Examining the roles of renewable energy consumption and agriculture on CO2 emission in lucky-seven countries

Abstract

Environmental degradation has become an important global issue due to the extraordinary increase in greenhouse gas emissions in recent years. Therefore, identifying the main determinants of environmental degradation is one of the primary agenda items of researchers and policymakers. In the literature, many social, economic, and sectorial factors related to the main determinants of CO 2 emissions have been studied. Although these studies provide very important information about the causes of CO 2 emissions and environmental degradation, some deficiencies remain in the related literature. The agricultural sector activities, which are an important sector at a global level and have significant potential impacts on CO 2 emissions, have not been adequately studied. In order to fill this gap, the effects of agriculture and renewable energy on CO 2 emissions were examined for lucky-seven countries during the period 1995-2014. The results of panel cointegration reveal the presence of long-run nexus among the variables. While the findings indicate that agriculture increases CO 2 emissions, renewable energy is a very important catalyst in reducing CO 2 emissions in lucky-seven countries. We also found that economic growth and energy consumption enhance CO 2 emissions and trade openness decreases. Panel VECM results indicate that variables are the causes of CO 2 emission in the long run. Also, we find that economic growth is the cause of CO 2 emissions in the short run.

The relationship between institutional quality and ecological footprint: Is there a connection?

“…Early studies often linked environmental damage to economic growth (Aslanturk & Kıprızlı, 2020; Baek & Gweisah, 2013). Studies explaining environmental damage over time have been expanded with many economic, social, political and environmental factors (Eyuboglu & Uzar, 2020). Indicators such as CO 2 , SO 2 (sulfur dioxide), particulate matter (PM2.5, PM10), water quality and ecological footprint are preferred in most of the studies (Basoglu & Uzar, 2019; Khan, Hou, & Le, 2021; Tawiah, Zakari, & Khan, 2021).…”

“…Finally, there is uncertainty regarding the sign of in the theoretical and empirical literature. Eyuboglu and Uzar (2020) indicate that trade openness can affect the environment through scale, composition, and technical effects. In this sense, if the sign is positive, the scale effect is valid.…”

“…There are important initiatives in the environmental economics literature, especially recently, on how to reduce environmental degradation. Within this framework, many macroeconomic, social, political, and sectoral dynamics have been associated with environmental degradation and researchers are trying to reveal the relationship between the variables (Ahmed, Ozturk, Ghumro, & Mukesh, 2019; Baloch, Ozturk, Bekun, & Khan, 2021; Eyuboglu & Uzar, 2020).…”

Renewable Energy, Economic Growth and Economic Development Nexus: A Bibliometric Analysis

“…While [186] focused on the BRICS, for these economies, the consumption of renewable energies and the FDI tend to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, the opposite relationship found for GDP, and bank credit with CO 2 , the increase in these variables is accompanied by an increase in environmental degradation, as well as exports [186]. In addition to this research, South Africa was also studied by [187,188], and India, together with Malaysia, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Colombia, and Poland, were investigated by [189]. The European Union was addressed by [190], and concluded that economic factors accelerate environmental degradation; only Turkey was analyzed in isolation from Europe by [191,192].…”

What drives low-carbon agriculture? The experience of farms from the Wielkopolska region in Poland

“…Therefore, there are many actions that farmers can take to reduce emissions. These include increasing carbon sequestration in the soil (West and Marland 2002;Norse 2012;Reay 2020;Xiao et al 2021); reducing the use of mineral fertilizers and replacing them with recycled fertilizers (Kytta et al 2021), as well as using fertilizer appropriately and decreasing energy intensity (Solinas et al 2021), and decreasing the use of mineral pesticides while introducing integrated pest management (Piwowar 2021); lowering the overuse and misuse of nitrogen (Norse 2012); reducing energy consumption and increasing energy efficiency (Piwowar 2019); replacing fossil fuels by renewable energy sources (Dogan and Seker 2016a;Eyuboglu andEzar 2020, Paramati et al 2018); and improving animal feeding techniques and animal husbandry systems as well as designing and using energy-efficient livestock buildings (Kistowski and Wiśniewski 2020). It is also important to optimize animal nutrition and efficient waste management, which have a positive impact on reducing emissions.…”