Does agriculture, forests, and energy consumption foster the carbon emissions and ecological footprint? fresh evidence from BRICS economies

Yasin, Iftikhar; Ahmad, Nawaz; Amin, Saqib; Sattar, Nyla; Hashmat, Afsheen

doi:10.1007/s10668-023-04456-7

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“…For DKr and PQ, the ecological footprint decreased by 0.2491% and 0.3535%, respectively, while the renewable energy consumption (REC) increased by 1%. The results accord with Yasin, Ahmad, Amin, Sattar, and Hashmat [3], Raza, Habib, and Hashmi [97], and Sahoo et al [109]. The BRICS countries minimize their ecological footprints by using renewable energy, lowering greenhouse gas emissions, preventing environmental deterioration, and promoting sustainable energy practices.…”

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“…Today's most urgent global challenges are ecological shifts and environmental deterioration. Thus, promoting sustainable ecological policies has become necessary for emerging and developed nations [1][2][3]. The massive increase in carbon emissions has caused numerous serious problems around the planet.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Excessive energy use has two effects: it increases carbon emissions and creates electrical volatility [9]. The issue of energy instability that emerging economies face arises from their reliance on extensive use of fossil fuels [3]. Therefore, it is very difficult for policymakers to evaluate the environmental effects of energy policy.…”

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Greening the BRICS: How Green Innovation Mitigates Ecological Footprints in Energy-Hungry Economies

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2024

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The escalating energy consumption seen in the BRICS countries, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, presents a substantial environmental problem, resulting in the depletion of resources, amplified carbon emissions, and endangering the well-being of ecological systems. The study examines the potential of green innovation to alleviate these adverse effects. By combining green technology with strong institutions and responsible energy consumption, we argue that the BRICS nations can significantly reduce their ecological footprint. This research, encompassing data from 1995 to 2022, employs Driscoll–Kraay and panel quantile regression to analyze the complex interplay of institutional quality, energy consumption, green innovation, and ecological footprints across the BRICS countries. Our findings reveal that green innovation is crucial in mitigating the ecological footprint, particularly when combined with resilient institutional quality and controlled energy use. Conversely, factors like high energy consumption, natural resource rent, and urbanization contribute to an increased ecological footprint. Notably, the study emphasizes the critical role of both institutional quality and renewable energy consumption in effectively reducing the ecological burden within the BRICS nations. These findings suggest that prioritizing investments in green technology and institutional development, even amidst high energy demands, represents a viable strategy for the BRICS nations to achieve sustainable growth and environmental responsibility.

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“…Consumption of renewable energy does, however, positively affect economic growth, whereas CO2 has a substantial negative effect. According to Yasin, Ahmad, Amin, Sattar, and Hashmat (2024), CO2 has a detrimental overall effect on development and sustainable development. In Borowiec and Papież (2024) study, CO2 emissions convergence in nations at several stages of development was compared, and the effects of globalization and the strictness of environmental regulations on CO2 emissions convergence were given some thought.…”

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Measuring the Impact of Economic and Environmental Drivers on Human Development: A Comparison between Developed and Less Developed Countries

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Ahmad

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The world faces a variety of environmental problems that have a significant impact on human development. In light of this, this study examines how environmental degradation affects human development while accounting for factors such as gender, income, and educational disparities, unemployment, GDPPC, institutional quality, and urbanization. The comparison between developed and developing nations is done between 1996 and 2021. Using both ecological footprints and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions figures to measure the environmental impact on developed and less developed countries provides a more comprehensive approach to checking the environmental damage’s impact on human development. Overall, the generalized moment’s analysis method approves robust relationships between the study variables. The GMM analysis mentioned that environmental quality affects human development in the selected countries by increasing the ecological footprint and carbon emissions. Likewise, inequality in income, education, and gender has a huge negative impact on human development, as unemployment also has the opposite effect on human development in the case of less developed countries instead of developed countries. On the other hand, it has been proven that GDP, quality of institutions and urbanization confirm human welfare. Therefore, taking into account these main findings, some broad policies are required to contribute to enhancing human welfare.

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Decoupling agricultural resource inputs from agricultural economic development in China: a spatial–temporal analysis (2006–2021)

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Does agriculture, forests, and energy consumption foster the carbon emissions and ecological footprint? fresh evidence from BRICS economies

Cited by 10 publications

References 73 publications

Greening the BRICS: How Green Innovation Mitigates Ecological Footprints in Energy-Hungry Economies

Greening the BRICS: How Green Innovation Mitigates Ecological Footprints in Energy-Hungry Economies

Measuring the Impact of Economic and Environmental Drivers on Human Development: A Comparison between Developed and Less Developed Countries

Decoupling agricultural resource inputs from agricultural economic development in China: a spatial–temporal analysis (2006–2021)

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