Another look at the relationship between energy consumption, carbon dioxide emissions, and economic growth in South Africa

Bekun, Festus Vıctor; Emir, Fırat; Sarkodıe, Samuel Asumadu

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.271

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“…This is essentially because CO 2 comprises about three-quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions (Akpan & Akpan, 2012;Asongu, le Roux & Biekpe, 2018). Moreover, according to McGrath (2018) and You and Lv (2018) and attendant literature, CO 2 emissions are at an all-time high and globalization (used in this research as a moderating variable) is a determining factor (Emir & Bekun, 2019;Saint Akadiri, Alola, Akadiri & Alola, 2019;Alola, Yalçiner, Alola & Saint Akadiri, 2019a;Alola, Bekun & Sarkodie, 2019b;Bekun & Agboola, 2019;Bekun & Akadiri, 2019;Bekun, Alola & Sarkodie, 2019a ;Bekun, Emir & Sarkodie, 2019b).…”

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The role of globalization in modulating the effect of environmental degradation on inclusive human development

Asongu

Odhiambo

2020

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

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This study assesses how globalisation modulates the effect of environmental degradation on inclusive human development in 44 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), using data for the period 2000 to 2012. The empirical results are based on the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM). The following main findings are established. First, a trade openness (imports + exports) threshold of between 80-120% of GDP is the maximum level required for trade openness to effectively modulate CO 2 emissions (metric tonnes per capita) and induce a positive effect on inclusive human development. Second, a minimum threshold required for trade openness to modulate CO 2 intensity (kg per kg of oil-equivalent energy use) and induce a positive effect on inclusive human development is 200% of GDP. Third, there is a net positive effect on inclusive human development from the relevance of trade openness in modulating the effect of CO 2 emissions per capita on inclusive human development and a negative net effect on inclusive human development from the importance of trade openness in moderating the effect of CO 2 intensity on inclusive human development. JEL Classification: C52; O38; O40; O55; P37

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The role of globalization in modulating the effect of environmental degradation on inclusive human development

Asongu

Odhiambo

2020

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

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“…For example, national-level data with annual periodicity were used to assess the urbanization and energy consumption attributable emissions in developing countries [29,30] while urban level data were employed to examine climate change mitigation across urban areas in China [31] and the US [32]. The majority of studies [33][34][35] are mostly based on national-level data, with very little attention on either urban or household level-thus, policies are mostly based on a top-down approach. The inconsistency of results on emissions in previous studies can be attributed to sparsity and length of data, the use of indicators with heterogeneous characteristics across countries and estimation techniques utilized.…”

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Global effect of urban sprawl, industrialization, trade and economic development on carbon dioxide emissions

Sarkodıe

Owusu

Leirvik

2020

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Significant progress has been made towards mitigating climate change and its impacts across countries. However, the transboundary effect of CO 2 emissions means that excluding the actions and inactions of certain countries and territories that escalate emissions is alarming. On this note, we examined the heterogeneous contribution of immediate and underlying drivers of emissions across 206 countries and territories for the period spanning 1960-2018. We deployed a dynamic panel estimation technique that accounts for cross-sectional dependence, heterogeneous parameters across countries, and dynamic correlated effects-a constraint for socio-economic, consumption-and pollution-based models. A global accounting of economic policy and debt, population structure, density and urbanization, and environmental-related aggregate indicators in a carbon emission function is presented. The empirical results demonstrate that the overarching effect of the instantaneous increase in economic development, population dynamics and energy utilization stimulate global emissions at national, urban and household levels across countries and territories. Industrialization and trade were found to escalate global pollution levels due to the impact of carbonized and energy-intensive economic structure in many developing and developed economies. Urbanization, urban income growth, and urban energy consumption are intertwined, hence, the institution of urban-related policy interventions is likely to negate the trio-impact on environmental sustainability. The triple effect (exploitation of natural resources, production and consumption) of economic development spurs environmental pollution, thus, calls for structural change from a carbonized to a decarbonized economy. The complex interaction highlights diversification of the energy mix by the inclusion of clean and renewable energy sources, fossil fuel-switching, and modern technologies like carbon capture and storage to improve energy efficiency and decline emission intensities. OPEN ACCESS RECEIVED

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“…The empirical analysis showed that series were cointegrated and causality between energy utilization and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were displayed. Similarly, Victor, Emir, and Sarkodie (2019) found a unidirectional causal from energy utilization to economic development on their work titled -Another look at the relationship between energy consumption, carbon dioxide emissions, and economic growth in South Africa‖. The results also depicted an inverse link between energy utilization and economic development in a long -run and confirmed the hypothesis, energyled -growth.…”

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“…;Tsani (2010) ;Victor et al (2019). However, an insignificant result was also observed byWolde-Rufael (2012).…”

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Analysis of the Link between CO2 Outflows, Energy Utilization, and Economic Development in a Developing Country: Evidence from Republic of Congo

Pea-Assounga

Yao

Peprah

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International Journal of Sustainable Energy and Environmental R

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Article History Keywords CO2 outflows Energy utilization Economic development Analysis Developing country.Developing countries play a number one role in international green-economic development as key holders of green products, and services. Nonetheless, these countries are not sufficiently concerned within the debates on expansion policies, due to their crucial implication in worldwide feasible development. This research aims to analyze the relationship between CO2 outflows, energy utilization, and economic development in the Republic of Congo as well as the presence of a causative link between the factors by applying the Vector Autoregressive model, including as additional proxies' variables gross-fixed-capital-formation, and rural population. The data cover the period 1985-2018 using cointegration and causality techniques as a methodological approach. The Granger causality test outcomes of cointegrated variables showed that there is one-way Granger causality running from real GDP to Energy utilization, and running from dioxide outflows to real income as well as twoway causative link between Energy utilization and CO2 outflows in Congo. The results also display a bidirectional causal link between the rural population and Energy utilization. Overall evidence confirms that the practice of energy conservancy approach may lead to a significant and negative effect on economic development. Contribution/Originality:This study contributes in the existing literature by using modern econometric time series approaches to examine the nexus between CO2 outflows, energy utilization and economic development. The findings showed that the governments should invest in renewable energy to cut-off CO2 emissions.

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Another look at the relationship between energy consumption, carbon dioxide emissions, and economic growth in South Africa

Cited by 420 publications

References 43 publications

The role of globalization in modulating the effect of environmental degradation on inclusive human development

The role of globalization in modulating the effect of environmental degradation on inclusive human development

Global effect of urban sprawl, industrialization, trade and economic development on carbon dioxide emissions

Analysis of the Link between CO2 Outflows, Energy Utilization, and Economic Development in a Developing Country: Evidence from Republic of Congo

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