Impact of environmental pollution on human health and financial status of households in MENA countries: Future of using renewable energy to eliminate the environmental pollution

Alharthi, Majed; Hanif, Imran; Alamoudi, Hawazen

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2022.03.118

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“…The linkages between QoL and renewable energy are explored in several studies, including Sarpong et al (2020); Moore and Collins (2020); Luni and Majeed (2020); Ramos and Rouboa (2020); Ajide and Ibrahim (2021); Rodriguez-Alvarez (2021); Tian et al (2021); Shang et al (2022); Omri et al (2022); Alharthi et al (2022); Behera et al (2022); Tariq and Xu (2022). Several of these studies asserted that renewable energy positively impacts QoL; thus, investment in renewable energy plays a vital part in conserving the environment and enhancing QoL.…”

Section: Qol and Renewable Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing Quality of Life from the Lens of Sustainability in Africa

Aladejare¹,

Osagu²

2023

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The complex and multidimensional nature of the quality of life (QoL) concept has given rise to different empirical works attempting to determine factors that could enhance its level in developing and emerging economies. Thus, scholars and policymakers have continued to demonstrate a keen interest in the concept because of its critical role in social planning—the goal is to accelerate the level of QoL of the people by lowering the harmful effects of social inequalities prevailing in today’s society. QoL forms one of the twenty-first century’s significant and disturbing social subjects. Thus, this study examined QoL from the sustainability perspective using ecological demands, renewable energy, income, urbanisation, and external debt in 44 African countries between 1990 and 2020. The study applied a battery of first and second-generation estimation techniques, including the dynamic common correlated effect, generalised linear mixed effect model, panel corrected standard error, and panel dynamic ordinary least squares procedures for deriving robust study inferences. The study demonstrated that as ecological demands and external debt continues to grow, QoL is adversely affected. Also, while income and urbanisation significantly positively affected QoL, renewable energy’s impact was neutral. The study proposed applicable policy measures for QoL enhancement in developing and emerging economies. JEL Classification: I31, O55, Q01.

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Section: Qol and Renewable Energymentioning

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Assessing Quality of Life from the Lens of Sustainability in Africa

Aladejare¹,

Osagu²

2023

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“…Although GHG emissions are a composition of carbon emissions (CO 2 ), methane, water vapour (H 2 O), ozone (O 3 ), and nitrous oxide (N 2 O), the preponderance of empirical studies focuses more on carbon emissions because they contribute most to the volume of GHG emissions. [27][28][29][30][31] Besides, carbon emissions have the highest contribution among the components of GHG emissions. [32][33][34] Theoretically, empirical studies advanced that nuclear energy constitutes the energy source that moderates the surge in carbon emissions.…”

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Does nuclear energy consumption mitigate carbon emissions in leading countries by nuclear power consumption? Evidence from quantile causality approach

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Adebayo

Ibrahim

et al. 2022

Energy & Environment

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Nuclear energy has sparked international attention as one of the most important strategies for reducing emissions thanks to its ability to provide low-carbon power. Based on this interesting fact, the current research explores the effect of nuclear energy on CO2 emissions in the leading countries by nuclear power consumption using a quarterly dataset from 1990 to 2019. The study employs the quantile-on-quantile (QQ) estimator, which accounts for both non-parametric and conventional analyses and enhances the provision of unbiased and consistent estimates. In addition, the Granger causality in quantiles approach is adopted to assess the causality in quantiles between the variables of investigation. The outcomes from the QQ estimator reveals that in the majority of the quantiles, nuclear energy contributes to decreased degradation of the environment in the USA, France, Russia, South Korea, Canada, Ukraine, Germany, and Sweden. Contrawise, the feedbacks from Spain and China expose that Nuclear Energy Consumption (NUC) contributes to the deterioration of the environment. Moreover, the outcomes of the causality test disclose that nuclear energy and CO2 emissions can predict each other in the majority of the quantiles. The findings above provide profound ramifications for policymakers planning nuclear energy and CO2-emission policies towards achieving sustainable environment in the sample countries and beyond..

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“…With the rapid development of human science and technology and industrialization, environmental pollution has become more and more serious, and the massive use of fossil fuels has made various environmental problems more prominent, which has threatened the sustainable and healthy development of all countries in the world, and it is urgent to seek green alternative energy. − As a green energy source, hydrogen is the first choice for the next generation of energy because it has no byproducts after combustion. As a new and important means of hydrogen production, photocatalytic hydrogen decomposition technology converts solar energy into chemical energy, which is in line with the concept of green and sustainable development. − Since Fujishima first reported the use of TiO 2 semiconductor materials for photocatalytic decomposition of water, semiconductor photocatalysis for hydrogen production has gradually become a hot research topic, and more and more semiconductor materials have been developed for photocatalysis. − At present, there are still some problems in semiconductor photocatalysis, such as insufficient light absorption capacity and fast rate of photogenerated electron–hole recombination. − …”

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Reverse-Type-I MnCo₂S₄/CdS Heterojunction Nanorods for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production under Visible Light Irradiation

Cheng,

Dou,

Yao

et al. 2023

ACS Appl. Nano Mater.

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Photocatalytic hydrogen production has great potential as a way to obtain green and sustainable energy. In this work, MnCo2S4/CdS type-I nanorod heterojunctions were successfully constructed, and the stability of the structure and photocatalytic performance of the composites were significantly improved by the timely transfer of photogenerated holes on the valence band and photogenerated electrons on the conduction band of CdS through the discontinuous MnCo2S4 grown outside the nanorods. The photocatalytic hydrogen production of 5% loaded MnCo2S4/CdS under visible light (λ ≥ 420 nm) can reach 12 mmol·g–1·h–1, which is 42 times more efficient than the hydrogen production of pure CdS nanorods in the presence of Na2S and Na2SO3 as hole scavengers. In addition, the apparent quantum efficiency of the composite catalyst with the best hydrogen evolution activity can reach 11.73%. The construction of type-I semiconductor heterojunctions in this study offers valuable guidance for the preparation of CdS photocatalysts that exhibit superior stability and photocatalytic efficiency.

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Impact of environmental pollution on human health and financial status of households in MENA countries: Future of using renewable energy to eliminate the environmental pollution

Cited by 73 publications

References 49 publications

Assessing Quality of Life from the Lens of Sustainability in Africa

Assessing Quality of Life from the Lens of Sustainability in Africa

Does nuclear energy consumption mitigate carbon emissions in leading countries by nuclear power consumption? Evidence from quantile causality approach

Reverse-Type-I MnCo₂S₄/CdS Heterojunction Nanorods for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production under Visible Light Irradiation

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Impact of environmental pollution on human health and financial status of households in MENA countries: Future of using renewable energy to eliminate the environmental pollution

Cited by 73 publications

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Assessing Quality of Life from the Lens of Sustainability in Africa

Assessing Quality of Life from the Lens of Sustainability in Africa

Does nuclear energy consumption mitigate carbon emissions in leading countries by nuclear power consumption? Evidence from quantile causality approach

Reverse-Type-I MnCo2S4/CdS Heterojunction Nanorods for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production under Visible Light Irradiation

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