What role of renewable and non-renewable electricity consumption and output is needed to initially mitigate CO2 emissions in MENA region?

Farhani, Sahbi; Shahbaz, Muhammad

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.170

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“…In this respect, numerous studies focus on the relationship between economic growth and environmental pollution, testing the validity of the so-called EKC hypothesis (Grossman and Krueger, 1991;Dinda, 2004;Stern, 2004). Moreover, the literature on the EKC has also considered the relationship between energy consumption and environmental degradation (Grossman and Krueger, 1991;Chen et al, 2007;Lean and Smyth, 2010;Farhani and Shahbaz, 2014;among others). This nexus implies that environmental degradation is an increasing function of economic activity until it reaches a critical level after which higher income leads to improved environmental quality (Grossman and Krueger, 1991;Selden and Song, 1994;Acaravci and Ozturk, 2010;Balsalobre-Lorente and Shahbaz, 2016;among others).…”

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How economic growth, renewable electricity and natural resources contribute to CO2 emissions?

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This study explores the relationship between economic growth and CO2 emissions in the so-called European Union 5 (EU-5) countries (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom) for the 1985-2016 period. In doing so, we employ a carbon emission function to investigate the environmental Kuznets curve phenomenon, which describes a relationship between economic growth and environmental degradation. The empirical results confirm the existence of an N-shaped relationship between economic growth and CO2 emissions in the EU-5 countries. We incorporate additional variables such as renewable electricity consumption, trade openness, natural resource abundance, and energy innovation to augment the carbon emission function. Renewable electricity consumption, natural resources, and energy innovation improve environmental quality, while trade openness and the interaction between economic growth and renewable electricity consumption exert a positive impact on CO2 emissions. This study is novel in that it presents an interaction between economic growth and renewable electricity consumption. We also confirm the need for renewable energy regulations related to increasing renewable sources and promoting energy innovation to reduce the negative effects of energy and fossil energy resources on environmental degradation.

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“…The results provide evidence contrary to the EKC hypothesis, although an inverted U-shaped curve was identified for 3 Middle East countries. Farhani and Shahbaz, (2014), tested the EKC by using a panel data of 10 MENA countries. The authors examined the relationship between CO 2 emissions, economic growth, and renewable and non-renewable electricity consumption, for the period 1980-2009.…”

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“…Surprisingly, as stated in Bento et al (2016), the literature remains scarce with regard to electricity. Only a very few studies have considered electricity consumption, dividing it into renewable and non-renewable electricity consumption, with Cowan et al (2014), Farhani and Shahbaz. (2014), Al-Mulali and Ozturk (2015) and Bento et al (2016) among them.…”

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CO2 emission and economic growth in Algeria

2016

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Algeria is one of the most important CO 2 emitters among developing countries and the third among African countries. It pledged to curb carbon emissions by at least 7% by 2030.However, complying with this target may be a difficult task without compromising economic growth. The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between CO 2 emissions and economic growth in Algeria, taking into account energy use, electricity consumption, exports and imports. The validity of the EKC hypothesis, throughout the period from 1970 to 2010, is tested by using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag model extended to introduce the break points. Results confirm the EKC for Algeria. Nevertheless, the turning point is reached for a very high GDP per capita value, indicating that economic growth in Algeria will continue to increase emissions. Results also indicate that an increase in energy use and electricity consumption increase CO 2 emissions, and that exports and imports affect them negatively and positively, respectively. Therefore, it is necessary to promote renewable energies and energy efficiency policies. Regulatory reforms are needed to facilitate foreign investments with which to carry out these policies. Likewise, it may be appropriate to decrease subsides in energy prices to encourage energy efficiency.

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“…renewable and non-renewable, economic growth and CO 2 emissions (Lean & Smith 2009;Pao & Fu 2013;Tugcu et al 2012;Long et al 2015;Shafiei & Salim 2014;Florez-Orrego et al 2014;Farhani & Shahbaz 2014;Ben Jebli & Ben Youssef 2015;Shabbir et al 2014). The golden result of most of these studies proves the significant role of renewable energy consumption in the CO2 mitigation in various countries.…”

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“…In other words, different sources of energy emit various amounts of CO 2 and also have dissimilar impacts on economic growth. The importance and comparison of relationships between consumption of different energy resources, CO 2 emissions and economic growth has been rigorously explored in the many recent studies (Lotfalipour et al 2010;Wang et al 2011;Shafiei & Salim 2014;Farhani & Shahbaz 2014;Maji 2015;Bird et al 2014;De carmoy 1979;Bildirici & Bakirtas 2014;Bloch et al 2012;Zhang 2012;Sentürk & Sataf 2015;Bloch et al 2015;Hall et al 2014). …”

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Revisiting the Relationships Between Non-Renewable Energy Consumption, CO2 Emissions and Economic Growth in Iran

Esfahani¹,

Rasoulinezhad

2016

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Abstract:Exploring the short-run and long-run relationships between consumption of various sources of non-renewable energy, economic growth and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions would be considered as a golden key to provide rational energy policies of Iran in the post sanctions era. The aim of this paper is to find these mentioned relationships by using the Johanesen cointegration approach, the VECM Granger causality test, Generalized impulse responses functions and variance decomposition in Iran for the period 1966-2013. The findings support evidence for the existence of long-run linkage between non-renewable energy consumption, economic growth and CO 2 emissions. The short-run relationship examination proves the causality running from non-renewable energy consumption to economic growth in Iran. The variance decomposition highlights that economic growth changes are explained more by gas consumption than by consumption of other non-renewable energy resources. Furthermore the contribution to CO 2 emissions is mainly from oil consumption. The study recommends some new policy insights for Iran in order to reach a higher economic growth by non-renewable energy resources, while lower carbon dioxide emissions.

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What role of renewable and non-renewable electricity consumption and output is needed to initially mitigate CO2 emissions in MENA region?

Cited by 330 publications

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How economic growth, renewable electricity and natural resources contribute to CO2 emissions?

How economic growth, renewable electricity and natural resources contribute to CO2 emissions?

CO2 emission and economic growth in Algeria

Revisiting the Relationships Between Non-Renewable Energy Consumption, CO2 Emissions and Economic Growth in Iran

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