Dynamic links between ICT, transport energy, environmental degradation and growth: empirical evidence from Tunisia

Abstract

The transport sector, particularly road transport, is a major factor in the overall emissions balance of the substances involved in air pollution for the majority of developing countries. This paper investigates the dynamic links between information and communication technology (ICT), transport energy, environmental degradation and growth for Tunisia. The authors used a Johansen co-integration analysis to determine this econometric relationship using data during 1990-2015. In order to test the Granger causality links in the short and long run, a panel Vector Error Correction Model is used. The variance decomposition is used to confirm the existing links between the different variables. Different results are found. These findings show the existence of bidirectional in short-and long-run causality between transport energy and CO2 emissions. By cons, ICT does not minimize significantly pollution in Tunisia. These findings are very important for the transport sector and in terms of the choice of government policy decisions in order to minimize the pollution.

ICT, energy consumption, financial development, and environmental degradation in South Africa

“…Specifically, the authors find that Internet penetration at the national level has a significant negative effect on the CO 2 emission intensity for all quantiles. A few other studies show non-significant effect of ICT on the environment, including Amri et al (2018 , 2019) and Mbarek and Zghidi (2017) for Tunisia and Salahuddin et al (2016) for Australia. The review of the literature shows that the effect of ICT on environmental degradation is dependent on country specific characteristics and therefore cannot be determined apriori ( Raheem et al, 2020 ).…”

“…Specifically, the authors find that Internet penetration at the national level has a significant negative effect on the CO 2 emission intensity for all quantiles. A few other studies show non-significant effect of ICT on the environment, includingAmri et al (2018Amri et al ( , 2019 andMbarek and Zghidi (2017) for Tunisia andSalahuddin et al (2016) for Australia.…”

The impact of ICT infrastructure, technological innovation, renewable energy consumption and financial development on carbon dioxide emission in emerging economies: new evidence from Vietnam

“…In a literature review of the ICT-emissions dynamics, Moletsane (2019) infers that the gains of ICT to environmental quality are more likely in developed countries, while the opposite is truthful for developing countries. A few other studies show the non-significant effect of ICT on the environment, including Mbarek and Zghidi (2017) for Tunisia and Salahuddin et al (2016) for Australia.…”

“…Some argue that ICT infrastructure facilitates the development of renewable energy and energy-efficient gadgets that ultimately lead to lower carbon dioxide emissions (Bok, 2019; Ulucak and Khan, 2020). Others detect the non-significant effect of ICT infrastructure on CO 2 emissions (Mbarek and Zghidi, 2017; Salahuddin et al ., 2016). Therefore the impact of ICT infrastructure on CO 2 emissions in emerging countries requires empirical investigation.…”