), Baku, AZ1001, Azerbaijan
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- College of Economics and Business Administration, University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Ibri, Oman.
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- Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Department of Banking and Finance, European University of Lefke, Lefke, TR-10, Mersin, Northern Cyprus, Turkey
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- Esai Business School, Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, 091650, Ecuador
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- Department of Finance, Tashkent State University of Economics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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Yuerong H, Javaid MQ, Ali MSE, Zada M. Revisiting the nexus between digital trade, green technological innovation, and environmental sustainability in BRICS economies. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:8585-8607. [PMID: 38180664 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-31661-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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After the UN Climate Action Summit in 2019, many countries started progressing towards race to zero targets. The intricate framework of digitalization and green technologies has the potential to persuade governments to implement policies that promote a zero-carbon economy, i.e., green economy. Hence, this study determines the effect of digital trade (DGT) and green technological innovation (GTI) on environmental sustainability (ENS) by considering the role of renewable energy consumption (REC), globalization (GLOB), and economic growth (EG). The study measured ENS by taking into account three proxy variables, i.e., ecological footprint (EF), carbon dioxide emission (CO2e), and methane emissions (CH4e). POLS and PMG-ARDL techniques are applied to the panel data of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) from 2000 to 2019. Panel Quantile Regression (PQR) along with AMG and CCEMG estimators is applied hereafter for checking the robustness of the empirical results. The long-run empirical outcomes show the positive association of DGT, GTI, REC, and GLOB with ENS. Lastly, this study inscribed the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) and highlights policy implications and governmental measures to ensure environmental sustainability in BRICS economies.
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- Han Yuerong
- University of Macau Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, China
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- Facultad de Administración y Negocios, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, 8320000, Santiago, Chile
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Eweade BS, Güngör H, Karlilar S. The determinants of ecological footprint in the UK: The role of transportation activities, renewable energy, trade openness, and globalization. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:122153-122164. [PMID: 37966650 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-30759-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023]
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The objective of this study is to explore the interaction between transportation energy consumption, GDP, renewable energy, trade, globalization and ecological footprint in the United Kingdom over the period 1990-2020. To achieve this aim, the study uses the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach and Fourier Toda-Yamamoto causality test. The research findings demonstrate that an increase in transportation energy consumption, renewable energy, and globalization is associated with a reduction in environmental pollution. On the contrary, GDP and trade contribute to worsening the environment. Moreover, there exists a unidirectional causal relationship from transportation energy consumption, GDP, renewable energy, trade, and globalization towards the ecological footprint. The findings of the study recommend that the policymakers should implement strategies and provide incentives to increase the deployment of renewables in the transportation sector, specifically focusing on electric vehicles (EVs) and the necessary charging infrastructure. Overall, the UK government should prioritize sustainable environmental development when planning its economic development strategies.
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- Babatunde S Eweade
- Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Eastern Mediterranean University, Via Mersin 10, Famagusta, Northern Cyprus, Turkey.
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- Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Eastern Mediterranean University, Via Mersin 10, Famagusta, Northern Cyprus, Turkey
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- Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Eastern Mediterranean University, Via Mersin 10, Famagusta, Northern Cyprus, Turkey
- Clinic of Economics, Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC), Baku, Azerbaijan
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Islam MM, Ahmad P, Shabir M, Usman M, Kamal M. Analyzing asymmetric ecological performance under structural change, technological innovation, and trade diversification: fresh insights from the USA. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:115164-115184. [PMID: 37878170 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-30402-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 10/07/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
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The present research scrutinizes the influences of trade diversification, air transportation, technological innovation, and economic complexity on ecological footprint from 1990 to 2019. The findings of the both time series unit root (with and without structural break) tests confirm that none of a single variable is stationary more than the first difference. Furthermore, the Wald and nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag bound methods check asymmetry and long-term cointegration relationship between the intended variables, respectively. Moreover, this study uses the nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag model to estimate the short-run and long-run coefficients/elasticity of the ecological footprint function. Following the empirical evidence, the findings revealed that positive (negative) components in trade diversification curtail the ecological footprint in the long-run. In addition, a positive shock in air transportation leads to an increase in ecological footprint in the long-run. Nevertheless, a negative shock in air transportation exerts a significant and adverse influence on the level of ecological footprint in the long-run. Furthermore, a positive (negative) shock in technological developments significantly reduces environmental pollution in the US economy in the long-run. Besides, the outcomes from economic complexity discovered a positive shock will significantly overcome the pressure on the environment in the long-run. However, in the short-run, it is observed that negative shock in trade diversification will lead to increase the ecological footprint level in USA. Similarly, a positive shock in air transportation will lead to increase the pollution level in the short-run. In contrast, a negative shock in air transportation will lead to reduce the pressure on the environment in the short-run. Besides, in terms of policy realization, the present research recommends adopting trade synchronization, harmonic trade strategies, and investment in technological innovations to diminish the existing level of ecological footprint in the region. For sustainable development, this study put forward for instantaneously encouraging the expansion of the digital economy and reducing air pollution, accelerating the green transformation, and impelling the industrial agglomeration process in the USA.
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- Md Minhazul Islam
- School of Economics and Trade, Hunan University, Changsha, 410012, Hunan, China
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- Department of Law, College of Humanity Sciences, University of Raparin, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
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- Dipartimento Di Economia, Management E Territorio, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- School of Economics and Management, and Center for Industrial Economics, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
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- Department of Basic Sciences, College of Science and Theoretical Studies, Saudi Electronic University, 32256, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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Ding C, Awosusi AA, Abbas S, Ojekemi OR. Formulating ecological sustainability policies for India within the coal energy, biomass energy, and economic globalization framework. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:112758-112772. [PMID: 37837592 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-30243-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/16/2023]
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The betterment of environmental conditions is widely recognized as a significant priority for India, which is a critical aspect of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As an emerging economy, pursuing economic expansion is paramount, requiring significant amount of energy and a degree of openness to other nations. Meanwhile, the nation's energy demands are heavily met by the usage of biomass and coal energy sources. Furthermore, the nation is part of the top consumer of biomass and coal energy globally. However, over the last 50 years, the level of ecological footprint in India has surged by about 82%, despite the country's commitment to achieving environmental sustainability, which tends to raise concerns such as: What is the role of India's major energy sources, biomass, and coal energy, towards ecological sustainability? Does economic globalization promote and hinder India's environmental sustainability goals? As a result, this current study offers answers to these concerns by investigating the effect of economic globalization, coal energy, and biomass energy on the ecological footprint in India while controlling economic growth. Using the dynamic ARDL to analyze the dataset from 1970 to 2018, the result suggests that biomass energy and economic globalization improve ecological quality. However, economic growth and coal energy impede ecological quality in India. Furthermore, we adopted the time-varying causality test solely to understand the causality analysis, which established that economic globalization, biomass energy, economic growth, and coal energy could forecast the future direction of the ecological footprint.
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- Cuicui Ding
- School of Tourism, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, China
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- Operational Research Centre in Healthcare, Near East University, Northern Cyprus, Mersin 10, Turkey.
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- Graduate School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation
- Adnan Kassar School of Business, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
- MEU Research Unit, Middle East University, Amman, Jordan
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- Faculty of Business Administration, European University of Lefke, Northern Cyprus, Mersin 10, Turkey
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Pata UK, Yurtkuran S, Ahmed Z, Kartal MT. Do life expectancy and hydropower consumption affect ecological footprint? Evidence from novel augmented and dynamic ARDL approaches. Heliyon 2023; 9:e19567. [PMID: 37809494 PMCID: PMC10558799 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023] Open
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Human activities threaten the future of the ecosystem by emitting pollution to the air, water, and soil. Considering the increasing ecological footprint (EF), the study focuses on investigating the role of life expectancy and hydropower consumption by controlling also income, trade openness, and globalization on the environment under the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis for Turkey during 1971-2018. In this context, the study performs recently developed augmented autoregressive distributed lag (AARDL) and dynamic ARDL (DARDL) methods. The results show that (i) life expectancy increases the environmental pressure; (ii) hydropower consumption has no effect on the EF; (iii) globalization and trade openness reduce the EF; (iv) the EKC hypothesis is valid, but the estimated turning point lies between USD 19,914 and USD 20,571, which is far from the sample period in Turkey. From the overall results, it can be concluded that Turkey cannot solve environmental problems with insufficient income levels, an increasing elderly population, and ineffective use of hydropower. Hence, Turkey should rely on income much more, use hydropower much more efficiently, and benefit from the spillover effect of technological innovations related to globalization and foreign trade to significantly reduce the EF.
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- Ugur Korkut Pata
- Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, 80000, Merkez, Osmaniye, Turkey
- Adnan Kassar School of Business, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Department of International Trade and Logistics, Trabzon University, 61040, Ortahisar, Trabzon, Turkey
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- Adnan Kassar School of Business, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
- Department of Business Admistration, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Bahçeşehir Cyprus University, Nicosia, Turkey
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- Borsa Istanbul Strategic Planning, Financial Reporting, and Investor Relations Directorate, İstanbul, Turkey
- Adnan Kassar School of Business, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
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Bekun FV, Adekunle AO, Gbadebo AD, Alhassan A, Akande JO, Yusoff NYM. Sustainable electricity consumption in South Africa: the impacts of tourism and economic growth. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:96301-96311. [PMID: 37572252 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28856-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/14/2023]
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The current study examines sustainable electricity consumption for economic growth in a small open and tourist economy. The energy-tourism nexus is evaluated for the relationship between sustainable electricity consumption and the international tourist arrival for the South African economy. The present study leverages on annual frequency data for South Africa from 1995 to 2019 for empirical analysis using the ARDL technique. Accordingly, empirical findings indicate a significant direct connection between the sustainable electricity consumption and the international tourism arrival; the study affirms that tourism-induced energy hypothesis is valid in South Africa. However, from a policy standpoint, alternative energy efficiency mechanisms such as renewable energy systems and emancipation of current energy management capabilities are recommended in South Africa. This is necessary for sustainable eco-friendly tourism that engenders clean energy consumption for the study area. More insights into policy caveats are presented in the concluding section.
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- Festus Victor Bekun
- Faculty of Economics Administrative and Social Sciences, Department of International Logistics and Transportation, Istanbul Gelisim University, Istanbul, 34310, Turkey.
- Institute of Energy Policy and Research (IEPRe), Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang, 43000, Malaysia.
- Adnan Kassar School of Business, Department of Economics, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon.
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- Department of Economics, Federal University of Lafia, Lafia, Nigeria
- Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Istinye University, 34396, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- College of Energy Economics and Social Science, Institute of Energy Policy and Research, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang, Malaysia
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Qammar R, Abidin ZU, Sair SA, Ahmad I, Mansour AZ, Owidha HFAA. Impact of waste management among Industry 4.0 and sustainable development. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:100743-100752. [PMID: 37639102 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28987-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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The study is aimed at investigating the impact of waste management in the context of Industry 4.0 and sustainable development. Data were collected from 257 production managers in the industrial sector using a survey questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS and PLS-SEM. The findings indicated that Industry 4.0 and waste management significantly contribute to achieving sustainable development. The integration of Industry 4.0 technologies and effective waste management practices can help organizations implement sustainable development goals. Practical implications include assisting organizations in implementing Industry 4.0 technologies and waste management strategies based on the 3Rs principle. This can lead to reduced environmental impacts and improved resource efficiency, contributing to sustainable development. Policymakers can also benefit from the study's insights to address waste management challenges and promote sustainable development. The study's originality lies in its incorporation of the cyber-physical system and niche theory to explore how Industry 4.0 can facilitate sustainable waste management. It highlights the transformative potential of Industry 4.0 in the industrial sector, particularly in developing countries. Overall, this research offers a unique contribution to understanding waste management within the context of Industry 4.0 and sustainable development.
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- Rabia Qammar
- School of Economics, Finance and Banking, Northern University of Malaysia: Universiti Utara Malaysia, Changlun, Malaysia.
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- Department of Management Sciences, University of South Asia, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department Hailey College of Commerce, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Business studies, The Superior University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department Tunku Puteri intan Safinaz School of Accountancy, Northern University of Malaysia, Changlun, Malaysia
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Lin X, Ahmed Z, Jiang X, Pata UK. Evaluating the link between innovative human capital and regional sustainable development: Empirical evidence from China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:97386-97403. [PMID: 37594707 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-29337-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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Innovative human capital (IHC) can boost the economic growth of nations. However, in recent years, economies have become more attuned to sustainable development. In this context, it is important to assess the potential impact of IHC on green growth. Against this background, this study empirically examines the role of IHC on regional green growth in China, considering the spatial spillover effect and focusing on the quantity and quality of human capital and its direct and indirect effects on green growth. To this end, this paper adopts the spatial Durbin model, constructs an indicator system to evaluate green growth, and establishes a calculation formula for the quantity and quality of IHC. The empirical analysis provided some important findings. First, IHC and green growth have strong spatial correlation characteristics. Second, the quantity of IHC has a significant positive impact on regional green growth; however, the quality of IHC does not promote regional green growth. Third, the quantity and quality of IHC indirectly improve the level of regional green growth through technological progress. Finally, the role of IHC and its spatial spillover effect in improving the regional green growth level are most obvious in the central and western regions of China. Therefore, promoting green growth requires enhancing the accumulation of IHC and narrowing the gap between eastern and western China in the accumulation of IHC.
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- Xi Lin
- Business School, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, China
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- Department of Business Admistration, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Bahçeşehir Cyprus University, Nicosia, Turkey
- Department of Economic & Data Sciences, New Uzbekistan University, 54 Mustaqillik Ave, 100007, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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- Finance Office, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, China
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- Adnan Kassar School of Business, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon.
- Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, 80000, Merkez/Osmaniye, Turkey.
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Caglar AE, Daştan M, Mehmood U, Avci SB. Assessing the connection between competitive industrial performance on load capacity factor within the LCC framework: Implications for sustainable policy in BRICS economies. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023:10.1007/s11356-023-29178-1. [PMID: 37608171 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-29178-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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Industrialization plays a crucial role in socio-economic development as it holds significant potential for creating new jobs, tightening the income gap, and promoting the use of advanced technology. As global competition intensifies, emerging economies emulate industrialized economies in accelerating manufacturing activity to improve national welfare and join the new global order. However, policymakers' understanding of how competitiveness in the industrial sector helps developing countries accomplish their sustainable development goals must be deepened. This paper aims to analyze the connections among competitive industrial performance, renewable energy consumption, urbanization, and load capacity factor (LCF) in the BRICS economies for the period between 1990 and 2018. Robust evidence from the continuously updated fully modified (CUP-FM) and continuously updated bias-corrected (CUP-BC) models shows that greater industrial competitiveness enhances environmental quality. The findings also reveal that income growth ultimately evolves as an ecologically friendly factor, confirming the validity of the load capacity curve (LCC) hypothesis. Another outcome of the econometric analysis indicates that renewable energy consumption contributes to the LCF, whereas urbanization damages the environment. Therefore, BRICS policymakers should concentrate on maintaining their competitiveness, implementing resilient urban planning, and promoting the usage of renewable energy to safeguard the environment while simultaneously achieving rapid economic growth.
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- Department of Economics, Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University, Ağrı, Turkey
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- Department of Political Science, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
- Center for Remote Sensing, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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Ojekemi OS, Ağa M. In the era of globalization, can renewable energy and eco-innovation be viable for environmental sustainability in BRICS economies? ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:85249-85262. [PMID: 37386217 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28299-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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Although energy is a necessary component of production and hence a contaminant, the environmental effect varies depending on the type of energy used. Renewable sources of energy can provide ecological advantages, particularly when contrasted with fossil fuels, which emit high levels of CO2 emissions. Thus, the research explores the impact of eco-innovation (ECO), green energy (REC), and globalization (GLOB) on the ecological footprint (ECF) in the BRICS nations using the panel nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag (PNARDL) technique between 1990 and 2018. The empirical results indicate that there is cointegration in the model. The results from the PNARDL show that a positive shift in renewable energy, eco-innovation, and globalization decreases the ecological footprint, while positive (negative) shifts in non-renewable energy and economic growth intensify the ecological footprint. The paper suggests several policy recommendations based on these results.
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- Opeoluwa Seun Ojekemi
- Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Science, Cyprus International University, 99040, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus, Turkey.
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- Department of Accounting and Finance, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Science, Cyprus International University, 99040, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus, Turkey
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Mar'I M, Seraj M, Tursoy T. Investigating the Causality Between Financial Development and Carbon Emissions: A Quantile-Based Analysis. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:92983-93001. [PMID: 37501031 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28971-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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The relationship between financial development and environmental sustainability has received significant attention in academic discourse. This study explores the crucial role of financial development in addressing the challenge of increasing CO2 emissions. Using quantile-on-quantile and nonparametric causality-in-quantile methodologies, this research investigates the impacts and causal links between financial market and institution development and CO2 emissions levels in five major polluting countries from 1990 to 2019. The findings provide strong evidence regarding the impact of financial institutions and financial market development on CO2 emissions, demonstrating the presence of shocks and nonparametric causality from financial institutions and financial market development to CO2 emissions quantiles. However, the effects of financial institution shocks and nonparametric causality are diverse and asymmetric across the sample. Positive and negative shocks are observed in India, while only negative shocks are observed in China, the USA, Russia, and Japan. Moreover, the findings reveal that the influence of financial market development on CO2 emissions varies across countries, with both positive and negative shocks transmitted to CO2 emissions in the USA, Russia, and Japan, indicating higher volatility in these countries compared to China and India, where only negative shocks are observed. Therefore, our recommendation emphasizes the prioritization of environmentally conscious financial products and the enhancement of the financial system's capacity to mitigate positive shocks contributing to increased CO2 emissions. Implementing this strategy requires collective efforts to embrace sustainable financial practices that consider the environmental impact of financial activities.
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- Muhammad Mar'I
- Department of Banking and Finance, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Economics, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus.
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- Department of Banking and Finance, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus
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Unuofin JO, Iwarere SA, Daramola MO. Embracing the future of circular bio-enabled economy: unveiling the prospects of microbial fuel cells in achieving true sustainable energy. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:90547-90573. [PMID: 37480542 PMCID: PMC10439864 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28717-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/24/2023]
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Sustainable development and energy security, highlighted by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), necessitate the use of renewable and sustainable energy sources. However, upon careful evaluation of literature, we have discovered that many existing and emerging renewable energy systems (RESs) prioritize renewability over true sustainability. These systems not only suffer from performance inconsistencies and lack of scalability but also fall short in fully embodying the principles of sustainability and circular economy. To address this gap, we propose considering microbial fuel cells (MFCs) as a viable alternative and integral part of the renewable energy ecosystem. MFCs harness the omnipresence, abundance, and cost-effectiveness of their essential components, making them a promising candidate. Through our comprehensive analysis, we shed light on the limitations and advancements of this technology, which underscore the remarkable potential of MFCs to revolutionize our perception of clean, sustainable energy.
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- John Onolame Unuofin
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20 Hatfield, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20 Hatfield, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20 Hatfield, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa
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Guo B, Guo Q, Amri F, Abbas S, Nghiem XH. Powering environmental sustainability through renewable energy and natural resources: a Dynamic ARDL simulation approach. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:90906-90923. [PMID: 37468773 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28643-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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The objective of this study is to examine the role of renewable energy consumption and natural resource rents along with control variables of globalization and economic growth on the environmental sustainability of Jordanian economy from 1985 to 2019. These variables have been selected based on theory and empirical literature. We apply a Dynamic Autoregressive Distributed Lag (D-ARDL) technique along with robustness checks of Fully modified OLS (FMOLS), Dynamic OLS (DOLS), and Canonical Cointegrating Regression (CCR) techniques in order to achieve the above goal. The result from the analysis confirms that the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) is not valid for the Jordan in either long or short term. Our estimation results also confirm the highly significant and negative impact of renewable energy on CO2 emissions in both the long and short term. However, both natural resource rents and globalization are significant and positive in the long run, implying that these variables are detrimental to the environmental quality. The interaction analysis presents detrimental effect of globalization in terms of renewable energy while it shows beneficial effect of globalization in terms of natural resource for environmental quality. The frequency domain causality result shows causality at different frequencies across the variables. Based on the results, several policy directions are provided in order to achieve environmental sustainability in Jordan.
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- Bocheng Guo
- School of Economics and Management, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, China
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- Unit of Research 3E, Higher Institute of Management of Gabes (I.S.G.), University of Gabes, Gabes, Tunisia
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- Graduate School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation.
- MEU Research Unit, Middle East University, Amman, Jordan.
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- International School, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Destek MA, Pata UK. Carbon efficiency and sustainable environment in India: impacts of structural change, renewable energy consumption, fossil fuel efficiency, urbanization, and technological innovation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:92224-92237. [PMID: 37486472 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28641-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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Minimizing carbon pollution and fossil fuels is among the most crucial issues in the sustainable development goals (SDGs). However, global environmental concerns have increased since India did not sign the global coal pledge at COP 26. It is therefore a question mark how India will achieve the 2070 carbon-free target with the increasing use of coal and oil. In this contenxt, this work examines the impact of fossil fuel efficiency, structural change, renewable energy consumption, technological innovation, and urbanization on carbon efficiency in India from 1980 to 2019. Employing the dynamic autoregressive distributed lag approach; the study reveals that fossil fuel efficiency, structural change, renewable energy, and technological innovation improve carbon efficiency, while urbanization worsens environmental quality. Based on the study's findings, the Indian government should invest more and incentivize technological innovation that supports fossil fuel efficiency and renewable energy deployment to achieve the SDGs.
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- Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, 80000, MerkezOsmaniye, Turkey.
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Ozcan B, Temiz M. Re-visiting resource curse hypothesis in China through the lens of human capital and globalization. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 338:117685. [PMID: 37023608 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The resource curse hypothesis has recently become an important research topic in environmental economics. However, there still needs to be consensus in the literature on whether natural resource rents (NRRs) support economic growth. Previous studies on China have mainly analyzed the resource curse hypothesis based on local or regional data. However, this study examines the issue based on national-level data using globalization and human capital as control variables. The dynamic Auto-Regressive Distributive Lag (DARDL) Simulations and the Kernel-based Regularized Least Squares (KRLS) techniques are employed for policy formulation for 1980-2019. The empirical assessments indicate that NRRs escalate economic growth, i.e., China's resource curse hypothesis is invalid. Further, empirical outcomes reveal that human capital and globalization encourage China's economic growth. The KRLS, a machine learning algorithm, also supports the findings of the DARDL approach. Finally, based on the empirical outcomes, several policy recommendations can be developed, such as more investment in the education sector and the use of NRRs for productive sectors of the economy.
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- Burcu Ozcan
- Firat University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics, Elazig, 23200, Turkey
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- Firat University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics, Elazig, 23200, Turkey
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Mahmood H, Saqib N, Adow AH, Abbas M. Oil and natural gas rents and CO 2 emissions nexus in MENA: spatial analysis. PeerJ 2023; 11:e15708. [PMID: 37456894 PMCID: PMC10349556 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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Background Oil rents (OR) and natural gas rents (NGR) have significant contributions to the income of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) economies and may increase emissions. Moreover, spatial autocorrelation is expected in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions due to the geographically closed economies in the MENA region. Thus, we examine the impact of OR and NGR on CO2 emissions caring spatial dimensions and analyze the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC). Methods We apply the spatial Durbin model technique on the effects of OR, NGR, and economic growth on CO2 emissions in 17 MENA nations from 2000-2019, i.e., Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Yemen. Moreover, diagnostic tests are applied to reach the most appropriate spatial specification and to have the most robust results. Results The results disclose that CO2 emissions have spillovers and emissions of any country can damage the environment of neighboring countries. The EKC is corroborated with a turning point of 38,698 constant 2015 US dollars. Israel and Qatar are in 2nd phase of the EKC, and 15 MENA economies are in 1st stage. Thus, the economic expansion of most economies has ecological concerns. The effect of natural gas rents is found statistically insignificant. Oil rents have minute negative effects on emissions of local economies with an elasticity coefficient of -0.2117. Nevertheless, these have a positive indirect effect with an elasticity coefficient of 0.5328. Thus, the net effect of oil rents is positive. One percent increase in oil rents could accelerate 0.3211% of emissions. Thus, we suggest the MENA countries reduce reliance on oil rents in their income to avoid the negative environmental effects of the oil sector.
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- Haider Mahmood
- Department of Finance, College of Business Administration, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Finance, College of Business Administration, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Accounting, College of Business Administration, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Business Administration, Community College, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Saudi Arabia
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Hu J. Synergistic effect of pollution reduction and carbon emission mitigation in the digital economy. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 337:117755. [PMID: 36948146 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 03/05/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Synergetic control of environmental pollution and carbon emissions (SCEPCE) is essential to green development. The emergence of the digital economy has become a significant component in regional economic growth. Investigating the digital driving mode for SCEPCE in developing countries is crucial. This paper empirically analyzes the effect of establishing big data comprehensive experimental areas (BDCEAs) on air pollutants and carbon emissions using panel data of prefecture-level cities from 2009 to 2020 and the time-varying difference-in-differences method. The research found that (1) BDCEA inhibits pollution and carbon emissions, and the policy effect is sustainable. (2) The synergistic effect is significant, particularly in small and medium-sized cities and old industrial-base cities. The benefit of reducing pollution is only significant in the east. The effect of reducing CO2 emissions is only significant in the west. (3) The pollution reduction effect of digital economic development has the characteristics of an increasing marginal effect, and the marginal effect of its carbon reduction effect is not apparent. (4) The technological innovation and energy efficiency improvement effects are effective mechanisms. This paper enriches the studies on the factors influencing SCEPCE, which will help to realize SCEPCE and the harmonious coexistence of humans and nature in developing countries. However, policy incentives and green development strategies must be fine-tuned to achieve global SCEPCE.
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- Jin Hu
- School of Big Data Application and Economics, Guizhou University of Finance and Economics, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou China.
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Esmaeili P, Balsalobre Lorente D, Anwar A. Revisiting the environmental Kuznetz curve and pollution haven hypothesis in N-11 economies: Fresh evidence from panel quantile regression. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 228:115844. [PMID: 37028536 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Human activities in recent decades have severely affected environmental quality, and CO2 emissions have irreparable consequences on human health and the survival of the earth. Moreover, achieving sustainable development goals requires the expansion of environmental literature to accelerate the performing of critical actions. With this in mind, this study evaluates the impact of foreign direct investment, economic complexity, and the utilization of renewable energy on CO2 emission in N-11 countries from 1995 to 2019 by Panel Quantile Regression. As a novelty, the interaction between economic complexity and foreign direct investment is considered to get a better comprehension. Given the results, Environmental Kuznetz Curve is validated in N-11 countries through economic complexity. Notably, the impact of economic complexity is more substantial and robust in the incipient stages of industrialization. Furthermore, foreign direct investment is a destructive factor for environmental quality, and Pollution Haven Hypothesis is not rejected. Interestingly, the interaction of economic complexity and foreign direct investment mitigates the trend of CO2 emissions. Eventually, the utilization of renewable energy reduces CO2 emissions. Thereby, applying more strict environmental regulations and standards, developing green energy infrastructure and technologies, improving institutional quality, and supporting knowledge-based and technology-intensive exports are the main policy recommendations of this study.
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- Parisa Esmaeili
- Faculty of Economics, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Applied Economics I, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 16002, Cuenca, Spain; Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 16500, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Applied Economics, University of Alicante, Spain.
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- Department of Economics National College of Business Administration and Economics, Lahore, Pakistan; Lecturer, Business Administration Department Faculty of Management Sciences, ILMA University, Karachi, Pakistan.
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Aziz T. Accounting impacts of renewable energy expansions on ecosystem services to balance the trade-offs. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 879:162990. [PMID: 36963688 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Renewable energy systems and ecosystem services, both vital for human society, are often at odds. The land cover change brought about by renewable energy expansions tends to degrade ecosystem services. An effective approach for appraising the effects of renewable energy expansions on ecosystem services is therefore urgently needed. Faced with recent acute power shortages, Pakistan has embarked on renewable energy expansions to meet its future energy demands. These expansions, in turn, will degrade ecosystems in the country, leading to a further decline in the value of its already dwindling ecosystem services. To quantify this decline, I combine spatially explicit modeling and ecosystem services valuation techniques to monetize the impacts of the potential expansions of three energy systems: solar, wind, and hydro. The results show that 18.35 % of Pakistan's total area is suitable for potential renewable energy expansion, with 14.83 % of that total appropriate for solar, 3.48 % for wind, and 0.04 % for hydropower. The average value of ecosystem services from the areas of impact by potential expansions of solar, wind, and hydropower energy systems are respectively $2026, $2160, and $2824 per hectare per year (in 2020 U.S. dollars). Furthermore, the permanent loss of ecosystem services from the expansions decreases in the order of hydropower > solar > wind. The renewable energy expansions based on the potential energy mix for the year 2030 will cause a total impact of up to $9617 million per year thereafter, with a complete loss of $1259.4 million per year in ecosystem services values. These results can help achieve a finely balanced trade-off between renewable energy expansions and ecosystem services in the country. This novel approach for assessing the environmental footprints of energy expansions can be a trailblazer for countries and regions aiming at transitioning to renewable energy systems.
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- Tariq Aziz
- Aquanty Inc., 600 Weber St. N., Unit B, Waterloo, ON N2V 1K4, Canada; Ecohydrology Research Group, Water Institute and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, N2L 3G1, ON, Canada.
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Udemba EN, Emir F, Philip LD. Environmental implication of energy policies and private and public subsidies on infant mortality rate: a sustainable development study of India. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023:10.1007/s11356-023-27981-4. [PMID: 37271789 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27981-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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India has remarkably achieved some level of decline in infant mortality rate and increase in aged person through increase in life expectancy due to improvement on its health care sector but still remain amongst the countries with the highest rate of infant mortality within the Asian countries. Literature on environmental implication remains scarce, and for this we utilised India's data from 1975 to 2020 to research on this topic. Relevant scientific methods (residual Augmented Least Squares - RALS, Engle and Granger - EG, and its newly augmented version - RALS-EG) are adopted in this study. Further, to estimate the long-run elasticities of the regressors, the symmetric analyses, i.e., dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS) and Engle and Granger causality test techniques, are employed. Findings according to DOLS revealed that renewable energy sources and social (GDP per capita) and public subsidies (general government final consumption expenditure) have lessening effect on infant mortality in India, whilst the private subsidies (gross capital formation), fossil fuels, and carbon dioxide cause an increase in infant mortality in India. This exposes renewable energy source as a mitigating factor in Indian environmental degradation which as well lessen the infant mortality level in India; hence, policy is suggested to be framed on improving renewable energy and health sectors. The graphical presentation of the abstract is done with the diagram below. The graph shows the interactions amongst the selected variables in this study. The impacts of the explanatory variables on the dependent variable are shown with different colours showing positive (green) and negative (red) impacts.
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- Edmund Ntom Udemba
- Business School, Shanxi Technology and Business College, 99 Wucheng South Road, Xiaodian District, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030000, China
- Faculty of Economics Administrative and Social Sciences, Istanbul Gelisim University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration, Final International University, Kyrenia, North Cyprus, Via Mersin 10, Turkey.
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- Cyprus West University, North Cyprus Via Mersin 10, Famagusta, Turkey
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Ramzan M, Ullah S, Raza SA, Nadeem M. A step towards achieving SDG 2030 agenda: Analyzing the predictive power of information globalization amidst technological innovation-environmental stewardship nexus in the greenest economies. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 335:117541. [PMID: 36840996 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2022] [Revised: 02/04/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Through the transition of novel ideas, products, technologies, and business models, info-globalization facilitates the flow and expansion of cross-border information and resources. In the meantime, this stimulates the potential of informational globalization and the internet for environmental and other technological advancements, and assists to the realization of cleaner and greener production and consumption. However, prior studies have completely disregarded this facet of globalization. Thus, this novel study evaluates the role of technological innovation (TIN) and information globalization (ING) in predicting ecological footprints (EFP) and carbon emissions (CO2) in the world's top ten greenest economies. Besides, this study also unveils the moderating role of TIN and ING for environmental sustainability. The novel research employs non-parametric causality-in-quantiles approaches on quarterly data from 1994Q1 to 2019Q4 in order to quantify for causality-in-mean and causality-in-variance, since there may be no causation at first moment, but higher-order interdependencies may exist. The findings revealed that TIN and ING possess significant predictive potential for both ecological footprint and carbon emissions, indicating asymmetric predictability over environmental sustainability. Moreover, TIN and ING asserted a significant interaction role when it comes to predicting pollution levels in chosen countries. Overall, it is essential to note that natural resource conservation and pollution mitigation via green and technical innovation become a dilemma since pollution has no boundaries and will always stoke fires beyond them. The provision of financial and R&D assistance, as well as the use of mass and social media to raise awareness not only in their own regions but also in neighboring countries, might contribute to the achievement of SDG 13 and Cope26's ambition of cutting pollution by 2030.
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- Muhammad Ramzan
- Faculty of Management and Administrative Sciences, Department of Commerce, University of Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan; School of International Economics and Trade, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, 250014, Jinan, Shandong, China.
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- Research Center for Labor Economics and Human Resources, Shandong University, Weihai, China.
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- Department of Business Administration, IQRA University, Karachi, 75300, Pakistan.
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- College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China.
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Destek MA, Sinha A, Ozsoy FN, Zafar MW. Capital flow and environmental quality at crossroads: designing a sustainable policy framework for the newly industrialized countries. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023:10.1007/s11356-023-27794-5. [PMID: 37248350 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27794-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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It is extremely difficult for emerging economies to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and in order to close this policy gap, a comprehensive policy framework is needed. The purpose of this research is to determine the proportional impacts of domestic and foreign capital to environmental degradation in newly industrialized nations (NICs). For this reason, panel data methodology is used to evaluate, for the years 1991 to 2018, how the ecological footprint is affected by stock market capitalization, foreign direct investment, economic growth, urbanization, and energy intensity. Using the squared terms of stock market capitalization and foreign direct investment, respectively, it is also looked at whether domestic and foreign capital may have non-linear effects on the environment. According to the empirical findings, whereas local capital growth worsens the environment, increasing international capital prevents environmental degradation. There is an inverted U-shaped link between domestic capital and environmental degradation in the event of non-linearity, but foreign capital has a monotonically declining effect on environmental degradation. The study outcomes are utilized to design a policy framework to address the objectives of SDG 7, SDG 11, and SDG 13.
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- Management Development Institute, GoaGurgaon, India
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- Riphah School of Business and Management, Riphah International University, Lahore, Pakistan.
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Fan W, Aghabalayev F, Ahmad M. The role of global collaboration in environmental technology development, natural resources, and marine energy generation technologies toward carbon neutrality in knowledge-based economies. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023:10.1007/s11356-023-27728-1. [PMID: 37227635 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27728-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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This study aims to explore the influence of renewable energy consumption (REC), global collaboration in environmental technology development (GCETD), gross domestic product per capita (GDPPC), marine energy generation technologies (MGT), trade openness (TDOT), natural resources (NRs), and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2e) in 34 selected knowledge-based economies from 1990 to 2020. The results show that MGT and REC, an environmentally friendly source of energy, are positively connected with zero carbon emissions, reflecting the ability to serve as an alternative energy option for a sustainable environment. In addition, the study reveals that NRS, such as the accessibility of hydrocarbon resources, can have a positive effect on CO2e, implying that the unsustainable use of NRs may lead to the expansion of CO2e. Additionally, the study pinpoints that GDPPC and TDOT, as a gauge of economic expansion, play an essential part in a carbon-neutral future, suggesting that greater amounts of commercial success could result in greater ecological sustainability. The results also show that GCETD is linked to lower CO2e. This means that working together on an international level helps to improve environmental technologies and slow down the effects of global warming. It is suggested that governments should focus on and encourages GCETD, the use of REC, and TDOT to speed up the path toward zero emissions. Also, decision-makers should think about backing research and development investments in MGT as a potential way to reach zero CO2e in a knowledge-based economies.
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- Wei Fan
- Library, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- International Studies Department, Sichuan UniversitySichuan University (SCU Full Time Post Doc Project), Chengdu, 610065, China.
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- Department of Economics, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, Pakistan
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Ibrahim RL, Al-Mulali U, Solarin SA, Ajide KB, Al-Faryan MAS, Mohammed A. Probing environmental sustainability pathways in G7 economies: the role of energy transition, technological innovation, and demographic mobility. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023:10.1007/s11356-023-27472-6. [PMID: 37225949 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27472-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Global warming remains the most devastating environmental issue embattling the global economies, with significant contributions emanating from CO2 emissions. The continued rise in the level of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions serves as a compelling force which constitutes the core of discussion at the recent COP26 prompting nations to commit to the net-zero emission target. The current research presents the first empirical investigation on the roles of technological advancement, demographic mobility, and energy transition in G7 pathways to environmental sustainability captured by CO2 emissions per capita (PCCO2) from 2000 to 2019. The study considers the additional impacts of structural change and resource abundance. The empirical backings are subjected to pre-estimation tests consisting of cross-sectional dependence, second-generation stationarity, and panel cointegration tests. The model estimation is based on cross-sectional augmented autoregressive distributed lag, dynamic common correlated effects mean group, and augmented mean group for the main analysis and robustness checks. The findings reveal the existence of EKC based on the direct and indirect effects of the components of economic growth. The indicators of demographic mobility differ in the direction of influence on PCCO2. For instance, while rural population growth negatively influences PCCO2 in the short-run alone, urban population growth increases PCCO2 in the short-run and long-run periods. Nonrenewable energy, information computer technology (ICT) imports, and mobile cellular subscriptions serve as positive predictors of PCCO2, while ICT exports and renewable energy moderate the surge in PCCO2. Policy implications that enhance environmental sustainability are suggested following the empirical verifications.
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- School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Portsmouth, The United Kingdom & Consultant in Economics and Finance, Richmond Building, Portland Street, Portsmouth, PO1 3DE, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Faculty of Business and Law, University of Roehampton, E16 2RD, London, UK
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Peng W, Xu J, He Z. The impact of human capital on green economic efficiency: evidence from 280 prefectural cities in China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023:10.1007/s11356-023-27014-0. [PMID: 37170055 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27014-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Balancing economic growth with resources and the environment to achieve sustainable development is a key issue in the development of all countries, and researchers are trying to find feasible development paths. The aim of this study is to examine the impact of human capital levels on green economic efficiency (GEE) and the underlying mechanisms in 280 prefecture-level cities in China and covering the 2003-2019 period. In addition, we calculate GEE including undesired outputs based on a super-efficiency slack-based measure (SBM) model, and we construct panel regression and moderating effect models for empirical studies. The results of the baseline regression study show that the improvement in the human capital level contributes to the GEE of prefecture-level cities. Among the control variables, the economic development level, foreign direct investment (FDI), city size, and the science and technology innovation (STI) level positively affect GEE, while industrialization and environmental regulation negatively affect GEE. The study results concerning the mechanism of action indicate that industrial structure upgrading plays a positive moderating role. That is, industrial structure upgrading can strengthen the effect of human capital on GEE, which is further clarified. This study suggests that government policies must favor the cultivation of high-level human capital, especially in the environmental protection industry, and that talent support strategies should be differentiated between regions to promote industrial structure upgrading and human capital matching through green technology development. Modern human capital theory reveals the important role of human capital in improving economic efficiency and provides new ideas for achieving sustainable development. This paper explores the role of human capital in improving the GEE based on the human capital perspective, which is important for research on the pathways to achieve sustainable development.
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- Weibin Peng
- School of Economics, Hangzhou Normal University, No. 2318 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- School of Economics, Hangzhou Normal University, No. 2318 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
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- School of Economics, Hangzhou Normal University, No. 2318 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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Ozkan O, Khan N, Ahmed M. Impact of green technological innovations on environmental quality for Turkey: evidence from the novel dynamic ARDL simulation model. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023:10.1007/s11356-023-27350-1. [PMID: 37166733 PMCID: PMC10173922 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27350-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The contribution of this research is to provide empirical evidence that investing in green technology innovation (GTI) can reduce the ecological footprint in Turkey, which can lead to sustainable economic growth and environmental quality. The research also highlights the importance of controlling energy consumption, GDP, trade openness, and urbanization, as these variables have a positive or negative effect on ecological footprint. The findings of this research can be useful for the Turkish government, policymakers, and environmentalists to promote the implementation of GTI and eco-friendly resources, which can reduce the impact of climate change and contribute to economic prosperity. Overall, this research provides important information for decision-makers to adopt policies that prioritize green innovation and environmental protection in Turkey.
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- Oktay Ozkan
- Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University, Tokat, Turkey.
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- UCP Business School, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Business Administration, IQRA University, Karachi City, Pakistan
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Adebayo TS, Samour A, Alola AA, Abbas S, Ağa M. The potency of natural resources and trade globalisation in the ecological sustainability target for the BRICS economies. Heliyon 2023; 9:e15734. [PMID: 37180906 PMCID: PMC10172752 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023] Open
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The BRICS nations have yet to significantly contribute to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 7 and 13. Dealing with this problem might necessitate a policy shift, which is the main topic of this research. Therefore, the current study scrutinizes the interrelationship between natural resources, energy, trade globalisation and ecological footprint using panel data from the period between 1990 and 2018 for the BRICS nations. To assess the interrelationship between ecological footprint and its determinants, we used the Cross sectional autoregressive distributed lag (CS-ARDL) and common correlated effects. mean group (CCEMG) estimators. The findings show that economic progress, and natural resources lessen ecological quality, while renewable energy and trade globalization improves ecological quality in the BRICS nations. Based on these results, the BRICS nations need to upgrade their use of renewable energy sources and improve the structure of their natural resource endowments. Furthermore, trade globalisation necessitates immediate policy responses in these nations since it reduces ecological damage.
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- Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo
- Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Science, Cyprus International University, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus, via Mersin-10, Turkey
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- Department of Accounting , Dhofar University, Salalah, Sultanate of Oman
- Corresponding author.
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- CREDS-Centre for Research on Digitalization and Sustainability, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
- Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Nisantasi University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Graduate School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University, Russian Federation
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- Department of Accounting and Finance, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Science, Cyprus International University, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus, via Mersin-10, Turkey
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Pinar M. Green aid, aid fragmentation and carbon emissions. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 870:161922. [PMID: 36736414 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The existing studies that examined the green aid effectiveness in reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions found mixed results; however, neither of these studies considered the role of aid fragmentation in the effectiveness of green aid flows. By using the dynamic panel generalized method of moments (GMM) methodology to panel data of 92 countries covering the period between 2002 and 2018, this study examines the impact of green aid fragmentation on the effectiveness of green aid flows in reducing CO2 emissions. Using different fragmentation measures, this paper finds that green aid fragmentation is detrimental to the effectiveness of green aid flows in reducing CO2 emissions per capita. The findings also highlight that the damaging impact of green aid fragmentation is lower in countries with stronger institutions. This paper highlights the need for better coordination of the green aid flows by having less fragmented green aid flows.
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- Mehmet Pinar
- Business School, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire L39 4QP, UK; Departamento de Análisis Económico y Economía Política, Universidad de Sevilla, Avda. Ramón y Cajal, 1, 41018 Sevilla, Spain.
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Adebayo TS, Ullah S. Formulating sustainable development policies for China within the framework of socioeconomic conditions and government stability. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 328:121673. [PMID: 37085107 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Revised: 04/16/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Improvement in the environmental quality has been seen as a major concern worldwide, and a crucial agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's). In this study, we examined the causal impacts of economic growth, financial development, nuclear energy, government stability, and socioeconomic conditions on the environmental quality of China, using quarterly data, covering the period 1984-2018. We used different proxies for environmental quality, i.e., Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, ecological footprints, and load capacity factor, and a unique methodology named Fourier quantile causality, recently recommended by Cheng et al. (2021), for the first time in case of China. We find that nuclear energy, and government stability are positively causing the environmental quality, while economic growth, financial development, and socioeconomic conditions are degrading the environmental quality in China, since they are linked with increased income and energy consumption. Furthermore, all the explanatory variables are largely sensitive on different quantiles to affect the environmental quality; however, economic growth is a highly causing environmental degradation. Our study suggests that increasing nuclear energy consumption along with green financial measures that simultaneously support economic growth and socioeconomic conditions can be effective tools for improving environmental quality and realizing the SDGs in China.
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- Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo
- Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Cyprus International University, Nicosia, Mersin-10, Turkey.
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- Research Center for Labor Economics and Human Resources, Shandong University, Weihai, 264209, China.
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Farayibi AO, Haouas II, Trinh HH, Akadiri SS. Economic growth, social, and welfare development during COVID-19 pandemic: do country-specific characters matter in the MENA region? ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:60552-60573. [PMID: 37036647 PMCID: PMC10088776 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26678-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has generated major shocks that have crippled the economic development of many countries and regions. The COVID-19 pandemic has hampered not only economic development but also global countries from achieving their sustainable development goals through various channels. Given their first experience, many countries have no guidelines for measuring the true impact of the pandemic on their economic and social development, either at the global, regional, or country level. Amid the current slow research development in this area, this study investigates the medium- and long-run impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the United Nation's achievement of sustainable development goals. The sample in the study comprises the Middle East and North African countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. The social development goals are approximated by economic growth and human development index, which play as the dependent variables representing two models, respectively. From another aspect, independent variables are derived from three primary sectors: government, households, and healthcare providers. In estimating the model, the study implements the panel regression estimation method using multiple variance estimators. The study findings will help policymakers formulate deliberate policy plans to stabilize economic and social fluctuations in the region and to improve the performance of basic macroeconomic parameters.
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- Adesoji Oladapo Farayibi
- Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
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- College of Business, Abu Dhabi University, P.O.Box: 59911, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- School of Economics and Finance, Massey Business School, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand
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Sohail A, Du J, Abbasi BN. Exploring the interrelationship among health status, CO 2 emissions, and energy use in the top 20 highest emitting economies: based on the CS-DL and CS-ARDL approaches. AIR QUALITY, ATMOSPHERE, & HEALTH 2023; 16:1-24. [PMID: 37359391 PMCID: PMC10072818 DOI: 10.1007/s11869-023-01350-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2e) which is caused by energy use contributes to the global average surface temperature increase by 1.5 °C as compared to the mid-1800s which is causing a certain change in the climate and becoming an adverse effect on health and economy. The relationship between health status, CO2e, and energy use has yet to be thoroughly investigated in the top 20 highest emitting economies. The data from 2000 to 2019 is analyzed by using advanced techniques of cross-sectional augmented distributed lag (CS-DL) and cross-sectional augmented autoregressive distributed lag (CS-ARDL) which take into consideration crucial elements of panel data, namely dynamics, heterogeneity, and cross-sectional dependence. Moreover, cross-sectional augmented error correction method (CS-ECM) and the common dynamic process of the augmented mean group (AMG) are applied for robustness checks. The empirical findings revealed that (i) CO2e weakens the health status only in the short-run, whereas health expenditure improves the health status in the both short- and long-runs, while economic growth is not contributing to the health status in the both short- and long-runs; (ii) health expenditure and economic growth only help to mitigate CO2e in the long-run, whereas energy use causes CO2e in the both short- and long-runs; (iii) energy use causes high economic growth in the both short- and long-runs, whereas CO2e aids economic growth in the short-run but is extremely damaging to economic growth in the long-run, while in the both short- and long-runs health expenditure is not aiding the economic growth. This study provides policy recommendations on improving human health by advocating massive health expenditures, CO2e easing, promoting renewable energy use or low-emission energy, and steering the economy toward green economic growth. Graphical abstract
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- Ali Sohail
- School of Public Policy and Administration, Xian Jiaotong University, Xian, Shaanxi China
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- School of Public Policy and Administration, Xian Jiaotong University, Xian, Shaanxi China
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Rauf A, Nureen N, Irfan M, Ali M. The current developments and future prospects of solar photovoltaic industry in an emerging economy of India. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:46270-46281. [PMID: 36717417 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-25471-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Solar photovoltaic (PV) is a novel and eco-friendly power source. India's vast solar resources present tremendous solar energy use prospects. The solar PV growth in India has spanned over fifty years, with a significant increase during the past decade. To meet the requirements of the rapidly expanding PV power market in India, it is essential to define, scrutinize, and comprehend the industry's development path and features. This study comprehensively analyzes the current state of solar resources, the future growth prospects of the solar PV sector, and the major factors that influence the industry's smooth growth. The study relates to the following five major factors: technological R&D, industrial planning, rules and regulations, power pricing guidelines, and projects enticement programs. To explore these elements, a multifaceted approach consisting of an inclusive literature research, statistical data inquiry, legislation review, and regulatory and policy analysis is undertaken. Analyzing the usual occurrences, the development process, and the features of the five elements permits the growth of development route models. The findings of this study provide information regarding the current development and future prospects of PV power sector in India. In today's rapidly changing social, economic, and technological landscapes, policymakers have the opportunity to gain better understanding from the ever-evolving practices and new advances in the business paradigm.
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- Abdul Rauf
- School of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST), No. 219 Ningliu Road, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing City, China
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- School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China
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- School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.
- Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.
- School of Business Administration, ILMA University, Karachi, 75190, Pakistan.
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- School of Economics and Management, Qujing Normal University, Yunnan, 655011, China
- Pakistan Studies center, School of Ethnology, North Minzu University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, 750021, China
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Samour A, Adebayo TS, Agyekum EB, Khan B, Kamel S. Insights from BRICS-T economies on the impact of human capital and renewable electricity consumption on environmental quality. Sci Rep 2023; 13:5245. [PMID: 37002347 PMCID: PMC10066321 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-32134-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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This paper evaluates the impact of electricity consumption from renewable and nonrenewable sources on the load capacity factor for BRICS-T nations using data from 1990 to 2018. The paper used linear and nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approaches to explore these associations. The results of the Westerlund co-integration show long-run co-integration between load capacity factor and the independent variables. The results show that renewable electricity energy and human capital contribute to the sustainability of the environment, while electricity consumption, economic growth, and industrialization impede environmental sustainability. Similarly, the nonlinear effect of renewable electricity energy on LCF shows interesting findings. The positive (negative) shift in renewable electricity energy increases ecological sustainability in the BRICS-T nations. Furthermore, the Dumitrescu Hurlin panel causality gives credence to both linear and nonlinear ARDL results. The study suggests policy recommendations based on these results.
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- Ahmed Samour
- Accounting Department, Dhofar University, Salalah, Sultanate of Oman
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- Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Cyprus International University, Mersin 10, 99040, Haspolat, Turkey
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- Department of Nuclear and Renewable Energy, Ural Federal University Named After the First President of Russia Boris Yeltsin, 19 Mira Street, Ekaterinburg, Russia, 620002
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
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- Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Aswan University, Aswan, 81542, Egypt
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Naimoglu M. The effect of energy prices, energy losses, and renewable energy use on CO 2 emissions in energy-importing developing economies in the presence of an environmental Kuznets curve. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:58755-58772. [PMID: 36995504 PMCID: PMC10060945 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26656-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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In this study, energy losses, energy prices, and the relationship between green energy and environmental quality are investigated for 15 energy-importing emerging economies. In addition, the validity of the environmental Kuznets curve is tested in this study. Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach based on panel dataset, related intermediate estimators including PMG, MG, and DFE were used as a method. In addition, FMOLS and DOLS estimators were used for robustness testing in the study. According to empirical findings, the environmental Kuznets curve is valid in energy-importing emerging economies. In addition, green energy use and energy prices have a reducing effect on CO2 emissions. However, energy losses increase CO2 emissions. While the long-term results of the variables were similar, the short-term results were mixed. This situation is attributed to different economic growths in energy-importing developing economies, the share of energy resources in total energy resources, and energy-efficient technologies in the energy field. The fact that these variables have never been investigated for this economy group makes the study different.
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- Mustafa Naimoglu
- Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics, Bingol University, 12000, Bingol, Turkey.
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Onifade ST, Erdoğan S, Alola AA. The role of alternative energy and globalization in decarbonization prospects of the oil-producing African economies. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:58128-58141. [PMID: 36977876 PMCID: PMC10163144 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26581-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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This study assesses the environmental impacts of the energy mix of mainly oil-producing African nations. The economic aspects of decarbonization prospects were also viewed from the perspectives of fossil energy dependence among the countries. More insights on the impacts of energy mix on decarbonization prospects were also provided on a country-specific analysis basis via the application of second-generation econometric techniques in assessing carbon emission levels across the countries between 1990 and 2015. From the results, only renewable resources proved to be a significant decarbonization tool among the understudied oil-rich economies. Moreover, the consequences of the trio of fossil fuel consumption, income growth, and globalization are diametrically opposed to achieving decarbonization as the rise in their usage significantly acts as pollutant-inducing tools. The validity of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) conjecture was also upheld for the combined analysis of the panel countries. The study thus opined that the reduction in conventional energy dependence will enhance environmental quality. Consequently, given the advantages of the geographical locations of these countries in Africa, concerted strategies for more investment in clean renewable energy sources like solar and wind were suggested to policymakers among other recommendations.
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- Stephen Taiwo Onifade
- Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, KTO Karatay University, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Economics, Şelcuk University, Konya, Turkey
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- CREDS-Centre for Research On Digitalization and Sustainability, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Elverum, 2418, Norway.
- Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Nisantasi University, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Investigating the nexus between carbonization and industrialization under Kaya's identity: findings from novel multivariate quantile on quantile regression approach. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:45796-45814. [PMID: 36708470 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-25413-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Developing nations aim to industrialize and grow sustainably often ignoring the environmental consequences. However, few empirical studies have looked at the influence of industrialization-driven economic transition on carbon footprint in developing nations using a non-parametric approach. In this milieu, on the ground of Kaya's identity and the novel multivariate quantile-on-quantile regression (QQR) (extension of Sim and Zhou's (2015) bivariate QQR model), the present research studies the impact of industrial value-added (IGVA), population, energy intensity, and carbon intensity on CO2 emissions in India. This study is one of the first in the literature to evaluate the industrialization-carbonization nexus in the context of Kaya's identity for the Indian economy utilizing an innovative multivariate QQR approach, which makes a methodological and empirical addition to the literature. The outcomes of the multivariate QQR technique demonstrate that economic and environmental development requires continual long-run strategies. The empirical findings revealed that there is no authentication that India's carbon emissions increased due to its industrialization, which exhibited that IGVA has a negative and significant connection with CO2 emissions. In some quantiles, population size positively impacts CO2 emissions. On the other hand, carbonization in the Indian economy is asymmetrically affected by GDP per capita and energy and carbon intensity. The quantile Granger causality study further supported the aforementioned results. The current analysis also offers policy suggestions for environmentally friendly sustainable economic growth and to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of India.
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