Article
Environmental Sciences
Weiping Zhu, Usman Mehmood, Ibrahim Alnafrah, Mohamad Abou Houran, Abd Alwahed Dagestani
Summary: The objective of this study is to investigate the association between military spending and environmental sustainability within the N-11 countries. The study finds that there is a strong correlation between sustainable economic expansion and energy consumption, which leads to elevated levels of carbon emissions. Additionally, there is a plausible correlation between military spending and the degradation of the environment. The study also reveals that a country's environment is positively influenced by GDP and militarization, while the escalation of military capital intensity exacerbates environmental damage. Increasing the adoption of renewable energy sources can mitigate negative environmental impacts over time. It proposes policy recommendations for sustainable development, including reducing militarization and improving the use of clean energy.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Weiping Zhu, Usman Mehmood, Ibrahim Alnafrah, Mohamad Abou Houran, Abd Alwahed Dagestani
Summary: The objective of this study is to investigate the association between military spending and environmental sustainability within the N-11 countries. Empirical evidence indicates that a country's environment is positively influenced by GDP and militarization. Increasing the adoption of renewable energy sources can mitigate negative environmental impacts over time. This study proposes policy recommendations for sustainable development, including reducing militarization and improving the use of clean energy.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Shouchang You, Zhonghua Li, Jintian Wang
Summary: This research investigates the impacts of economic policy uncertainty and energy structure on ecological footprints in the G-10 countries. The findings show a positive relationship between economic policy uncertainty and ecological footprints. Additionally, natural resource rents and energy structure have a positive impact on mitigating ecological footprints, while economic growth increases them.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Geovanny Genaro Reivan-Ortiz, Phan The Cong, Wing-Keung Wong, Anis Ali, Huong Tran Thi Thu, Shamim Akhter
Summary: The study examines the impact of economic and political factors on tourist arrivals in the tourism industry. Using panel data regression analysis, the study finds that geopolitical risk and currency fluctuation have a negative impact, while economic policy has a positive impact. It also suggests that the effects vary across BRICS countries, with geopolitical risk having a stronger short-term impact and economic policy having a stronger long-term impact.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Yunpeng Sun, Weimin Guan, Usman Mehmood, Xiaodong Yang
Summary: This study investigates the impacts of natural resources, renewable energy, and foreign direct investment on ecological footprints. The findings show that natural resources have an asymmetric impact, renewable energy has significant negative effects, and economic growth has positive effects on ecological footprints. Moreover, the study validates the long-term FDI hallo hypothesis and confirms convergence toward long-run steady-state equilibrium.
Article
Economics
James E. Payne, Saban Nazlioglu, Andrea Mervar
Summary: This study examines the impact of Croatian and European economic policy uncertainty indices on international tourist arrivals in Croatia. The results indicate that both indices have a negative effect on tourist arrivals, with European economic policy uncertainty having a greater impact than Croatian economic policy uncertainty.
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Hongwei Zhang, Zhuoyu Jiang, Wang Gao, Cai Yang
Summary: This study explores the time-varying relationship between global and domestic uncertain shocks and Chinese inbound tourism using a TVP-VAR model. The results show that uncertain shocks have time-varying impacts on tourist arrivals, and the effects differ depending on the type of shock.
TOURISM MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Usman Saleem Yousaf, Farhan Ali, Shabib Haider Syed, Babar Aziz, Saima Sarwar
Summary: This study is a pioneer attempt to use ecological footprints as a proxy for environmental sensitivity in regression analysis. It examines the impact of fiscal and monetary tools, green energy consumption, and economic growth on China's ecological footprints from 1990 to 2020. The study finds that China's rapid economic growth, fueled by fossil fuels, has a positive and statistically significant influence on ecological footprints. On the other hand, expansionary fiscal policies, contractionary monetary policies, and green energy use have a negative/inverse relationship with ecological footprints. The study also reveals reciprocal interconnections between ecological footprints and GDP as well as green energy consumption.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Pei Xu, Muzzammil Hussain, Chengang Ye, Jiangquan Wang, Chen Wang, Jinzhou Geng, Yiding Liu, Jingwei Chen
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between natural resource rents, economic policy uncertainty, energy structure, and ecological footprints in emerging economies. The findings suggest that energy structure contributes to reducing ecological footprints, but the role of natural resource rents and economic policy uncertainty in limiting ecological footprints is not significant. Therefore, emerging economies should consider the impact of economic policy uncertainty, natural resource rents, and urbanization on the environment.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Changjian Pan, Juan Felipe Espinosa Cristia, Muhammad Irfan, Zejiang Pan, Wafa Ghardallou, Muhammad Tahir, Basit Ali
Summary: Ecological footprint (EF) is created by human demands for water, infrastructure, energy and food, resulting in pollution, resource depletion and ecological disturbance. The sustainability goal is to reduce climate change impact on natural resources for long-term growth. Pakistan, facing an ecological deficit, struggles to balance economic development and environmental protection globally. EF has become a global phenomenon due to its significant role in achieving sustainability, vital for human life.
GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Syed Ali Raza, Sara Qamar, Maiyra Ahmed
Summary: This study examines the long-term connection and short-term dynamics between ecological footprint and six independent variables in Pakistan. The results highlight the significant influence of energy consumption, financial position, economic growth, and ICT technologies on ecological well-being.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Canh Phuc Nguyen, Nadia Doytch
Summary: This study explores the impact of economic complexity on ecological footprints and finds an inverted U-shaped relationship between economic complexity and ecological footprints, which is confirmed in low- and lower-middle-income economies but not in upper-middle-income economies. Additionally, the Consumption Ecological Footprint in high-income economies also exhibits an inverted U shape.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mehdi Abid, Habib Sakrafi, Zouheyr Gheraia, Hanane Abdelli
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between renewable energy consumption and ecological footprint in Saudi Arabia, considering the important role of economic growth in the environmental function. The findings suggest that an increase in human capital and renewable energy consumption improves environmental quality, while an increase in trade openness and GDP deteriorates environmental quality.
Article
Environmental Studies
Abdelmohsen A. Nassani, Abdullah Mohammed Aldakhil, Khalid Zaman
Summary: The study examines the role of commodity and resource markets in economic development, the pressure of human demand on natural capital, and the hump-shaped relationship between ecological footprints and mineral resources in the top 10 mineral abundant economies. The results show that efficient insurance services, sustainable economic growth, energy efficiency, and fair trade policies are important factors in mitigating adverse environmental externalities and reducing mineral resource rents.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Shiwei Chang, Bo Chen, Yu Song
Summary: Military expenditures in the Asia-Pacific region have increased alongside economic growth, but the environmental impact of the military sector has not received enough attention. Renewable energy utilization in the region has also seen significant growth. This study examines the relationship between militarization, economic growth, renewable energy utilization, and environmental change in 15 countries participating in the RCEP agreement from 1990 to 2018. The findings show that economic growth and increasing levels of militarization have a positive impact on a country's ecological footprint, and improving renewable energy utilization can alleviate long-term environmental effects.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chinazaekpere Nwani, Festus Victor Bekun, Phillips O. Agboola, Philip C. Omoke, Ekpeno L. Effiong
Summary: This study examines the impact of industrial structure, information and communication technologies, and economic freedom on carbon dioxide emissions in African economies. The findings suggest that industrial output increases territorial-based CO2 emissions, while services reduce consumption-based CO2 emissions. The use of fixed and analogue telephone technologies increases CO2 emissions, while mobile and internet technologies decrease CO2 emissions. Additionally, increased economic freedom decreases territorial-based CO2 emissions.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Economics
Toyo Amegnonna Marcel Dossou, Emmanuelle Ndomandji Kambaye, Festus Victor Bekun, Abalou Omar Eoulam
Summary: This study examines the moderating effect of governance quality on the relationship between tourism and poverty alleviation using data from 15 Latin American countries. The findings show that good governance contributes to poverty reduction, while tourism development exacerbates poverty. Interestingly, tourism and governance quality have complementary impacts in alleviating poverty.
Article
Environmental Studies
Bright Akwasi Gyamfi, Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo, Festus Victor Bekun, Mary Oluwatoyin Agboola
Summary: This study uses quantile regression to analyze the relationship between income, natural resource rent, globalization, energy use, aging population, and carbon emissions in the Mediterranean region. The results show an inverted U-shaped connection between income and natural resource rent with CO2 emissions, affirming the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis. Additionally, globalization and energy use have a positive relationship with emissions, while aging population is negatively correlated with emissions. The study also develops a multi-stage Sustainable Development Goal framework and examines three specific SDGs in this context.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Andrew Adewale Alola, Festus Victor Bekun, Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo, Gizem Uzuner
Summary: This study employs nonlinear ARDL and frequency domain causality methods to investigate the contributions and mitigating effects of energy sources and economic progress on China's cement carbon emissions. The findings suggest that economic growth, energy from fossil fuels, and primary energy consumption all contribute to emissions, while renewable energy has a decreasing effect on emissions.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Marymagdaline Enowmbi Tarkang, Festus Fatai Adedoyin, Festus Victor Bekun
Summary: This study presents a new perspective on the relationship between tourism and economic growth by considering its impact on energy consumption and pollution. The findings indicate that tourism growth has a significant impact on these factors, and policy recommendations are provided accordingly.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT-IJRED
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Bosede Ngozi Adeleye, Darlington Akam, Nasiru Inuwa, Henry Tumba James, Denis Basila
Summary: This study investigates the effect of nonrenewable energy and globalization on carbon emissions in seven South Asian countries. The findings suggest an inverted U-shaped relationship between energy and emissions, as well as a U-shaped relationship between globalization and emissions. The study also highlights the differences among countries and emphasizes the importance of urgent action to achieve sustainable development goals.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Bosede Ngozi Adeleye, Aviral Kumar Tiwari, Muhammed Ibrahim Shah, Saif Ullah
Summary: This study critically examines the health-environment discourse and investigates the associations between infant and under-5 mortality rates, carbon emissions, and non-renewable energy. The findings reveal that greenhouse gas emissions can undermine access to basic resources necessary for a healthy life, and contribute to both environmental and human health threats. The study uses unbalanced panel data on 46 European countries from 2005 to 2015, showing that carbon emissions are positively associated with mortality rates, while non-renewable energy has a significant negative relationship. The study also highlights the importance of policy recommendations.
ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING & ASSESSMENT
(2023)
Correction
Environmental Sciences
Bosede Ngozi Adeleye, Aviral Kumar Tiwari, Muhammad Ibrahim Shah, Saif Ullah
ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING & ASSESSMENT
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Arshian Sharif, Mustafa Tevfik Kartal, Festus Victor Bekun, Ugur Korkut Pata, Chan Ling Foon, Serpil Kilic Depren
Summary: This study comprehensively analyzes the role of green technology, environmental taxes, and green energy in achieving a sustainable environment in 5 sovereign Nordic countries. The analysis considers income and population and uses empirical data from 1995 to 2020. The results show that green technology, environmental taxes, and green energy have a negative association with CO2 emissions, while income and population have a positive association. The robustness of the findings is confirmed by alternative methods.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo, Festus Victor Bekun, Ilhan Ozturk, Murat Ismet Haseki
Summary: This study confirms the significance of UN Sustainable Development Goals 7 and 8 by empirically exploring the long-term and causal relationship between energy consumption, urbanization, trade openness, and economic growth in Mexico. The findings suggest that energy consumption positively affects economic growth, while urbanization and trade openness have a unidirectional causal relationship with economic growth.
NATURAL RESOURCES FORUM
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chinazaekpere Nwani, Festus V. Bekun, Bright A. Gyamfi, Ekpeno L. Effiong, Andrew A. Alola
Summary: Sustainable use of natural resources requires ensuring that current economic benefits do not harm future generations. This study examines the relationship between natural resource rents and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for a panel of 45 developing and transition economies from 1995 to 2017. The results show that affluence and energy intensity contribute to CO2 emissions, and the impact of natural resource rents on CO2 emissions is stronger when adjusted for trade.
NATURAL RESOURCES FORUM
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Muhammad Azam, Bosede Ngozi Adeleye
Summary: This study examines the impact of different sources of carbon emissions on life expectancy and explores if the impact differs across income groups. The results show that liquid and solid fuel emissions have significant negative effects on life expectancy, with liquid fuel emissions having the most adverse effect. The study also finds that life expectancy is persistent and that the impact of carbon emissions on life expectancy varies across income groups.
NATURAL RESOURCES FORUM
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Innocent Okwanya, Patricia O. Abah, Eje-Ojeka G. Amaka, Ilhan Ozturk, Abdulkareem Alhassan, Festus Victor Bekun
Summary: This study investigates the asymmetric effect of oil price changes on CO2 emissions in 30 African countries from 1987 to 2019. Using the panel non-linear autoregressive distributive lag (NARDL) methodology, the study finds that positive changes in oil price lead to a reduction in CO2 emissions, while negative changes result in an increase in CO2 emissions across the panel countries. The study suggests strengthening efforts to reduce carbon emissions, particularly in oil-exporting countries, as oil price alone is not sufficient to mitigate CO2 emissions on the continent.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Samuel-Soma M. Ajibade, Abdelhamid Zaidi, Festus Victor Bekun, Anthonia Oluwatosin Adediran, Mbiatke Anthony Bassey
Summary: This paper comprehensively analyzes the research/publication landscape of machine learning for climate change (MLCC) research and finds that it has significant socio-economic, environmental, and research impact. The study predicts increased discoveries, publications, and citations in the near future.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gloria Nnadwa Alhassan, Andrew Adewale Alola, Festus Victor Bekun
Summary: This study investigates the validity of the Obesity Kuznets curve (OKC) in the United States, as well as the role of globalization and biocapacity in controlling obesity prevalence. The study finds that the OKC is valid in the short run and reveals an inverted U-shaped relationship between globalization and obesity. Additionally, it shows that biocapacity has a positive impact on obesity.