Article
Thermodynamics
Abdulkadir Barut, Emine Kaya, Festus Victor Bekun, Sevgi Cengiz
Summary: This study explores the relationship between economic growth and the environment, finding that human activities driven by the consumption of fossil fuels have negative impacts on environmental sustainability. The study supports the pollution haven hypothesis and emphasizes the importance of energy transition and investment in research and development to achieve sustainable development goals. Additionally, financial inclusion plays a vital role in the energy-environment nexus.
Article
Environmental Studies
Stephen Taiwo Onifade, Bright Akwasi Gyamfi, Ilham Haouas, Festus Victor Bekun
Summary: The study reveals that economic globalization has a negative impact on environmental pollution in the E7 economies, while natural resources, urbanization, and economic growth contribute to pollution. Human capital helps reduce environmental pollution and mitigate the effects of growing urbanization on environmental degradation.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Olatunji Abdul Shobande, Lawrence Ogbeifun
Summary: This study examined the role of ICT in environmental sustainability using a panel of 24 OECD countries over a 40-year period. The empirical findings suggest the importance of utilizing ICT to promote environmental sustainability, and also identify various mechanisms through which ICT can impact the environment including education, transportation, foreign direct investment, regulatory quality, and institutional quality. The study has critical implications for combating climate change by emphasizing the complementary roles of ICT and other mechanisms in promoting a sustainable environment.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND WORLD ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Economics
Pinglin He, Shuhao Zhang, Lei Wang, Jing Ning
Summary: Climate change and extreme weather events result in economic losses and unstable factors. Environmental taxes, widely used by OECD, are expected to play a crucial role in combating climate change and reducing extreme weather events. This paper empirically examines the role of environmental taxes in mitigating climate change and reducing extreme weather events in 36 OECD countries using the panel Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model. The results show that environmental taxes contribute to reducing abnormal temperature weather frequency and carbon dioxide emissions in OECD countries. Further research indicates a positive role of environmental budget and technologies in delaying climate change and responding to extreme weather events.
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Uchechi Cynthia Ohajionu, Bright Akwasi Gyamfi, Murat Ismet Haseki, Festus Victor Bekun
Summary: Based on the study findings, tourism is negatively correlated with CO2 emissions, while per capita income is positively correlated with emissions. Foreign direct investment is positively correlated with pollution, and credit to the private sector is positively correlated with CO2 emissions. The results also indicate the presence of an Environmental Kuznets Curve and suggest that tourism development in the Mediterranean region studied is not detrimental to environmental quality. However, caution is advised regarding foreign direct investment inflows and potentially polluting economic activities that may compromise environmental quality in the area.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chandrashekhar Bhuiyan
Summary: The concept of environmental flows is relatively new and still evolving. There are different methodologies and criteria for assessing environmental flows, but there is a lack of consensus on criteria and flow thresholds, and debate regarding the priority between development and the environment. Additionally, there are important issues related to environmental flows that are currently being overlooked. The article highlights these overlooked issues and recommends modifications to enhance the effectiveness of environmental flows policies.
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Social Issues
Bright Akwasi Gyamfi, Divine Q. Agozie, Festus Victor Bekun
Summary: The study examines the relationship between industrialization, total reserves, FDI inflows, technical innovation, renewable and natural resources, and CO2 emissions, finding that technological innovation and renewable energy can reduce emissions, while industrial value-added, natural resources, FDI, and total reserves contribute to environmental degradation.
TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Bright Akwasi Gyamfi, Festus Victor Bekun, Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente, Stephen Taiwo Onifade, Asiedu Benjamin Ampomah
Summary: This study explores the combined effect of rail, air transportation, and urbanization on the environment, and finds evidence of the EKC phenomenon in E7 economies. It reveals that conventional energy and air transport have negative impacts on environmental quality, while rail transport and urbanization contribute positively to improving environmental quality. Therefore, policies that promote environmental sustainability are needed in the economic growth trajectory of the E7 economies.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2022)
Article
Economics
Julie Le Gallo, Youba Ndiaye
Summary: Based on the study findings, OECD countries are influenced by their neighbors' behavior when setting environmental expenditure policies. Countries with larger populations and urban populations tend to have different tendencies in environmental spending.
ECONOMIC MODELLING
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Oussama Zouabi
Summary: This article investigates the impact of climate migration on different governorates in Tunisia, using spatial modeling analysis of climate variables to show the significant effects of precipitation and temperature on plant cultivation and migration, especially when considering the spatial effects between governorates.
Article
Engineering, Marine
Ahmad Rashedi, Taslima Khanam, Byongug Jeong, Majid Hussain
Summary: Tidal energy is a reliable, stable, and abundant source of renewable energy, but different tidal energy devices have various environmental impacts. By evaluating the environmental impacts of these technologies throughout their life cycles, a life cycle assessment study was conducted on the 1 MW Deepgen tidal turbine, revealing that steel, copper, and glass fibre reinforced plastic have the highest contributions to environmental impacts.
Article
Business
Antonio J. Mateo-Marquez, Jose M. Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Constancio Zamora-Ramirez
Summary: This study analyzes the impact of the regulative, normative, and cultural dimensions of institutions on companies' decisions to voluntarily disclose environmental information and on the quality of the information disclosed. The results show that the three institutional pillars have different effects on both the decision to respond and the quality of disclosure.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Eleni Zafeiriou, Christos Karelakis, Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso, Konstantinos Galanopoulos, Dimitra Gkika
Summary: This study examines the relationship between pesticide use per hectare of cropland and the GDP per capita of the rural population in 25 EU countries. The findings support the existence of an inverted U-shaped relationship, known as the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC), where increasing agricultural income is related to reductions in pesticide use after a certain threshold. Although this result is not confirmed in the short term, our findings suggest a steady-state situation with asymmetric responses to pesticides. Therefore, additional measures need to be implemented, including farmer education, to enhance their awareness of environmental issues and promote environmentally friendly plant protection methods.
Review
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Yuri V. Chaban, Jan Vosshenrich, Hayley Mckee, Suvai Gunasekaran, Maura J. Brown, Michael K. Atalay, Tobias Heye, Michael Markl, Sean A. Woolen, Orlando P. Simonetti, Kate Hanneman
Summary: The environmental impact of MRI is a growing concern due to its high electricity demand and contamination of water bodies with anthropogenic gadolinium. It is essential to address these challenges and prepare for climate change effects to improve the environmental sustainability of MRI. Strategies to reduce GHG emissions, minimize environmental impact, and develop adaption plans are discussed, emphasizing the co-benefits of these approaches. Continued research, technical development, and collaboration with industry partners are necessary to further reduce emissions and reliance on finite resources.
JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
(2023)
Review
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Eva Sayone Cohen, Lisanne H. J. A. Kouwenberg, Kate S. Moody, Nicolaas H. Sperna H. Weiland, Dionne Sofia Kringos, Anne Timmermans, Wouter J. K. Hehenkamp
Summary: This review aims to identify the environmental impact of services, procedures, and products within obstetric and gynaecological care, and to assess the magnitude of this impact. The findings suggest that replacing disposable materials with reusable ones and reducing the content of surgical custom packs are the most effective mitigation strategies.
BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Muhammad Danish Habib, Festus Victor Bekun
Summary: This study explores the connection between religiosity, beliefs, psychology, and impulsive buying patterns. The findings show that religiosity has a significant impact on beliefs, risk aversion, and life satisfaction, and that beliefs in turn lead to impulsive buying tendencies. Materialism, risk aversion, and life satisfaction play important mediating roles between religiosity and impulsive buying tendencies.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(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
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mehmet Balcilar, Gizem Uzuner, Chinazaekpere Nwani, Festus Victor Bekun
Summary: This study investigates the role of public-private partnerships (PPP) in energy investment in Turkey, which is currently striving for sustainable development. The findings show a positive relationship between PPP investment in energy, foreign direct investment (FDI), economic growth, and energy intensity. The study suggests efficient investment in clean energy and the involvement of PPP for sustainable economic growth.
Article
Thermodynamics
Abdulkadir Barut, Emine Kaya, Festus Victor Bekun, Sevgi Cengiz
Summary: This study explores the relationship between economic growth and the environment, finding that human activities driven by the consumption of fossil fuels have negative impacts on environmental sustainability. The study supports the pollution haven hypothesis and emphasizes the importance of energy transition and investment in research and development to achieve sustainable development goals. Additionally, financial inclusion plays a vital role in the energy-environment nexus.
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 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.
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Sakiru Adebola Solarin, Taiwo Temitope Lasisi, Md. Emran Hossain, Festus Victor Bekun
Summary: Tourism policies in many countries, including Australia, seek to diversify both tourism markets and activities. This study examines the economic impact of such diversification in Australia from 1976 to 2020. The results suggest that diversifying tourism markets and activities contributes to positive economic growth in line with the tourism-led growth hypothesis. A 1% increase in diversification leads to a 0.010% increase in GDP from tourism markets and a 0.070% increase in GDP from tourism activities. These findings indicate that policies promoting diversification in tourism will benefit the Australian economy.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TOURISM RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
M. Genovese, F. Piraino, P. Fragiacomo
Summary: This research proposes the concept of a hydrogen valley in southern Italy, where hydrogen is produced centrally and delivered via fuel cell hybrid trains to refueling stations, providing transportation services. The analysis from both technical and economic perspectives shows that the cost of hydrogen and energy efficiency reached competitive levels, and hydrogen rail transport offers significant benefits in terms of emissions reduction and economic gains compared to conventional diesel trains and fully electric trains.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Miaomiao Liu, Payam Nejat, Pinlu Cao, Carlos Jimenez-Bescos, John Kaiser Calautit
Summary: This article provides a critical review of the performance of windcatchers, pointing out the current research gaps and issues, and proposing directions for further investigation and market prospects.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Solomon Boadu, Ebenezer Otoo
Summary: Despite Africa's vast energy resources, including wind energy, the continent faces challenges in developing its wind energy industry. Northern African countries and South Africa currently dominate the wind energy sector in Africa. To uplift Africa's socio-economic status, strong political will, supportive policies, and institutional frameworks are needed to drive the development of wind energy and overcome existing challenges.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
E. K. Grubbs, S. M. Gruss, V. Z. Schull, M. J. Gosney, M. V. Mickelbart, S. Brouder, M. W. Gitau, P. Bermel, M. R. Tuinstra, R. Agrawal
Summary: As the global population grows, the demand for food, energy, and water will increase significantly. However, limited land availability and competition for solar resources pose challenges to resource generation technologies. In the United States, both agriculture and solar energy production have adopted densification schemes to improve yields and energy output per unit of land. This research proposes an Agrivoltaic food and energy coproduction architecture that optimizes power generation while maintaining crop productivity by implementing ideal anti-tracking during critical growth periods. This technology offers a viable pathway for widespread solar implementation throughout the contiguous United States.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Han Shao, Rui Henriques, Hugo Morais, Elisabetta Tedeschi
Summary: The integration of offshore wind energy into the electric grid provides opportunities in terms of environmental sustainability and cost efficiency, but poses challenges to power quality. This survey offers a deeper understanding of disturbance detection and classification tools, exploring root causes, disturbance locations, and algorithmic solutions. It highlights synchronized waveform measurement and discusses evaluation metrics for detection and classification algorithms. Additionally, a novel system-wide monitoring framework is proposed.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Eleni Davidson, Yair Schwartz, Joe Williams, Dejan Mumovic
Summary: A continued upward trend in global greenhouse gas emissions poses risks to global infrastructure and built assets. Maintaining high indoor environmental quality standards is a challenge for higher education institutions under future climates. Passive cooling mechanisms may be insufficient to tolerate predicted temperature increases. Different building typologies have varying energy demand projections.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Kexin Pang, Jian Zhou, Stamatis Tsianikas, David W. Coit, Yizhong Ma
Summary: This study proposes a new framework for long-term microgrid expansion planning, using deep reinforcement learning method to consider various uncertainties and constraints. The framework aims to enhance the effectiveness of microgrid expansion planning from the perspectives of economy, resilience, and greenhouse gas emission reduction.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jun Zhao, Kangyin Dong, Xiucheng Dong
Summary: The continuous growth of global electricity penetration has provided modern energy for alleviating energy poverty, but its impact on carbon neutrality has been overlooked. The research reveals that clean electricity from traditional fossil energy and renewable energy has a positive influence on the greenhouse effect. Eradicating energy poverty can effectively alleviate the greenhouse effect, especially in non-Belt and Road Initiative (B&RI) nations.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Hossein Shahbeik, Hamed Kazemi Shariat Panahi, Mona Dehhaghi, Gilles J. Guillemin, Alireza Fallahi, Homa Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha, Hamid Amiri, Mohammad Rehan, Deepak Raikwar, Hannes Latine, Bruno Pandalone, Benyamin Khoshnevisan, Christian Sonne, Luigi Vaccaro, Abdul-Sattar Nizami, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Su Shiung Lam, Junting Pan, Rafael Luque, Bert Sels, Wanxi Peng, Meisam Tabatabaei, Mortaza Aghbashlo
Summary: This review explores the production of biocrude oil from biomass feedstocks through the process of hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL). It discusses the impact of process parameters on the quality, quantity, cost, and environmental impacts of biofuels. The review also highlights the challenges and prospects for the future development of biocrude oil.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Meysam Majidi Nezhad, Mehdi Neshat, Georgios Sylaios, Davide Astiaso Garcia
Summary: Digital twins promise innovation for the marine renewable energy sector by using modern technological advances and the existing maritime knowledge frameworks. This research presents critical aspects of digital twin implementation challenges in marine energy digitalization approaches that use and combine data systems.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yeganeh Sharifian, Hamdi Abdi
Summary: This paper discusses the background and objectives of the multi-area economic dispatch problem, as well as various techniques and methods applied in this field. It also covers comprehensive formulations of the problem and important issues in the field of probabilistic MAED, along with some related concepts and suggestions.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
J. G. B. Churchill, V. B. Borugadda, A. K. Dalai
Summary: The increasing global energy demand and the need to reduce fossil fuel reliance have created a demand for renewable and sustainable fuel sources. This review explores the potential of tall oil, a by-product of the pulping industry, as a feedstock for biofuels. The review provides an overview of tall oil production, purification, and treatment, and investigates recent trends and barriers towards tall oil-derived biofuels.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
David C. Broadstock, Xiangnan Wang
Summary: This study provides a general review of research on district cooling, identifying key topics and themes and highlighting potential research priorities for future studies.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
L. Scharnhorst, D. Sloot, N. Lehmann, A. Ardone, W. Fichtner
Summary: This study investigates and analyzes the barriers to demand response in industrial and commercial sectors, highlighting their significance. Concerns about diminished product quality, disruptions to production processes, human resource management, and revenue uncertainty are identified as the most frequently cited barriers. Overcoming these barriers requires bridging knowledge gaps, allocating sufficient resources, and adapting external incentives and policies.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Tong Feng, Yuechi Sun, Yating Shi, Jie Ma, Chunmei Feng, Zhenni Chen
Summary: Air pollution is a significant global challenge, and policymakers have implemented policies to reduce it. Evaluating the effectiveness of these policies is critical, and our study reveals trends and gaps in air pollution policy research. We found that research has shifted from focusing solely on air pollutants to including methodologies, policies, and health implications. China has emerged as a major contributor in this field of research.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)