Understanding the multidimensional linkages among renewable energy, pollution, economic growth and urbanization in contemporary economies: Quantitative assessments across different income countries’ groups

Armeanu, Daniel; Joldeș, Camelia Cătălina; Gherghina, Ştefan Cristian; Andrei, Jean

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2021.110818

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“…According to the report from IPCC, economic activity and energy usage are key contributors to the increase of greenhouse gas emission (IPCC, 2014). Empirical study also shows that there are long-term associations between energy, economic growth and carbon emission (Armeanu et al, 2021). High productivity results in high GDP, but deteriorate environment (Xiong and Xu, 2021).…”

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Tracing Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction in China’s Transportation Sector

Hao¹

2021

J ENVIRON INFORM LET

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China is a large economy being troubled by excessive energy consumption, serious environmental pollution and carbon emission problems. To reduce energy consumption, pollutant and carbon emission, understanding their trend and their relationships with the socioeconomic development is essential. Among various sectors, transportation sector is energy-intensive and emits a large amount of air toxics and CO2, and therefore deserves primary attention. This study took carbon emission as a proxy of environmental degradation and employed an analytical framework composed of input-output analysis, ecological network analysis and structural decomposition analysis to scrutinize production-and consumption-based energy consumption and carbon emission (ECCE), to analyze effects of final demand elasticity on them, mutualism relationships between transportation sector and other sectors, and pulling/ driving force of transportation sector on the ECCE of the whole economy, and to explore the drivers affecting ECCE of transportation sector. Results comprise the increase trend of ECCE of transportation sector, the noticeable relevance of transportation sector to ECCE, the domination of control relationship and the increase of competition relationship between transportation sector and other sectors, the significant effects of final demand structure, per capita final demand, production structure and sectoral carbon emission density on ECCE. According to these results, as for transportation sector, adjusting the energy structure, improving the transportation efficiency and coordinating the relations between the transportation and its relevant sectors are suggested. The analytical framework facilitates ECCE policy devising in transportation sector for China's target of energy conservation and emission reduction and are instructive for other countries' ECCE actions.

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Tracing Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction in China’s Transportation Sector

Hao¹

2021

J ENVIRON INFORM LET

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“…Irrigation is one of the main water consumption sources: 70% of water abstracted from freshwater systems is destined for agriculture, due to the high demand of water for crop irrigation [25] necessary for sustaining 40% of the global food production [26]. To add the energy component into the equation, many multidisciplinary assessment studies have been conducted to evaluate the dynamic between socio-economic factors, climate change, and bioenergy, in relation to land-use [27][28][29][30][31][32]. In this context of successfully meeting water, energy, and food security globally in a sustainable manner, the nexus has received increased attention in the literature, especially since 2015 after the 2030 agenda for sustainable development was published by the United Nations [33].…”

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Water, Energy, Food, Waste Nexus: Between Synergy and Trade-Offs in Romania Based on Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance

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Boosting the externalities across the water, energy, food, and waste (WEFW) sectors is challenging, especially considering tightening constraints such as population growth, climate change, resource-intensive lifestyles, increased waste production, sanitary crises and many others. The nexus approach supports the transition to a more sustainable future because intersectoral trade-offs can be reduced and externalities exploited, making imperative for decision makers, entrepreneurs, and civil society to simultaneously engage, with respect to all the components of the nexus. This research addressed intersectoral synergies and trade-offs in the case of the WEFW nexus in Romania, judging from the perspectives of entrepreneurial activity and economic results. The objective of this research was to explore the nexus in-depth by statistically analyzing the financial and economic indicators reported by active enterprises at county-level, based on the Romanian Ministry of Public Finance data. Research results describe the effects of the policies implemented in the fields of WEFW sectors. At the same time, attention was paid to the quality of the entrepreneurial activity, analyzed from the perspective of economic performance. This paper fills a research gap regarding the WEFW nexus by resorting to an economic and entrepreneurial performance assessment in order to find sectoral pathways toward policy cohesion in Romania. Findings suggested the existence of major trade-offs among sectors, owing to the fact that each county has a different development degree.

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“…Nonetheless, emissions generated inside a country's territorial boundaries, i.e., production or territory-based emission, continue to get noticed [8][9][10]. Consumption-based carbon emissions (CCO 2 ), which are modified for international trade, receive far less consideration [11][12][13].…”

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Asymmetric Impact of International Trade on Consumption-Based Carbon Emissions in MINT Nations

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The association between carbon emissions and international trade has been examined thoroughly; however, consumption-based carbon emissions, which is adjusted for international trade, have not been studied extensively. Therefore, the present study assesses the asymmetric impact of trade (import and export) and economic growth in consumption-based carbon emissions (CCO2) using the MINT nations (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey) as a case study. We applied the Nonlinear ARDL to assess this connection using dataset between 1990 and 2018. The outcomes from the BDS test affirmed the use of nonlinear techniques. Furthermore, the NARDL bounds test confirmed long-run association between CCO2 and exports, imports and economic growth. The outcomes from the NARDL long and short-run estimates disclosed that positive (negative) shocks in imports increase (decrease) CCO2 emissions in all the MINT nations. Moreover, positive (negative) shocks in exports decrease (increase) CCO2 emissions in all the MINT nations. As expected, a positive shock in economic growth triggers CCO2 emissions while a negative shift does not have significant impact on CCO2 emissions in the MINT nations. Furthermore, we applied the Gradual shift causality test and the outcomes disclose that imports and economic growth can predict CCO2 emissions in the MINT nations. The study outcomes have significant policy recommendations for policymakers in the MINT nations.

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Understanding the multidimensional linkages among renewable energy, pollution, economic growth and urbanization in contemporary economies: Quantitative assessments across different income countries’ groups

Cited by 106 publications

References 91 publications

Tracing Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction in China’s Transportation Sector

Tracing Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction in China’s Transportation Sector

Water, Energy, Food, Waste Nexus: Between Synergy and Trade-Offs in Romania Based on Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance

Asymmetric Impact of International Trade on Consumption-Based Carbon Emissions in MINT Nations

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