Digital inclusion and environmental taxes: A dynamic duo for energy transition in green economies

Ullah, Sami; Niu, Ben; Meo, Muhammad Saeed

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.122911

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“…These studies highlight the strategic importance of environmental taxes in facilitating carbon sequestration, encouraging the adoption of renewable energy, promoting digital inclusion, and attracting foreign investment. Such fiscal strategies are closely aligned with the SDGs, particularly SDG 7 (clean energy) and SDG 13 (climate action), underscoring their role in advancing Africa towards these global goals (Bala and Khatoon 2024;Iyke-Ofoedu et al 2024;Ullah et al 2024;Yiadom et al 2024). This body of research advocates for policy frameworks that judiciously balance environmental, economic, and social considerations, and positions environmental taxes as critical tools in unraveling the intricate nexus between economic activity, urban development, and environmental quality.…”

Section: Environmental Taxes and Environmental Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluating Environmental Sustainability in Africa: The Role of Environmental Taxes, Productive Capacities, and Urbanization Dynamics

Ben Youssef,

Dahmani

2024

Economies

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This study examines the complex relation among environmental taxes, productive capacities, urbanization, and their collective effects on environmental quality in Africa, drawing on two decades of data from twenty African countries. It situates the study within the broader discourse on sustainable development and economic growth, emphasizing the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) framework to examine the relationship between economic development, characterized by urban expansion and increased productive capacities, and the adoption of environmental taxes amidst the continent’s diverse economic and environmental environments. Using advanced econometric techniques, including the Cross-Section Augmented Autoregressive Distributed Lag (CS-ARDL) model and the Dynamic Common Correlated Effects Mean Group (DCCEMG) estimator, the study addresses data challenges such as cross-sectional dependence and slope heterogeneity. The results provide important insights into the dynamics of environmental quality in relation to economic and urban growth and the role of environmental taxation. The study proposes tailored policy strategies aimed at strengthening sustainable development initiatives in line with international agreements such as the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. These strategies advocate for a nuanced application of environmental taxes and the promotion of productive capacities to enhance environmental sustainability across the African continent.

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Section: Environmental Taxes and Environmental Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluating Environmental Sustainability in Africa: The Role of Environmental Taxes, Productive Capacities, and Urbanization Dynamics

Ben Youssef,

Dahmani

2024

Economies

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“…Energy transition and financial development have been studied by Regean and colleagues using two-stage least squares models that incorporate fixed effects and instrumental variables [14]. Sami Ullah et al [15] examined whether digital inclusion plays a role in the energy transition of the five top green economies over the period 2001-2021, controlling for environmental taxes. Q. Wang et al analyzed the influence of artificial intelligence on the transition to a clean energy economy and emissions of greenhouse gases, utilizing data from 69 countries spanning 1993 to 2019 [16].…”

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A Study on the Distribution Dynamics, Regional Disparities, and Convergence of China’s Energy Transition

Tian,

Gao,

Hao

2024

Energies

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Energy transition, as a crucial aspect of the country’s high-value-added economic development, involves the construction of an energy transition index system and empirical analysis using methods such as the entropy weighting method, kernel density estimation, Markov chain, Dagum Gini coefficient, σ-convergence, and β-convergence. This study measures the level of energy transition in 280 Chinese cities from 2010 to 2019 and analyzes their evolutionary trends, regional disparities, structural differences, and convergence. The findings reveal that China’s energy transition generally exhibits characteristics of “improvement in development levels and reduction in absolute disparities”. The disparities in energy transition primarily stem from developmental differences among the three major regions, displaying typical σ-convergence and β-convergence characteristics. This analysis contributes to understanding the real level and distribution features of China’s energy transition, providing a basis for identifying focal points for enhancing energy transition in the current and future stages.

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Towards sustainable development in African countries: Are modern and combustible renewable energies effective?

Pata,

Karlilar Pata

2024

Sustainable Development

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Environmental degradation and climate change problems in the African continent seriously hit country economies and human health, negatively affecting the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). African countries have the potential to use economic development and renewable energy as a tool for their environmental sustainability. In this context, this study examines the effects of economic growth, modern renewable energy, and combustible renewable energy on ecological footprint (EF) in five African countries. To this end, the study uses novel regularization common correlated effects and half‐panel jackknife approaches on data from 2006 to 2020. The findings of the study show that economic progress effectively reduces the EF of African countries, but renewable energy does not contribute to ecological progress. Due to their insufficient and ineffective utilization, renewable energies are not an important tool for improving ecological systems. Therefore, African countries should prioritize their economic development as a priority goal. Based on the results, African countries experiencing economic advancement should bolster for SDGs objectives through green financial incentives.

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Digital inclusion and environmental taxes: A dynamic duo for energy transition in green economies

Cited by 8 publications

References 65 publications

Evaluating Environmental Sustainability in Africa: The Role of Environmental Taxes, Productive Capacities, and Urbanization Dynamics

Evaluating Environmental Sustainability in Africa: The Role of Environmental Taxes, Productive Capacities, and Urbanization Dynamics

A Study on the Distribution Dynamics, Regional Disparities, and Convergence of China’s Energy Transition

Towards sustainable development in African countries: Are modern and combustible renewable energies effective?

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