Reducing carbon dioxide emissions; Does renewable energy matter?

Adams, Samuel; Nsiah, Christian

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.094

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“…Moreover, renewable energy helps to provide accessible energy to overcome the problem of energy security. Due to the use of non‐fossil fuel sources of energy and low‐carbon contents, it is expected that CO 2 emissions will be reduced through the consumption of renewable energy (Adams & Nsiah, 2019). Therefore, RE it < 0 is expected, that is, the environment is improved.…”

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Does fiscal decentralization and eco‐innovation promote sustainable environment? A case study of selected fiscally decentralized countries

Umar

Ali

et al. 2020

Sustainable Development

191

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This study highlights the importance of fiscal decentralization in promoting a sustainable environment. The literature on the importance of fiscal decentralization in affecting environmental quality is scant, and thus, this study attempts to fill the gap by incorporating the linear and nonlinear terms of fiscal decentralization as possible determinants for CO2 emissions. Particularly, we utilize data from seven highly fiscally decentralized countries, that is, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland, over the period 1990–2018. For empirical analysis, advanced panel data econometric tools are used that can deal with both heterogeneous coefficients and dependence of cross‐sections. The findings confirm that linear and nonlinear terms of fiscal decentralization improve the environment by reducing CO2 emissions. Moreover, gross domestic product (GDP) increases, while eco‐innovation and renewable energy usage reduce CO2 emissions. This study recommends that any policy that targets green growth will affect CO2 emissions. Moreover, policies targeting fiscal decentralization, GDP, eco‐innovation, and renewable energy will play the role in more than 1 year, namely in the long run.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Does fiscal decentralization and eco‐innovation promote sustainable environment? A case study of selected fiscally decentralized countries

Umar

Ali

et al. 2020

Sustainable Development

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“…However, in the context of unsustainable use/exports of natural resources, natural resource‐rich countries may experience environmental challenges, including deforestation, water and electricity shortage, and climate change. A survey of the literature showed that many studies examined the relations between natural resources and economic progress (S. Adams & Nsiah, 2019; Auty, 2001; Ben‐Salha et al, 2018; Erdoğan, Yıldırım, & Gedikli, 2020; Namazi & Mohammadi, 2018; Ross, 2015; Wu et al, 2018), but, earlier work has ignored the effect of natural resources on environmental degradation.…”

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The role of natural resources abundance and dependence in achieving environmental sustainability: Evidence from resource‐based economies

Erdoğan

Çakar

Ulucak

et al. 2020

Sustainable Development

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Proper use and efficient management of natural resources are critical to shaping a sustainable future in many resource‐rich countries in Africa. It is also well‐known that globalization creates a great awareness for sustainable resource extraction and provides cleaner production technology transfers to underdeveloped countries and enables them to establish a sustainable development pattern. However, evidence on the role of globalization in reducing the environmental impacts of natural resources in resource‐based economies is relatively scant. This study investigates sustainable future strategies by examining the role of natural resources, globalization, human capital, and urbanization in shaping the ecological footprint that is a broader indicator of environmental sustainability. To this end, Sub‐Saharan African countries—endowed with a rich natural resource base ranging from arable land, forest, freshwater, marine resources, oil, natural gas, minerals, and wildlife—are analyzed through advanced estimation techniques. Empirical results show that both resource dependence and abundance complicate to design a sustainable future by increasing the pressure on the environment. Similarly, urbanization deteriorates ecological conditions in Sub‐Saharan African countries. However, globalization and human capital seem the main sources of a cleaner and sustainable environment. The findings of the study shed new light on the main role of globalization in providing cleaner practices to reverse the negative influence of natural resource dependence and/or abundance on environmental quality.

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“…Primary energy consumption is the main source of carbon emissions, therefore renewable energy development is the best choice when attempting to mitigate climate change without affecting the economy [43]. Furthermore, reducing carbon emissions and developing a low-carbon economy can promote the development of renewable energy [44]. The demographic factor is also an important factor affecting renewable energy consumption.…”

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Evolution of Renewable Energy in BRI Countries: A Combined Econometric and Decomposition Approach

Dong

Pan

2020

IJERPH

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The development of renewable energy is an important cooperation theme among countries along the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI countries). Through map description, we first explore the changes in renewable energy consumption in BRI countries. Then, β-convergence is employed to examine the development direction of renewable energy consumption in BRI countries. Finally, based on the expanded Kaya equation, we decompose the factors effecting renewable energy consumption into energy structure effect, energy intensity effect, low-carbon economic effect, carbon emission effect, population distribution effect and population effect. The Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) is utilized to calculate the contribution of each factor to renewable energy consumption in the expanded Kaya equation. Our research reaches the following conclusions: (1) β-convergence exists in renewable energy consumption among BRI countries, indicating that it will converge to a relatively stable level, and countries with low renewable energy consumption will increase their renewable energy consumption with a higher convergence rate to chase the countries with high renewable energy consumption. (2) Energy structure effect makes a positive impact on renewable energy consumption, and is the main contributor to renewable energy consumption. (3) The energy intensity effect makes a negative contribution to renewable energy consumption, and the negative impact has deepened in recent years. (4) Both the low-carbon economic effect and the carbon emission effect have positive impacts on renewable energy consumption. Our research not only provides a description of the experience of developing renewable energy for BRI countries, but also makes reference to other organizations.

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Reducing carbon dioxide emissions; Does renewable energy matter?

Cited by 251 publications

References 42 publications

Does fiscal decentralization and eco‐innovation promote sustainable environment? A case study of selected fiscally decentralized countries

Does fiscal decentralization and eco‐innovation promote sustainable environment? A case study of selected fiscally decentralized countries

The role of natural resources abundance and dependence in achieving environmental sustainability: Evidence from resource‐based economies

Evolution of Renewable Energy in BRI Countries: A Combined Econometric and Decomposition Approach

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