ICT's impact on CO2 emissions in GCC region: The relevance of energy use and financial development

Islam, Md. Saiful; Rahaman, Sk Habibur; Rehman, Anis ur; Khan, Imran

doi:10.1016/j.esr.2023.101147

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“…This suggests that the adoption and use of ICT technologies are associated with significant reductions in carbon emissions. Therefore, the advancement and increased use of ICT contribute to environmental sustainability by reducing carbon emissions (Islam, Rahaman, ur Rehman, & Khan, 2023). The study found a positive association between high levels of financial inclusion and reduced income inequality through improved human capital.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…This study shows that both environmental factors and health spending are important for increasing life expectancy. Islam et al (2023) investigation of the asymmetric effects of information and communication technology (ICT) on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions took into account the economies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The study's time frame was from 1995 to 2019.…”

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confidence: 99%

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

Hashmat,

Ghouse,

Ahmad

2024

Pak. J. Humanit. Soc. Sci

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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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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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

Hashmat,

Ghouse,

Ahmad

2024

Pak. J. Humanit. Soc. Sci

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“…Refs. [31][32][33] examined the impact of ICT on CO 2 emissions in GCC nations. While using the same econometric techniques, the studies reported conflicting environmental effects of ICT.…”

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Reconsidering the Long-Term Impacts of Digitalization, Industrialization, and Financial Development on Environmental Sustainability in GCC Countries

Touati,

Ben-Salha

2024

Sustainability

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Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have faced environmental challenges in recent decades. This study aims to identify the contribution of digitalization, industrialization, and financial development to the ecological footprint (EF) in GCC countries between 2000 and 2021. The empirical investigation involves estimating the STochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence, and Technology (STIRPAT) model using the augmented mean group (AMG), common correlated effects mean group (CCEMG) and cross-sectionally augmented autoregressive distributed lag (CS-ARDL) estimators. The findings reveal the existence of long-term linkages between EF and the factors mentioned above. Furthermore, there is evidence that adopting digitalization and information and communication technologies (ICT) improves long-term environmental quality. In contrast, both industrialization and financial development exert detrimental effects on the environment. Finally, the JKS Granger non-causality test revealed that all variables, except financial development, predict environmental degradation in GCC countries. These findings can assist in formulating efficient strategies to reduce ecological degradation and achieve environmental sustainability in GCC countries.

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Informal economy and CO2 emissions: threshold effects of information and communication technology

Shahnazi,

Jamshidi,

Shafiei

2024

Clean Techn Environ Policy

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The direct and indirect impacts of information and communication technology (ICT) on environmental pollution and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in developing economies are significant. This study investigates the indirect effects of ICT on CO2 emissions through the informal sector. A threshold panel model is employed to estimate the impact of ICT on the informal sector's effect on CO2 emissions in 24 high-income countries and 30 upper-middle and lower-middle income countries from 1995-2019. The findings indicate that in highincome countries, both ICT and the informal sector contribute to reducing CO2 emissions. When ICT surpasses the threshold of 64,469, the informal sector's reducing effect on CO2 emissions increases. In countries with upper-middle and lower-upper-middle incomes, ICT reduces CO2 emissions, but the informal sector increases them. ICT has two thresholds, 0.976 and 61.57, in these countries. As ICT surpasses each threshold, the incremental effect of the informal sector on CO2 emissions declines. Furthermore, the Kuznets curve is confirmed in both country groups. Energy consumption and population density have a significant positive impact on CO2 emissions.

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ICT's impact on CO2 emissions in GCC region: The relevance of energy use and financial development

Cited by 20 publications

References 47 publications

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

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

Reconsidering the Long-Term Impacts of Digitalization, Industrialization, and Financial Development on Environmental Sustainability in GCC Countries

Informal economy and CO2 emissions: threshold effects of information and communication technology

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