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Thermodynamics
Qiang Wang, Ziyi Sun, Jiale Guo, Rongrong Li
Summary: This paper investigates the linearity and nonlinearity relationships between energy efficiency, natural gas, renewable energy, and ecological footprint, with trade openness as a threshold variable, in order to explore more effective options to combat environmental degradation. The study finds that improving energy efficiency, increasing natural gas and renewable energy consumption can inhibit environmental degradation. The results also show that there are threshold effects of trade openness, where the negative impact of energy efficiency and renewable energy on ecological footprint increases when trade openness exceeds the threshold. This suggests that enhancing trade openness may further increase the negative impacts of energy efficiency and renewable energy on ecological footprint.
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Environmental Sciences
Dervis Kirikkaleli, Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo, Zeeshan Khan, Shahid Ali
Summary: By using a dual adjustment approach, this study finds that globalization has a positive long-term impact on Turkey's ecological footprint, while trade openness reduces the footprint in the short term, and GDP growth negatively affects it in both the short and long term. The study suggests that policies should be implemented to encourage energy consumers to shift towards renewable energy and to diversify the overall energy mix towards renewable sources.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
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Environmental Sciences
Evans Opoku-Mensah, Weide Chun, Isaac Appiah-Otoo, Wei Chen, Priscilla Tuffour
Summary: In order to reduce environmental degradation and carbon emissions, the global economy needs to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. This study estimates the renewable energy generation threshold required to mitigate environmental degradation in Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) nations and provides policy recommendations to increase renewable energy production.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Shuxin Wei, Wenshan Wei, Alican Umut
Summary: This study examines the impact of renewable energy, financial development, and technological innovation on the ecological footprint in Brazil from 1990 to 2018. The findings indicate a long-term relationship between the ecological footprint and its drivers, as confirmed by various statistical methods. Economic progress has a negative effect on the ecosystem, while renewable energy, trade globalization, and technological innovation help reduce the ecological footprint. No significant relationship is found between financial development and the ecological footprint. The study suggests that policymakers should invest in research and development to promote technological innovation as a solution to Brazil's ecological problems.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Wei Wang, Mubeen Abdur Rehman, Shah Fahad
Summary: Economic development has led to increased energy demand, resulting in negative environmental impact. This study finds that clean energy plays a positive role in reducing environmental pollution, while production and trade activities have a negative influence on ecological quality. Industrialization is directly linked to the environment, while technology has a positive impact on ecological quality.
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Environmental Sciences
Iftikhar Muhammad, Rasim Ozcan, Vipin Jain, Paritosh Sharma, Malik Shahzad Shabbir
Summary: This study investigates the impact of carbon emissions, real oil prices, income inequality, economic growth, and trade openness on renewable energy consumption in 23 OECD economies. The findings suggest that renewable energy consumption is positively related to economic growth, real oil prices, income inequality, and trade openness, while negatively related to CO2 emissions. The results indicate the importance of considering foreign trade as a mechanism for promoting clean energy and developing environmentally friendly energy demand policies.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
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Energy & Fuels
Assad Ullah, Mesut Dogan, Betul Altay Topcu, Haifa Saadaoui
Summary: This study investigates the impacts of financial development, technological innovation, globalization, trade openness, and renewable energy consumption on the ecological footprint of 14 countries with the highest levels of financial development. The results indicate that financial development negatively affects environmental sustainability, while globalization, technological innovation, trade openness, and renewable energy consumption contribute to improving environmental quality.
ENERGY STRATEGY REVIEWS
(2023)
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Environmental Studies
Min Zhang, Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo, Abraham Ayobamiji Awosusi, Muhammad Ramzan, Caner Otrakci, Dervis Kirikkaleli
Summary: This study evaluates the impact of financial development, economic growth, trade globalization, renewable energy consumption, and human capital on the ecological footprint in Italy. The findings suggest that economic growth increases the ecological footprint, while renewable energy, trade globalization, and human capital decrease it. The combined impact and effect of trade globalization and human capital also have a mitigating effect on the ecological footprint. The study recommends a policy framework focused on sustainable development goals.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
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Energy & Fuels
Xiaotian Yang, Carlos Samuel Ramos-Meza, Malik Shahzad Shabbir, Syed Ahtsham Ali, Vipin Jain
Summary: This research examines the impact of real oil prices, trade openness, carbon emissions, economic growth, and income inequality on renewable energy consumption. The empirical results show a significant positive long-term relationship between these factors and renewable energy consumption, except for carbon emissions. The findings also indicate a one-way causal relationship between trade openness, renewable energy consumption, income inequality, and real oil prices with CO2 emissions. However, it is found that there is a bi-directional causality between income inequality and renewable energy consumption.
ENERGY STRATEGY REVIEWS
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ibrahim Cutcu, Asiye Beyaz, Selcuk Gokhan Gerlikhan, Yunus Kilic
Summary: This study investigates the impact of foreign trade on ecological footprint (EF) and proposes specific policies to reduce EF. The top 10 fastest developing countries were selected as the sample, and annual data from 1990 to 2018 were used. The results suggest a strong correlation between foreign trade and EF, and highlight the importance of harmonizing trade and environmental policies.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Qiang Wang, Fuyu Zhang, Rongrong Li, Lejia Li
Summary: This study analyzes the relationship between renewable energy consumption, population aging, and decoupling economic growth from ecological footprint using 166 countries as examples. The results show an improvement trend in the decoupling between economic growth and ecological footprint, with renewable energy consumption playing a key role in reducing the footprint. Population aging, financial development, and trade openness also contribute to the reduction of the ecological footprint.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Oktay Ozkan, Nasir Khan, Maiyra Ahmed
Summary: 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.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Khaizran Khalid, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Abuzar Mehdi
Summary: Financial development has a weak impact on the environment in SAARC countries, with significant increases in pollution levels in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka but improved environmental quality in Nepal. Trade openness benefits environmental quality only in Nepal, while primary energy consumption increases the ecological footprint in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Conversely, renewable energy consumption improves environmental quality in all countries except Bangladesh.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Qiang Wang, Fuyu Zhang
Summary: Existing research suggests that the impact of free trade on renewable energy development varies among countries with different income levels. While free trade has a positive effect on renewable energy development in high and upper-middle income countries, it has a negative influence on lower-middle income countries. In addition, population increase, economic development, and technological progress are important factors that can promote renewable energy development in 186 countries.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Rongrong Li, Xiaowei Wang, Qiang Wang
Summary: This study explores the impact of renewable/non-renewable energy consumption on ecological quality and economic growth, and proposes a new research perspective and model. The results show that global renewable energy contributes to economic growth and environmental improvement. The relationship between urbanization and renewable energy and economy is nonlinear. The impact of renewable energy varies among different income groups. In addition, the study provides policy recommendations based on the findings.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)