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Environmental Sciences
Nurcan Kilinc-Ata, Vladimir Lvovich Likhachev
Summary: Climate change presents risks to security and sustainable development, and adapting to changing climate conditions is necessary. This study examines the relationship between CO2 emissions and factors such as economic growth, energy consumption, population, trade openness, and financial development in the Russian Federation. The findings reveal a U-shaped relationship between CO2 emissions and economic growth. Policymakers should implement clean energy technology policies to achieve the 2060 net zero carbon target.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Rafeeque A. Nizamani, Faheemullah Shaikh, Abdul Ghafoor Nizamani, Nayyar Hussain Mirjat, Laveet Kumar, Mamdouh El Haj Assad
Summary: This study investigates the long-term association between carbon dioxide emissions and economic progress in Pakistan using the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis. The results show that economic growth and financial development increase CO2 emissions, while urbanization, manufacturing, and energy consumption also have a positive effect on CO2 emissions. The only factor that reduces emissions in the long run is trade openness. The study confirms the EKC hypothesis, which suggests a reversed U-shaped relationship between per capita CO2 emissions and economic progress. However, in Pakistan, economic growth still harms the environment as it has not yet reached the turning point.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Miriam Kamah, Joshua Sunday Riti, Peng Bin
Summary: The paper explores the relationship between growth and environment, with a focus on inclusive growth. Findings suggest that institutional quality plays a crucial role in enhancing growth-environmental sustainability, and a new concept called Environmental Inclusive-Growth Kuznets Curve (EIKC) is introduced.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Anselme Andriamahery, Jules Harris Danarson, Md Qamruzzaman
Summary: This paper examines the relationship between trade and environmental quality in Sub-Saharan Africa and finds that trade has a negative impact on the region's environmental quality.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Samuel Kwaku Agyei, Godwin Adolf Idan
Summary: This study examines the role of institutions in the relationship between trade openness and inclusive growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. The results show that institutions strengthen the positive link between trade openness and inclusive growth in this region. Policymakers should focus on strengthening institutions to enhance the benefits of trade openness for inclusive growth.
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Environmental Sciences
Tazeb Bisset
Summary: The environment plays a crucial role in maintaining ecological balance, but human activities have negatively impacted environmental quality. This study examines the effects of governance indices on environmental quality across different income groups in Sub-Saharan Africa, finding complex and inconclusive results.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Mervan Selcuk, Sakir Gormus, Murat Guven
Summary: This paper investigates the impact of agricultural activities, energy consumption, foreign direct investment, and trade openness on CO2 emissions, finding significant positive or negative associations in certain countries.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Hayat Khan, Weili Liu, Itbar Khan
Summary: Environmental degradation is a global issue due to increasing carbon emissions, and the role of innovation and institutions in environmental sustainability is important. However, there is still a lack of understanding on how to achieve economic growth while protecting the environment.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Eswaran Velayutham
Summary: This study examines the relationship among clean energy, economic growth, urbanization, trade openness, and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in Sri Lanka, an emerging economy. The study uses an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) econometric technique and various diagnostic tests to investigate these linkages. The results show that clean energy and urbanization reduce carbon emissions, while trade openness increases carbon emissions in the long term in Sri Lanka. The study also finds evidence of the pollution haven hypothesis (PHH) between trade openness and carbon dioxide emissions. Furthermore, there are bi-directional causal relationships between clean energy and urbanization.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Megha Chhabra, Arun Kumar Giri, Arya Kumar
Summary: This paper examines the role of trade openness and innovation in reducing carbon dioxide emissions in middle-income countries. The findings suggest that there is no inverted U-shaped relationship between innovation and CO2 emissions. Additionally, the study finds that environmental deterioration is more severe in low middle-income countries compared to upper middle-income countries. The existence of the environmental Kuznets curve is supported by the data for both country groups, but the decline in the curve is not significant for low middle-income countries.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chimere O. Iheonu, Ogochukwu C. Anyanwu, Obinna K. Odo, Solomon P. Nathaniel
Summary: This study investigates the influence of economic growth, international trade, and urbanization on CO2 emissions in sub-Saharan Africa, finding that GDP growth increases CO2 emissions, the impact of international trade on environmental sustainability depends on existing CO2 emission levels, and urbanization leads to an increase in CO2 emissions.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Economics
Idris A. Abdulqadir, Simplice A. Asongu
Summary: This study investigates the asymmetric effect of internet access on economic growth in sub-Saharan African countries, finding a threshold effect of internet access and exploring its interactive mechanisms with financial resources, trade, government regulation, and tariff regimes. The joint impact of government regulation and tariff regimes is statistically significant in the operation of the telecommunication industry in SSA countries.
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lasbrey Anochiwa, Tobechi F. Agbanike, Marius Ikpe, Richard O. Ojike, Paul C. Obidike
Summary: This study assesses the role of financial development in consumption-based carbon emissions, taking into account the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis. The results indicate that financial development, population size, and energy intensity are drivers of carbon emissions, with financial development exhibiting a significant positive effect on countries in the higher quantiles but not in the lower quantiles. The model does not support the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis for Sub-Saharan African countries.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Yi Liu, Xiaojin Lai
Summary: This study calculated the carbon dioxide emissions and energy consumption of major resource-based wastes in 134 countries using the Life Cycle Assessment method. The results indicated that 68 countries exhibited an Environmental Kuznets Curve in waste trade carbon footprint, with most countries having crossed the turning point.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
Article
Economics
Tonmoy Choudhury, Umar Nawaz Kayani, Azeem Gul, Syed Arslan Haider, Sareer Ahmad
Summary: Climate changes pose a significant threat to humanity's future, and carbon emissions affect the economic growth of the top five polluted economies. Energy consumption and GDP are positively related to CO2 emissions, while industrial production is negatively correlated with long-term CO2 emissions.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Gang Tian, Yaru Zhang, Ruoxi Tian, Yu Gong, Huaping Sun, Liang Li, Shaoqing Geng
Summary: This paper examines the issue of the interests of collectors and remanufacturers in the resource recycling process and proposes a coordination mechanism of sharing responsibility costs to motivate collectors to fulfill their responsibilities and improve the performance of the remanufacturing supply chain.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Economics
Zaghum Umar, Mukhriz Izraf Azman Aziz, Adam Zaremba, Dang Khoa Tran
Summary: This study analyzes the impact of oil price shocks on the exchange rates of ASEAN +3 countries, and finds that demand and risk shocks are the main contributors to the connectedness. The Singapore dollar and Malaysian Ringgit play significant roles in transmitting shocks in the ASEAN +3 group.
Article
Economics
Congyu Zhao, Kangyin Dong, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary
Summary: This study empirically explores the impact of smart transportation on green development efficiency (GDE) and its mechanism. The results indicate that smart transportation significantly contributes to the improvement of GDE, both directly and indirectly by reducing carbon intensity. Furthermore, the impact of smart transportation on GDE is found to be asymmetric across different quantiles and varies according to the level of environmental regulation.
ECONOMIC CHANGE AND RESTRUCTURING
(2023)
Article
Economics
Jun Zhao, Kangyin Dong, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary
Summary: The main research topic of this paper is to examine the nonlinear impact of common prosperity on natural gas use in the global dimension. The study finds an inverted U-shaped relationship between income inequality and global gas use, suggesting that as the income gap widens, global gas use expands, but gradually decreases when the income gap peaks. Moreover, the study reveals asymmetric impacts of income inequality on global gas use under different natural gas conditions, and proposes policy suggestions to narrow the income gap, rationalize income distribution, and formulate strategies according to local conditions.
Article
Economics
Shibao Lu, Wenjing Lu, Meng Xu, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Yao Tang
Summary: This study uses quantitative analysis to calculate the water footprint of water-intensive food energy production and virtual water flow caused by trade in five provinces of southwest China based on green financial data. It proposes a modified water resource stress index (MWSI) associated with virtual water outflow. The results show that food energy output and virtual water flow in southwest China are increasing, leading to pressure on water resources in the locality and output region. Green finance could be a solution to address water insecurity in China. This paper proposes comprehensive policy suggestions to ensure the sustainable development of water resources in southwest China.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Congyu Zhao, Kangyin Dong, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary
Summary: This paper measures the level of environmental efficiency (EE) in 72 countries between 2001 and 2019 using the Global Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index. The study examines the role of hydrogen development in increasing EE, considering asymmetric effects, moderating effects, and mediating effects. The results show that hydrogen development significantly increases EE, with a stronger impact in countries with higher EE levels. Foreign direct investment plays a key moderating role, and technological progress acts as an effective mediator between hydrogen development and EE. The findings provide policy implications for accelerating hydrogen development and improving EE.
ENERGY SOURCES PART B-ECONOMICS PLANNING AND POLICY
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ran Zhang, Guoquan Kong, Huaping Sun
Summary: China proposed a new-type urbanization (NTU) strategy in 2012 to address the ecological and environmental issues caused by traditional urbanization. This study examines the impact of NTU on green technology innovation in enterprises using data from 1717 Chinese listed companies. The findings show that NTU has a significant effect on promoting green technology innovation in enterprises by easing financial constraints.
Article
Economics
Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Kangyin Dong, Congyu Zhao, Han Phoumin
Summary: In the context of climate change, innovative financing solutions and the rapid development of financial technology (fintech) offer great potential for the growth of renewable energy. This paper examines the impact of fintech on renewable energy growth in China using panel data and instrumental variable estimation. The findings suggest that fintech has a positive effect on renewable energy growth, especially in provinces with lower levels of renewable energy growth. The digital economy plays a moderating role and green technological innovation acts as a mediator in this relationship. These results have important implications for governments and policymakers in promoting sustainable energy development.
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY
(2023)
Article
Economics
Xin Wu, Xiao Bai, Hanying Qi, Lanxin Lu, Mingyuan Yang, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary
Summary: Given the influence of climate change, this study examines the impact of climate change on banking systemic risk in China. It finds that climate change significantly increases bank systemic risk spillovers, with non-state-owned commercial banks being more affected than state-owned commercial banks. The study also reveals the mediating effects of asset volatility and credit quality on how climate change affects banks' systemic risk.
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY
(2023)
Article
Economics
Nahid Pourrostami, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Fatemeh Zarezadeh Mehrizi
Summary: Population aging is expected to pose challenges for many developed and emerging countries in the future. This study examines the relationship between occupational accidents (OA) and population aging, and proposes a macroeconomic model to analyze the factors influencing OA. Using data from Japan from 1961 to 2019, the study finds that aging labor and longer working hours have a positive impact on OA, while investment in industrial accident prevention measures reduces OA. These findings provide insights into the effects of population aging on the labor market and offer practical policy recommendations.
ECONOMIC CHANGE AND RESTRUCTURING
(2023)
Article
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Xiaoyang Xu, Yufan Xie, Emma Serwaa Obobisa, Huaping Sun
Summary: This study uses a quasi-natural experiment to examine the impact of China's green finance reform and innovations pilot zones on urban air quality, based on a sample of 146 prefecture-level cities from 2015 to 2019. The findings indicate that air quality has improved after the establishment of green finance reform and innovations pilot zones, suggesting their potential in controlling air pollution levels. Mechanism tests suggest that the improvement in air quality is attributed to industrial structure upgrading and green innovation. Heterogeneity analyses further reveal significant improvements in air quality in the south of the Qinling Mountains-Huaihe River line, as well as in large and well-developed financially scaled cities.
HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Yunfeng Shang, Chunyu Bi, Xinyu Wei, Dayang Jiang, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Ehsan Rasoulinezhad
Summary: Developing ecotourism services is a suitable solution to help developing countries improve the status of sustainable development indicators and protect their environment. This paper aims to investigate the effects of green governance variables and carbon dioxide emissions on ecotourism in 40 developing economies from 2010 to 2021. The findings reveal a unidirectional causal relationship between the green governance indicator and the inflation rate of the ecotourism indicator. Additionally, a 1% improvement in the green governance index leads to a 0.43% increase in ecotourism in developing countries.
HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Kai Fang, Anqi Xu, Siqi Wang, Xiaoping Jia, Zhongju Liao, Raymond R. Tan, Huaping Sun, Fan Su
Summary: Monitoring the progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is important for evaluating sustainable development efforts and formulating policy recommendations. This study analyzed the progress of both the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and national scales towards SDGs in the social, economic, and environmental dimensions. The results showed that European countries generally performed better, while Central and West Asian countries performed relatively poorly. The study also highlighted the need to pay more attention to the environmental dimension, particularly SDG 15 (life on land).
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xiujie Tan, Banban Wang, Jie Wei, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary
Summary: Carbon pricing is essential for achieving COP26 targets and carbon neutrality by promoting energy transition. However, empirical evidence on the role of carbon pricing in energy transition is limited. This study estimates the price elasticity of energy consumption using energy prices as proxies for carbon prices and finds that carbon pricing can significantly reduce energy consumption, especially in high-energy-consuming sectors such as ferrous metals, petroleum processing, chemicals, non-metal products, power, and heat. By adopting China's Emissions Trading Scheme, the covered sectors can achieve substantial energy consumption reductions with different carbon prices, contributing significantly to coal phase-down and energy transition in the post-COP26 era.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lei Chang, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Muhammad Mohsin
Summary: Resource minerals are essential for the development of renewable energy. The capabilities of different countries significantly affect the growth of renewable energy. Mineral trade patterns and technological advancements in renewable energy impact its development.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2023)
