Does sustainable growth, energy consumption and environment challenges matter for Belt and Road Initiative feat? A novel empirical investigation

Rauf, Abdul; Liu, Xiaoxing; Amin, Waqas; Rehman, Obaid Ur; Li, Jinkai; Ahmad, Fayyaz; Bekun, Festus Vıctor

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121344

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“…The quality of environment, inputs and natural resources is deteriorating in the technologically driven economies due to the excessive energy consumption (Rauf et al 2020 ). Yet, enhanced consumption of renewable energy and financial development bolster safe environment.…”

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COVID-19 and dynamics of environmental awareness, sustainable consumption and social responsibility in Malaysia

Ali

Parveen

Yaacob

et al. 2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Despite a profound evidence of the human unsustainable behaviours’ impact on the environment, stark disparities prevail on this narrative especially in the context of the current epidemiological situation ushered by the COVID-19. The ongoing pandemic is a global public health concern due to its sagacious impacts on environmental sustainability, social responsibility and people’s quality of life. This study primarily focuses on analysing the impact of COVID-19 (COV) on the environmental awareness (EA), sustainable consumption (SC) and social responsibility (SR). Additionally, we aspire to investigate the impact of demographics of generations and religion on the proposed nexus in this study. The data was collected from 700 participants of different age groups and religious backgrounds in Malaysia, and structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to analyse this data and test the hypotheses. The findings indicate that COVID-19 has a significantly positive impact on EA, SC and SR, and the generations and religiosity moderate the relationship between COVID-19 and its impact on sustainable behaviours. This study contributes to analyse the difference in the perception of EA, SC and SR among the people that eventually will stimulate the scientific reasoning among the governments, policymakers and scientists to develop a holistic framework to combat unprecedented event such as COVID-19 and ensure the authentication of sustainable environment and exceptional quality of life. The policymakers in Malaysia may use the findings of this study to inspect the social and environmental aspects of the people during the transformation events.

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Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

COVID-19 and dynamics of environmental awareness, sustainable consumption and social responsibility in Malaysia

Ali

Parveen

Yaacob

et al. 2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…The results shown in Table 12 clearly reveals that EC, FDI, GDP, and MHI found unfavorably influencing the environmental quality through carbon dioxide emissions. These results can be validated by results obtained from (Rauf et al 2020). Renewable energy consumption (REC), and trade openness (TOP) have favorable effect on the environment.…”

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confidence: 53%

“…The description and sources of all the variables have been stated in Table 1. Khan et al 2020, Khan et al 2019, Rauf et al 2020, Saboori &Sulaiman 2013 the following relationship among variables under investigation in this study has been developed;…”

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“…The "Belt and Road (BRI)" is an initiative taken by Chinese government to develop international cooperation and economic strategy (Chen 2016, Rauf et al 2020. This initiative has main goals to cover international trade, infrastructural and financial connectivity among partner countries, policies integration and coordination, sharing technologies for the development and economic advancement of partner countries around the globe (Finance 2021, Intelligence 2017.…”

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Energy consumption, economic growth, and environmental sustainability challenges for Belt and Road countries: a fresh insight from “Chinese Going Global Strategy”

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Rauf

Sikander

et al. 2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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The present study investigated impact of energy and economy related variables on CO2 emissions in countries of belt and road initiative from 1995-2018. The robust type of crosssection dependence and heterogeneity methods were adopted to analyze data set of countries.Energy consumption, foreign direct investment, medium and high-tech industry, and GDP has been found highly unfavorable for the ecological health (CO2 emissions) in 49 nations on BRI panel. However, renewable energy consumption has been found in positive correlation with environmental quality (CO2). Financial development indicator has no significant impact on CO2 emissions in present study. The present outcomes clearly claim strong relationship of economic growth and energy with increased CO2 emissions in 49 nations. Therefore, it is important for policy makers, experts and governments to incentivize and appreciate portfolio investors for sustainable green investments to transform the economic growth into a sustainable and energy efficient development.

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“…Several studies have begun to use different analytical tools to assess the GHG emissions associated with the BRI. Panel data on Belt and Road countries have allowed researchers to explore the relationship between globalization and CO 2 emissions (Rauf et al 2020;Saud et al 2020;Zhang, Jin, and Shen 2018), generally finding an environmental Kuznets curve-type relationship between increased investment and trade and environmental impacts (Muhammad et al 2020;Rauf et al 2018). Although energy consumption and emissions in BRI countries are rising over time, both in absolute terms and in terms of intensity, China is on a path to achieving its emissions intensity targets (Fan et al 2019).…”

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A global analysis of CO ₂ and non-CO ₂ GHG emissions embodied in trade with Belt and Road Initiative countries

Hou

Deng

Springer

et al. 2020

Ecosyst Health Sustain

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Introduction: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is an important cooperative framework that increasingly affects the global economy, trade, and emission patterns. However, most existing studies pay insufficient attention to consumption-based emissions, embodied emissions, and non-CO2 greenhouse gases (GHGs). This study constructs a GHG emissions database to study the trends and variations in production-based, consumption-based, and embodied emissions associated with BRI countries. Outcome: We find that the per capita GHG emissions of BRI countries are lower than the global average but show significant variation within this group. We also find that trade-embodied emissions between BRI countries and China are growing. As a group, BRI countries are anet exporter of GHGs, with a global share of net export emissions of about 20%. In 2011, nearly 80% of GHG export emissions from BRI countries flowed to non-BRI countries, and nearly 15% flowed to China; about 57% of GHG import emissions were from non-BRI countries, and about 38% were from China. Conclusion: Therefore, this study concludes that the BRI should be used to coordinate climate governance to accelerate and strengthen the dissemination and deployment of low-emissions technologies, strategies, and policies within the BRI so as to avoid a carbon-intensive lock-in effect.

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Does sustainable growth, energy consumption and environment challenges matter for Belt and Road Initiative feat? A novel empirical investigation

Cited by 114 publications

References 66 publications

COVID-19 and dynamics of environmental awareness, sustainable consumption and social responsibility in Malaysia

COVID-19 and dynamics of environmental awareness, sustainable consumption and social responsibility in Malaysia

Energy consumption, economic growth, and environmental sustainability challenges for Belt and Road countries: a fresh insight from “Chinese Going Global Strategy”

A global analysis of CO ₂ and non-CO ₂ GHG emissions embodied in trade with Belt and Road Initiative countries

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Does sustainable growth, energy consumption and environment challenges matter for Belt and Road Initiative feat? A novel empirical investigation

Cited by 114 publications

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COVID-19 and dynamics of environmental awareness, sustainable consumption and social responsibility in Malaysia

COVID-19 and dynamics of environmental awareness, sustainable consumption and social responsibility in Malaysia

Energy consumption, economic growth, and environmental sustainability challenges for Belt and Road countries: a fresh insight from “Chinese Going Global Strategy”

A global analysis of CO 2 and non-CO 2 GHG emissions embodied in trade with Belt and Road Initiative countries

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