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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xianchun Tan, Kaiwei Zhu, Xiaoyan Meng, Baihe Gu, Yi Wang, Fanxin Meng, Gengyuan Liu, Tangqi Tu, Hui Li
Summary: Most developing countries have taken actions focusing on renewable energy, waste management, sustainable transport, and forestry carbon sequestration. Demands for climate change mitigation are mainly in technology and capital, with priority areas in energy and waste management. High preferences were shown for emission reduction and energy-saving technology, while low preferences were shown for certain types of power units. Agroforestry, energy conservation, renewable energy, and water resources are priority areas for climate change financing, while institutional capacity building and technology development are also crucial. Developing countries need to enhance information exchange and cooperation channels for addressing climate change effectively.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Agus Dwi Nugroho, Imade Yoga Prasada, Zoltan Lakner
Summary: This study examines the relationship between climate change and agricultural competitiveness in developing and developed countries, finding that increased agricultural competitiveness raises temperatures in developing countries but decreases temperatures in developed countries. The study highlights the importance of increasing agricultural competitiveness and managing rising temperatures.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Colin J. Carlson, Rita Colwell, Mohammad Sharif Hossain, Mohammed Mofizur Rahman, Alan Robock, Sadie J. Ryan, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Christopher H. Trisos
Summary: Solar geoengineering could increase malaria risk for one billion people, highlighting the need for health sector planning. The impact of geoengineering on human health is largely unknown.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
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Business
Ashraful Alam, Anna Min Du, Mahfuzur Rahman, Hassan Yazdifar, Kaleemullah Abbasi
Summary: This study examines the impact of climate change on SMEs' innovation performance and finds that climate change has a significant positive influence, especially in high-growth, high-slack-resources firms and highly profitable and non-vulnerable industries.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Muhammad Azam, Ahmed Imran Hunjra, Elie Bouri, Yan Tan, Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-Faryan
Summary: Efficient environmental resource management is crucial for sustainable development in developing countries. This study analyzes the impact of institutional quality on sustainable development using an augmented endogenous sustainable growth model. The results show that institutional quality plays a positive role in sustainable development, especially in lower middle-income countries.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yogeeswari Subramaniam, Nanthakumar Loganathan, Thirunaukarasu Subramaniam, Umit Bulut
Summary: This study investigates the energy security and income roles in testing environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) for developing countries from 1990 to 2019. The panel quantile regression approaches are employed to examine the relationship between the variables, considering that income and energy security effects on carbon emissions may vary across distributions. Findings revealed that the EKC hypothesis was inconsistent at low and high quantiles when estimating energy availability, affordability, and acceptability. The validity of inverted U-shaped EKC is supported at high quantiles for energy affordability and accessibility in developing countries. However, given the energy accessibility and acceptability, the EKC hypothesis becomes invalid in developing countries.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yogeeswari Subramaniam, Nanthakumar Loganathan, Thirunaukarasu Subramaniam, Umit Bulut
Summary: This study investigates the role of energy security and income in testing the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) for developing countries from 1990 to 2019. The findings suggest that the EKC hypothesis is inconsistent at low and high quantiles when considering energy availability, affordability, and acceptability. However, the hypothesis is supported for energy affordability and accessibility at high quantiles in developing countries. Despite this, the EKC hypothesis becomes invalid when considering energy accessibility and acceptability. The study highlights the importance of improving energy security to enhance environmental quality in developing countries, especially through diversifying energy sources and sustainable urban planning.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Shuai Hu, Tianjun Zhou, Bo Wu
Summary: The study reveals that ENSO significantly influences summer rainfall over the southwestern Tibetan Plateau by impacting both vertical motion and moisture deficit. Additionally, the strengthening of the India-Burma monsoon trough during El Nino developing summer contributes to the deficit of rainfall in the southwestern region.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2021)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Faisal Mehmood Mirza, Avik Sinha, Javeria Rehman Khan, Olga A. Kalugina, Muhammad Wasif Zafar
Summary: This study decomposes energy intensity into structural and activity effects and empirically examines their impact on CO2 emissions in the environmental Kuznets curve framework for developing countries. The findings suggest that energy efficiency improvements have the largest influence on CO2 emissions mitigation. Energy efficiency is identified as the major contributor to CO2 emissions reduction.
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Development Studies
Siri Eriksen, E. Lisa F. Schipper, Morgan Scoville-Simonds, Katharine Vincent, Hans Nicolai Adam, Nick Brooks, Brian Harding, Dil Khatri, Lutgart Lenaerts, Diana Livermanm, Megan Mills-Novoam, Marianne Mosberg, Synne Movik, Benard Muok, Andrea Nightingale, Hemant Ojha, Linda Sygna, Marcus Taylor, Coleen Vogel, Jennifer Joy West
Summary: This paper critically reviews the outcomes of internationally-funded interventions aimed at climate change adaptation and vulnerability reduction, highlighting the inadvertent reinforcement, redistribution, or creation of new sources of vulnerability. It suggests potential avenues for overcoming these issues, such as shifting the terms of engagement between practitioners and local populations, and expanding the understanding of vulnerability to encompass global contexts and drivers.
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Environmental Sciences
Fengyu Liu, Vincent Tawiah, Abdulrasheed Zakari, Noha Alessa
Summary: Climate disasters have a positive impact on international trade, particularly on imports in developing countries. Importation in developing countries is likely to increase by about 6.7%, while export is expected to decrease by 0.65% after climate disasters occur. In contrast, the impact on imports and exports in developed countries is less significant. This difference is mainly attributed to the better preparedness and risk mitigation mechanisms in developed countries.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Shuyu Li, Qiang Wang, Xue-ting Jiang, Rongrong Li
Summary: This study redesigned the analytical framework for assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on renewable energy. The results showed a decline in renewable energy consumption in China and India, while the increase in renewable energy in the US was overestimated.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Maria Teresa Trentinaglia, Lucia Baldi, Massimo Peri
Summary: This study assesses the effectiveness of international aid in increasing agricultural productivity in developing countries. The findings indicate that aid, particularly adaptation aid, has a positive impact on agriculture productivity growth. Additionally, countries with higher climate readiness benefit more from aid, while highly vulnerable countries heavily dependent on agriculture are less able to leverage the aid received.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jiying Wu, Jean-Jacques Dominique Beraud, Xicang Zhao
Summary: Africa, like many other countries, is facing the challenge of air pollution caused by industrialization. The adoption of green energy technology can significantly reduce carbon and PM2.5 emissions, while the use of non-renewable energies has a negative effect on environmental sustainability.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Development Studies
Dierk Herzer
Summary: There have been limited studies on the impact of domestic R&D on TFP in developing countries, and even fewer on the impact of both domestic and foreign R&D on TFP. This study examines the predictions of semi-endogenous theory and Schumpeterian theory regarding the R&D-TFP relationship in developing economies, compares the effects of domestic and international R&D spillovers on TFP, and investigates differences in these effects between middle-income and low-income countries. The findings suggest that domestic R&D has a greater positive effect on TFP than international R&D spillovers in developing countries.