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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ahmad Nawaz, Mohammad Mafizur Rahman
Summary: The rapid rise in globalization, knowledge spillovers, environmental concerns, and sustainable development goals has led researchers and policymakers to explore the causes and consequences of these transformations. Developing countries such as the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries are highly vulnerable to climate change. This study examines the impact of global value chains participation on CO2 emissions in selected SAARC countries at both the aggregated and disaggregated levels. The findings show that global value chains participation is pollution-intensive, and the global financial crisis of 2008 led to a decline in CO2 emissions. However, the emergence of the World Trade Organization (WTO), particularly after the Doha agreement of 2001, has a significant positive impact on CO2 emissions in these countries. Policy suggestions are also provided based on the empirical findings.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Muhammad Azam, Ijaz Uddin, Saleem Khan, Muhammad Tariq
Summary: This study examines the impact of energy consumption, urbanization, and globalization on carbon emissions in the South Asian countries. The findings show that urbanization, GDP per capita, energy consumption, industrial growth, globalization, and financial development cause CO2 emissions, while arable land and innovation have negative effects. The study also reveals a unidirectional causality between CO2 emissions and GDP per capita, and a bi-directional relationship between CO2 emissions and arable land, urbanization, industrial growth, and financial development. Therefore, planned urbanization, investment in renewable energy, and economic and financial integration with the global economies are required for a clean and green environment.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
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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Environmental Sciences
Usman Mehmood
Summary: The study focused on the sustainable transport sector and urban settlements in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries from 1996 to 2015, revealing that urbanization and regulatory quality improve air quality, while GDP and the use of transport energy lower air quality.
INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Ruoyu Zhong, Xuedi Ren, Muhammad Waqas Akbar, Zeenat Zia, Robert Sroufe
Summary: This article extends previous studies by examining the relationship between CO2 emissions, sustainable development, energy efficiency, energy intensity, and health expenditures for SAARC countries. The empirical analysis shows that energy efficiency and sustainable development have a negative impact on health expenditures, while CO2 emissions have a positive impact. Furthermore, there is a one-way causative relationship between energy efficiency, energy intensity, CO2 emissions, and health expenditures, and a two-way causation relationship between sustainable development, economic growth, and health expenditures.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Veli Yilanci, Goekce Candan, Muhammad Ibrahim Shah
Summary: By obtaining opinions of environmental researchers and using the hesitant fuzzy analytic hierarchy process, this study identifies energy and economic factors as the most influential determinants of environmental degradation, including energy consumption, gross domestic product, energy production, urbanization, and foreign direct investment. The study uses ecological footprint as a proxy for environmental degradation and finds evidence of a long-run relationship between these factors. The approach used in this study has implications for understanding the role of different drivers of environmental degradation in other regions.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Seyi Saint Akadiri, Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo, Musa Nakorji, Wilfred Mwakapwa, Eshiozemhe Micheal Inusa, Oji-Okoro Izuchukwu
Summary: Climate change caused by the use of fossil fuels is a major global problem, including in Nigeria. This study examines the impacts of globalization, real income, urbanization, and energy consumption on environmental degradation in Nigeria and proposes ways to achieve environmental sustainability targets. The empirical results show that all these factors have a positive impact on environmental degradation, highlighting the need for a shift to renewable energy sources and the enactment of environmental laws and policies.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zahoor Ahmed, Solomon Prince Nathaniel, Muhammad Shahbaz
Summary: The study found that ICT and globalization contribute to reducing CO2 emissions, while economic growth and urbanization degrade the environment. Human capital has a negative impact on the environment. ICT and globalization are proven to be Granger causes of CO2 emissions.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mohammad Mazibar Rahman, Rafiuddin Ahmed, Abu Hashan Md. Mashud, Asif Iqbal Malik, Sujan Miah, Mohammad Zoynul Abedin
Summary: This study used the CBE accounting method to measure the CO2 emissions of five major SAARC member countries and investigated the long-term effects of CBE and SDG variables. The results showed that household consumption contributed the most to CO2 emissions in the SAARC region, and combustible renewables and waste had a significant impact on the SDGs of these countries.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yongming Huang, Fan Xu, Ali Abbas, Phan The Cong, Yuanwei Zhang, Euijune Kim
Summary: This study investigates the empirical impact of China-Pak business cycle synchronization, urbanization, foreign direct investment, exports, and imports on environmental degradation in Pakistan from 1975 to 2017. The empirical findings indicate that all explanatory variables (except FDI) are found to be significant factors of environmental degradation in the model. Furthermore, both imports and urbanization have a positive and significant impact on environmental degradation in Pakistan, while China-Pak business cycle synchronization and exports have negative and significant coefficients for environmental degradation in Pakistan.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Economics
Zouhair Mrabet, Mouyad Alsamara, Karim Mimouni, Ayman Mnasri
Summary: The study reveals the positive effects of human development and political stability on the environment through better education and healthcare systems, as well as the existence of an inverted U-shaped relationship between human development and ecological footprint. Additionally, political unrest is shown to delay environmental improvements.
ECONOMIC MODELLING
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Ana-Maria Ciobotaru, Nilanchal Patel, Radu-Daniel Pintilii
Summary: This study presents a thorough approach to analyzing tree cover loss in the Mediterranean Region using Landsat imagery from 2001-2019. Statistical operations were used to supplement the analysis, confirming the impact of agricultural expansion, forest fires, illegal logging, and other activities on the stability of the Mediterranean forest ecosystem.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mfonobong Udom Etokakpan, Seyi Saint Akadiri, Andrew Adewale Alola
Summary: The study found an inverted N-shaped EKC relationship in China, and suggested a positive relationship between natural gas consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, as well as between urbanization and carbon dioxide emissions.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Abdulkarim Yusuf
Summary: This study fills an important empirical gap by examining the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis and the impact of socioeconomic variables on ecological sustainability in Nigeria. The results support the existence of the curve, with energy consumption and total import exacerbating environmental deterioration, while total export improves environmental quality. Financial development contributes to a decrease in environmental destruction in the long run but escalates it in the short run. Urbanization causes an increase in environmental damage in the long run but a decrease in biodiversity loss in the short run.
ENERGY STRATEGY REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mui-Yin Chin, Sheue-Li Ong, Daniel Boon-Yann Ooi, Chin-Hong Puah
Summary: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a significant infrastructure project that has a major impact on global economic growth. However, this growth also leads to environmental degradation. In response, the concept of green BRI and the role of green finance in mitigating environmental deterioration have been explored.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Muhammad Azam, Ijaz Uddin, Najia Saqib
Summary: This study investigates the factors affecting life expectancy in Pakistan, with a focus on the impact of environmental degradation measured by carbon emissions. The findings suggest that carbon emissions, inflation rate, food production index, and death rate have negative effects on life expectancy, while per capita income, urbanization, population growth rate, birth rate, health expenditure, and education have positive effects.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Urban Studies
Muhammad Azam Khan, Niaz Ali, Himayatullah Khan, Lim Chia Yien
Summary: This study empirically explores the impact of various factors on housing prices in Pakistan, especially in Lahore. The findings reveal that variables such as age, real exchange rate, and urbanization have a negative impact on housing prices, while GDP per capita, foreign remittances, broad money, and real interest rate have a positive impact. This study provides important insights for policymakers to address the issue of housing affordability.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOUSING MARKETS AND ANALYSIS
(2023)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Baher Bakhtyar, Zhang Qi, Muhammad Azam, Salim Rashid
Summary: This study uses game theory to analyze the electricity carbon life cycle in leading EV countries, and finds that the production and use of electric vehicles in some countries become a new source of carbon emissions due to the emission of greenhouse gases from their electricity sources. Therefore, countries with unclean electricity sources should reconsider their plans for producing and using EVs.
CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Eleni Zafeiriou, Muhammad Azam, Alexandros Garefalakis
Summary: This study explores the impact of carbon emissions from different sources related to agriculture on agricultural income in 25 EU countries. The results indicate that the impact of carbon emissions from energy on agricultural income is decreasing over time, suggesting limited efforts by farmers to reduce emissions. For carbon emissions from enteric fermentation and fertilizers, an inverted-U relationship is observed. Based on these findings, policy implications are provided to enhance eco efficiency in agriculture.
MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Muhammad Azam, Bosede Ngozi Adeleye
Summary: This study examines the impact of different sources of carbon emissions on life expectancy and explores if the impact differs across income groups. The results show that liquid and solid fuel emissions have significant negative effects on life expectancy, with liquid fuel emissions having the most adverse effect. The study also finds that life expectancy is persistent and that the impact of carbon emissions on life expectancy varies across income groups.
NATURAL RESOURCES FORUM
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Bosede Ngozi Adeleye, Muhammad Azam, Festus Victor Bekun
Summary: This study contributes to the literature on energy-health dynamics by examining the mediation effect of carbon emissions on the relationship between nonrenewable energy and infant mortality rate. The empirical results show that nonrenewable energy indirectly increases infant mortality rate through increasing carbon emissions, and the mediation effects of carbon emissions vary among different income groups. Based on these findings, nonrenewable energy is identified as a significant determinant of infant mortality rate. Policy recommendations are suggested.
AIR QUALITY ATMOSPHERE AND HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ijaz Uddin, Muhammad Azam Khan, Muhammad Tariq, Farah Khan, Zilakat Khan Malik
Summary: This study revisited the socioeconomic factors determining life expectancy by analyzing the role of institutional quality, financial development, and environmental degradation in selected Asian countries. The findings show that institutional quality, financial development, and health expenditure contribute to longer life expectancy, while carbon emissions, ecological footprint, birth rate, mortality rate, and population growth reduce life expectancy. The study suggests that strengthening the financial sector, increasing healthcare budget allocation, adopting clean and green technology, and implementing strict environmental pollution regulations are crucial for improving life expectancy and achieving sustainable development.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Economics
Muhammad Azam, Hina Khan, Zia Ur Rehman
Summary: This study examines the validity of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis in four economies from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The findings suggest mixed results, with EKC hypothesis being valid in the long run for Turkey, but not valid for Algeria, Egypt, and the UAE in both short and long runs. It is also found to be invalid for Algeria in the long run. The study recommends designing efficient and economically feasible environmental protection policies and initiating public awareness projects to improve environmental quality for sustainable development in the region.
JOURNAL OF THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
(2023)
Article
Area Studies
Muhammad Azam, Farah Khan, Ilhan Ozturk, Sameena Noor, Lim Chia Yien, Muhammad Maladoh Bah
Summary: The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of renewable energy consumption along with some other regressors on human development in eight Asian countries from 1995 to 2018. The empirical estimates reveal that renewable energy usage, foreign remittances, and income have positive impacts on human development, while inflation rate and population growth have negative effects. These findings highlight the importance of investing in renewable energy and creating a supportive environment for its production to enhance human development.
JOURNAL OF ASIAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Economics
Muhammad Azam Khan, Zulfiqar Khan, Sardar Fawad Saleem
Summary: This study investigates the impact of monetary policy on bank lending rate, considering the moderating effects of financial sector development. The findings suggest that an increase in money supply by the central bank leads to a decrease in loan demand and thus lowers the cost of loans. Additionally, financial sector development is found to lower the lending rate and the cost of loans. The interaction between monetary policy and financial sector development also has a positive impact on the lending rate in selected Asian developing countries.
JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMIC POLICY
(2023)
Article
Development Studies
Abdul Majid Awan, Muhammad Azam Khan, Saleem Khan
Summary: This study examines the impact of environmental factors on public health in Pakistan using long-term data. It aims to provide insights for policy decisions to improve human life and sustainable development. The findings highlight the importance of addressing environmental degradation and deforestation in Pakistan for enhancing human life and achieving sustainable development objectives.
REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ilham Haouas, Muhammad Haseeb, Muhammad Azam, Zia Ur Rehman
Summary: This study aims to investigate the long-term association among territorial emissions in CO2, demographic factors, and other variables for the 16 countries from the Middle East and North African (MENA) region during 1990-2018. The empirical results demonstrate a long-run cointegration among the series, indicating a significant relationship. Energy use, per capita income, energy intensity, industrial value added, population density, total population, and urban population have positive effects on CO2 emissions. Moreover, there is bi-directional causality between population density, total population, urban population, and CO2 emissions in each panel.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Business, Finance
Muhammad Azam Khan
Summary: This study examines the impact of domestic credit, real interest rate, real GDP growth, inflation rate, and exchange rate on the balance of payments by net foreign assets (NFA) in 17 developing countries from 1982 to 2019. The findings reveal that domestic credit, interest rate, inflation, and exchange rate have a significantly negative effect on NFA, while real GDP growth has a significantly positive effect. The results also indicate a bidirectional causality between domestic credit and NFA, and between exchange rate and NFA. The empirical findings suggest the need for central banks to consider other policy measures in addition to monetary instruments to achieve stability in a country's balance of payments.
JOURNAL OF CENTRAL BANKING THEORY AND PRACTICE
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Muhammad Azam, Faridul Islam, Salim Rashid
Summary: This paper empirically explores the relationship between environmental quality and human-health-capital formation. The results show that high CO2 emissions, inflation, and unemployment rates increase health expenditure. Higher income can afford higher healthcare costs. Therefore, policymakers should take measures to reduce CO2 emissions and improve human-health-capital formation to support long-term sustainable economic growth.
AIR QUALITY ATMOSPHERE AND HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Muhammad Azam Khan, Ghulam Sarwar, Muhammad Haroon Hafeez, Himayatullah Khan, Haseeb Ur Rahman
Summary: This study investigates the impact of R&D investment and financial development on carbon emissions and energy use. The findings suggest that increasing R&D investment, financial development, and globalization can decrease carbon emissions, while economic growth, energy use, population, and industrialization contribute to environmental degradation. Furthermore, R&D investment, financial development, environmental degradation, and industrialization have a positive direct effect on energy use, while population and globalization have an inverse relationship with energy use.
NATURAL RESOURCES FORUM
(2023)
