Energy Efficiency in Transportation along with the Belt and Road Countries

Akbar, Usman; Popp, József; Khan, Humayun; Khan, Muhammad Asif; Oláh, Judit

doi:10.3390/en13102607

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“…Based on the findings, the efficient implementation of energy sources in ASEAN's rural sector will reduce environmental contamination, especially in the long run. It is supporting the argument that advanced energy sources reduce greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture, which is beneficial to the environment [24,[63][64][65][66][67][68][69]. The tendency of people towards cities is not a problem in the short run, so in the long run, it significantly increases the ecological footprint.…”

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Link between Technically Derived Energy Efficiency and Ecological Footprint: Empirical Evidence from the ASEAN Region

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The sustainable environment has been a desired situation around the world for the last few decades. Environmental contaminations can be a consequence of various economic activities. Different socio-economic factors influence the environment positively or negatively. Many previous studies have resulted in the efficient allocation of inputs as an environment-friendly component. This paper investigates the effects of energy efficiency on ecological footprint in the ASEAN region using balanced panel data from 2001 to 2019. First, this paper technically derives the energy efficiency, using the stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) of the translog production type of single output and multiple inputs. Findings of the SFA show that the Philippines and Singapore have the highest energy efficiency (94%) and Laos has the lowest energy efficiency (85%) in the ASEAN region. The estimated average efficiency score of the ASEAN region was around 90%, ranging from 85% to 96%, indicating that there is still 10% room for improvement in energy efficiency. Second, this study employed the panel autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model to explore the short run and long run impact of technically derived energy efficiency on ecological footprint in the ASEAN region. Results of the panel ARDL model show that energy efficiency is a reducing factor of ecological footprint in the long run. Moreover, energy efficiency plays a significant role to control the environmental contaminations. In addition, results of this study also explored that urbanization is an increasing factor of ecological footprint, and investment in agriculture is also beneficial for the environment. Moreover, to obtain the directional nature of the associations between the ecological footprint and its independent variables, this paper has employed the paired-panel Granger causality test. The results of the paired wise panel Granger causality test also confirm that the energy efficiency, urbanization, and investment in agriculture cause ecological footprint. Finally, this study recommends that efficient utilization of energy resources as well as investment in agriculture are necessary for sustainable environment.

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“…Similarly, Akbar et al [43] found that energy efficiency can reduce CO 2 emission; however, FDI and GDP will lead to an increase in CO 2 emission. In addition, Akbar et al [44] also analyzed the transport energy efficiency by taking two years as a pre-and post-BRI case, showing that, after the BRI, there is an increase in economic activity but a decline in transport energy efficiency.…”

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Heterogeneous Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative on Energy Efficiency in Participating Countries

Shi

2021

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The Belt and Road investment involves a large number of renewable energy projects, but whether the energy efficiency is linked to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) cooperation has yet to be established in the literature. This research attempts to close this gap by looking at how the BRI affects the energy efficiency of participating nations after the fact through a counterfactual analysis. Based on the Difference-in-Difference-in-Difference (DDD) and quantile DID methods for the panel dataset covering 178 nations and areas for the period of 2002 to 2018, we explored the impacts of BRI on energy efficiency vary by different energy efficiency quantiles, resource endowments, and income levels. First, the positive effects of BRI are significant in medium-and high-energy efficiency quantiles but are not significant in low-energy efficiency quantiles for up to 30%. Second, the BRI tends to increase more energy efficiencies in resource-rich BRI countries than those in resource-poor BRI countries. Third, the BRI tends to increase more energy efficiencies in low-income BRI countries than those in high-income BRI countries. The findings can assist BRI countries in improving energy efficiency and sustainable development capacity under the initiative, thus resolving the increasing anxieties in climate change and environmental pollution in this area.

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“…Reducing greenhouse gases in transport policies is a topic which is researched from many perspectives, spanning from transport efficiency [39,40], transport costs and emissions factors [41,42], transport modes in the EU [43,44] and more recently the use of big data [45,46] for designing mobility policies as well as technology transfer and innovation [47]. A clear gap in literature is the analysis of alternative policy instruments that focus on demand-side policies.…”

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Reducing Road Transport Emissions in Europe: Investigating A Demand Side Driven Approach †

Enzmann

Ringel

2020

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The European Union aims at net-zero emissions by 2050. A key sector to achieve this goal is road transport, where emissions show no signs of reducing but continue to grow. A review of policies undertaken by EU member states and the G20 to reduce transport emissions reveals that both present and planned policies focus on binding supply-side measures, but offer only weak demand-side incentives. To address this imbalance, we developed a downstream, demand-side policy prototype through an expert interview design process. We call the prototype “cap-and-surrender” because it caps road emissions, and then allocates tradable emission allowances to individual vehicles that drivers surrender at each fill-up. Allowance pricing, both by the state and in the secondary market, is designed to incentivize decarbonization of the sector. Though the system would require significant investment, its revenue potential to the state should exceed this investment by several multiples. We discuss the potential economic, environmental and social impacts of the policy, as assessed by European transport experts. We find that the approach can deliver significant transport emission reductions in an effective and economically efficient manner. Through the appropriate design of national allocation rules and a gradual phasing in of cap and surrender, potential negative social consequences can be mitigated, and public acceptance of the policy promoted.

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Energy Efficiency in Transportation along with the Belt and Road Countries

Cited by 33 publications

References 74 publications

Link between Technically Derived Energy Efficiency and Ecological Footprint: Empirical Evidence from the ASEAN Region

Link between Technically Derived Energy Efficiency and Ecological Footprint: Empirical Evidence from the ASEAN Region

Heterogeneous Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative on Energy Efficiency in Participating Countries

Reducing Road Transport Emissions in Europe: Investigating A Demand Side Driven Approach †

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