Does natural gas consumption mitigate CO2 emissions: Testing the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis for 14 Asia-Pacific countries

Dong, Kangyin; Sun, Renjin; Lĭ, Hui; Liao, Hua

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2018.06.026

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“…Following the work of Dong, Sun, Hochman, Zeng, et al (), by taking various fossil fuels (i.e., coal, petroleum, and natural gas) as new explanatory variables, this study has extended the existing EKC model. The empirical framework is as follows:

{CO}_{2 italicit} = f ((),,,,, {italicGDP}_{italicit}, {GDP}^{2}_{italicit}, {italicCL}_{italicit}, {italicPE}_{italicit}, {italicNG}_{italicit}) .

Considering the potential risk of heteroskedasticity, each variable is converted to logarithmic form (Dong, Sun, Li, & Liao, ) and, thus, Equation is rewritten as follows:

ln {CO}_{2 italicit} = α_{i} + β_{1} ln {GDP}_{it} + β_{2} {(ln {italicGDP}_{italicit})}^{2} + β_{3} ln {CL}_{it} + β_{4} ln {PE}_{it} + β_{5} ln {NG}_{it} + ε_{it},

where subscripts i = 1, 2, ⋯, 30 and t = 1997, 1998, ⋯, 2015 denote province and year, respectively.…”

Section: Model Methodology and Datamentioning

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The environmental consequences of fossil fuels in China: National and regional perspectives

Zhong

Dong

2019

Sustainable Development

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Control of the increasing fossil fuel‐based carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and the associated environmental consequences are important for sustainable development in China. Nevertheless, very few studies have investigated the environmental consequences of China's fossil fuels at both the national and regional levels. For this purpose, this study explores the dynamic relationships among CO2 emissions, economic growth, and consumption of various fossil fuels (i.e., coal, petroleum, and natural gas) in China, using the panel dataset of 30 provinces for the period 1997–2015. Considering the significant differences across various regions, the whole sample and different regions in China are analyzed separately. The estimated results, at both the national and regional levels, provide strong evidence in favor of the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis for CO2 emissions in China. Furthermore, increasing coal and petroleum consumption significantly promotes CO2 emissions. Conversely, natural gas offers a cleaner substitute for other fossil fuels (i.e., coal and petroleum); its substitution effect may be influenced by the share of natural gas in the total energy needs. Finally, the above findings highlight several policy implications for the Chinese government's policymakers to effectively reduce CO2 emissions in China, thereby setting the nation on a sustainable development path.

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{CO}_{2 italicit} = f ((),,,,, {italicGDP}_{italicit}, {GDP}^{2}_{italicit}, {italicCL}_{italicit}, {italicPE}_{italicit}, {italicNG}_{italicit}) .

Considering the potential risk of heteroskedasticity, each variable is converted to logarithmic form (Dong, Sun, Li, & Liao, ) and, thus, Equation is rewritten as follows:

ln {CO}_{2 italicit} = α_{i} + β_{1} ln {GDP}_{it} + β_{2} {(ln {italicGDP}_{italicit})}^{2} + β_{3} ln {CL}_{it} + β_{4} ln {PE}_{it} + β_{5} ln {NG}_{it} + ε_{it},

where subscripts i = 1, 2, ⋯, 30 and t = 1997, 1998, ⋯, 2015 denote province and year, respectively.…”

Section: Model Methodology and Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

The environmental consequences of fossil fuels in China: National and regional perspectives

Zhong

Dong

2019

Sustainable Development

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“…The variables ln CO 2 , ln NG, and ln LPG are stationary at levels. However, no unit root exists in the five time series that include ln CO 2 , ln GDP, (ln GDP) 2 , ln NG, and ln LPG at first-order difference, thus rejecting the null hypothesis [23,24]. The next step is to examine the relationship among CO 2 emissions, economic growth, natural gas, and liquefied petroleum gas.…”

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“…Dong [22] analyzed the potential impact of natural gas consumption on CO 2 emissions using 1995-2014 panel data from 30 provinces in China. Dong [23] also analyzed the nexus between natural gas consumption and CO 2 emissions in 14 Asia-Pacific countries from 1970 to 2016. Feng [24] has investigated long-run equilibrium relationships between energy consumption structures, economic structures, and energy intensity in China.…”

Section: Energy Consumption and Economic Growthmentioning

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Comparison of CO2 emissions reduction efficiency of household fuel consumption in China

Zhong

Liu

2019

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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the correlations among per capita gross domestic product (GDP), household fuel (natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas) consumption, and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions through the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) at the regional and national level in China using data from 2003 to 2015. The results validate the EKC assumption and show that per capita GDP is positively related to CO2 emissions; per capita natural gas consumption has a negative impact on CO2 emissions; however, per capita liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) consumption has a positive effect on CO2 emissions. Therefore, increasing natural gas consumption can effectively slow down the environmental degradation of China. Given rapid economic growth, changing the energy structure can improve the environment.

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“…Since in this paper we examined the case of countries at global and regional levels, previous research with cross-country data is discussed in detail below. A majority of studies have found evidence for a bidirectional causal relationship between CO 2 emissions and renewable energy (see Salim and Rafiq [62] for six emerging countries, Liu et al [63] for ASEAN-4 countries, Jebli et al [64] for 25 OECD countries, Dogan and Seker [65] for 15 EU countries and Dong et al [66,67] for BRICS countries and 14 Asia-Pacific countries). Some previous studies have shown evidence for a unidirectional causal relationship between CO 2 emissions and renewable energy, such as Al-mulali and Ozturk [68], who examined this for 27 advanced economies, and Balsalobre-Lorente et al [69], who studied this for 5 EU countries.…”

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The Causality between Participation in GVCs, Renewable Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions

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Using the panel vector autoregressive (PVAR) model accompanied by the system-generalized method of moment (System-GMM) approach, this paper investigates the dynamic causality between participation in global value chains (GVCs), renewable energy consumption and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions throughout 1990–2015 for 172 countries. The results show that participation in GVCs negatively causes renewable energy consumption except for the Middle East and North America (MENA) and sub-Saharan Africa. Second, except for the Asia–Pacific region and globally, participation in GVCs has no causal impact on CO2 emissions, and participation in GVCs has a positive effect on CO2 emissions in the Asia–Pacific region and globally. Third, except for globally and sub-Saharan Africa, CO2 emissions have no causal impact on participation in GVCs; however, CO2 emissions hurt participation in GVCs globally and in the sub-Saharan African region. Forth, renewable energy consumption positively causes participation in GVCs in MENA, while renewable energy consumption does not cause participation in GVCs globally and in other regions. Fifth, there is no causality between CO2 emissions and renewable energy consumption both at the global and regional levels. Several policy implications are proposed and discussed for promoting participation in GVCs and improving the environment.

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Does natural gas consumption mitigate CO2 emissions: Testing the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis for 14 Asia-Pacific countries

Cited by 232 publications

References 34 publications

The environmental consequences of fossil fuels in China: National and regional perspectives

The environmental consequences of fossil fuels in China: National and regional perspectives

Comparison of CO2 emissions reduction efficiency of household fuel consumption in China

The Causality between Participation in GVCs, Renewable Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions

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