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Communication
Wolfgang Briglauer, Monika Koeppl-Turyna, Wolfgang Schwarzbauer, Virag Bitto
Summary: This research aimed to inform policymakers about the actual climate relevance of the ICT ecosystem. The findings suggest that old and new broadband networks have positive effects in reducing CO2 emissions, while other ICT elements showed offsetting environmental impacts.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Nidhaleddine Ben Cheikh, Younes Ben Zaied
Summary: This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between CO2 emissions and income growth in the MENA region, proposes a new approach for modeling the emissions-income nexus without assuming the EKC, and identifies a threshold effect in CO2 emissions. The study highlights the role of the energy fuel mix in mitigating emissions as MENA countries transition to low-carbon and renewable energy sources.
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Business, Finance
Nidhaleddine Ben Cheikh, Younes Ben Zaied, Julien Chevallier
Summary: This study proposes a new approach for analyzing the dynamic relationships between CO2 emissions, energy use, and income in the Middle East and North African region using a nonlinear panel smooth transition regression framework. The empirical findings show that pollutant emissions respond nonlinearly to energy consumption and GDP growth. The study reveals an inverted U-shaped pattern for the impact of energy on CO2 emissions and highlights that GDP growth significantly impacts carbon emissions only for higher energy consumption growth.
RESEARCH IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Anis Omri, Kais Saidi
Summary: This study examines the impacts of renewable and non-renewable energy on carbon dioxide emissions in 14 Middle East and North Africa economies. The findings suggest that renewable energy enhances environmental quality, while non-renewable energy deteriorates it. The industry sector is found to have the highest contribution to environmental degradation.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Xiaojun Liu, Kun Zhang, Hong Tu, Cheng Liu, Yunpeng Sun
Summary: This study investigates the motives behind the levels of molecular pollution during the COVID-19 pandemic and examines the inclusive and local effects of modern planning and urbanization on nonrenewable energy sources using a spatial Durbin file model and an edge backslide model. The findings reveal that factors such as GDP per capita, urbanization, and energy power influence CO2 emissions, but trade receptivity remains unchanged. These findings have important implications for government, health experts, and regulators in the fight against COVID-19.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
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Economics
Hichem Dkhili
Summary: This analysis examines the hypothesis of EKC in MENA countries and finds the long-term decline between renewable energies, economic growth, trade openness, and FDI. The empirical results also show a link between the rate of CO2 emissions and trade openness.
JOURNAL OF THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Majed Alharthi, Eyup Dogan, Dilvin Taskin
Summary: This study analyzes the factors determining CO2 emissions in the Middle East and North Africa region under the Environmental Kuznets Curve framework. It found that renewable energy consumption significantly reduces emissions, while non-renewable energy consumption increases CO2 emissions.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Energy & Fuels
Wiranya Puntoon, Payap Tarkhamtham, Roengchai Tansuchat
Summary: This paper investigates the relationship between CO2 emissions per capita and their main drivers (economic growth, industrial production, and energy consumption). The study focuses on countries with the largest shares in global CO2 emissions per capita using panel regression with heterogeneous time trends. The results show that energy consumption has a decisive positive effect on CO2 emissions, while economic growth and industrial production have weak positive effects.
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Environmental Studies
Naima Sadoui, Lotfi Zabat, Habib Sekrafi, Mehdi Abid
Summary: This paper examines the moderating role of natural resources between governance indicators and environmental quality in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries from 1996 to 2017. The empirical results suggest that corruption control, political stability, rule of law, voice and accountability, and government effectiveness increase CO2 emissions, while regulation quality has no effect. Additionally, FDI and GDP are found to increase CO2 emissions. However, natural resources moderate the governance indicators to reduce CO2 emissions. Therefore, policymakers should focus on increasing public awareness of sustainable natural resource utilization, and improving the institutional framework of governments to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in the MENA countries.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Usman Mehmood, Salman Tariq, Zia ul Haq
Summary: The changing population structure in South Asian countries is linked to growing social, economic, and environmental problems, with age structure found to have an impact on CO2 emissions. India has been identified as having a stronger association between age structure and CO2 emissions compared to other South Asian countries, particularly with individuals under 15 years and over 65 years being responsible for increased emissions. Governments in these countries need to prioritize age structure in order to improve air quality.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Taner Guney, Emrah Ustundag
Summary: The study indicates that wind energy consumption has a significant negative impact on carbon emissions in the long term, while globalization has a significant positive impact on carbon emissions in the long term. These findings highlight the importance of wind energy consumption in reducing carbon emissions.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
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Economics
Bechir Ben Lahouel, Lotfi Taleb, Younes Ben Zaied, Shunsuke Managi
Summary: The study revealed that ICT as a transition variable affects the relationship between total factor productivity (TFP) and CO2 emissions, resulting in improved carbon efficiency. The nonlinear model of CO2 emissions with more ICT usage could boost economic growth and help mitigate climate change.
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Environmental Studies
Kaiyuan Liu, Ayesha Afzal, Yifan Zhong, Amir Hasnaoui, Xiao-Guang Yue
Summary: This research analyzes the impact of natural resource abundance on economic growth and CO2 emissions in MENA and N-11 countries from 2011 to 2020. The findings suggest that natural resource abundance positively affects economic growth, leads to increased CO2 emissions, and CO2 emissions positively impact economic growth. The study highlights the importance of technology and environmental regulation in this area. The results have important policy implications, such as improving natural resource utilization for higher economic growth, implementing corporate social responsibility and sustainability standards for financial gains and cost reduction, and enforcing environmental regulations for promoting sustainable economies.
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Business
Durmus Cagri Yildirim, Omer Esen, Seda Yildirim
Summary: This paper empirically investigates the impact of environmental innovation on energy sector-based CO2 emissions. The findings suggest a nonlinear relationship, where environmental innovation initially reduces CO2 emissions up to a certain level, then leads to a rebound effect. Therefore, environmental innovation alone is not sufficient to address environmental problems and should be supported by environmental policies.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2022)
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Economics
Mounir Dahmani, Mohamed Mabrouki, Adel Ben Youssef
Summary: This study examines the relationship between energy consumption, financial development, information technology and economic growth in the MENA countries. The findings indicate that renewable and non-renewable energy have a positive impact on economic growth, while financial development has a negative effect. Information technology has a positive and significant influence on GDP.
