Ecological response to industrialisation drivers in Africa

Aladejare, Samson Adeniyi; Nyiputen, Ishaku Rimantanung

doi:10.1016/j.envdev.2023.100896

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“…Indeed, previous literature remains fairly divided when it comes to the role of industrialization on CC in Africa. While Nondo and Kahsai (2020) and Aladejare and Nyiputen (2023) have shown that industrialization increases CC through higher greenhouse gas emissions, Okereke et al…”

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“…However, in Africa, there is no study, to our knowledge, that analyzes the effect of industrialization on VCC. The existent literature analyzes the effects of industrialization on environmental quality and economic development (Acheampong & Menyeh, 2023;Aladejare & Nyiputen, 2023;Bigsten & Söderbom, 2011;Okereke et al, 2019;Zhang, 2011). By focusing on VCC, this study contributes to the existing literature, since it provides a better understanding of previous results.…”

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“…It results in sea level rise (Dilley & Boudreau, 2001) and increases the recurrence of floods, or amplifies extreme droughts causing instability of agro-pastoral production (Azzarri & Signorelli, 2020) and increases climatic illnesses and deaths. However, it should be noted that one of the main sources of the increase in greenhouse gas emissions in the economic literature is the use of fossil fuels in industries (Aladejare & Nyiputen, 2023;Sumaira & Siddique, 2023). Industrialization increases the demand for energy consumption by enterprises (Sumaira & F I G U R E 1 Transmission channels of the effect of industrialization on vulnerability to climate change.…”

Section: The Effect Of Industrialization On Exposure To Climate Changementioning

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“…This literature, which focuses on the effect of industrialization on environmental quality remains fairly divided. On the one hand, Aladejare and Nyiputen (2023), show that industrialization in Africa is likely to increase CC through rising CO 2 emissions, while Acheampong and Menyeh (2023) show that industrial development in Africa is not responsible for CO 2 emissions and intensification of CC. However, they agree that African countries would benefit from industrialization if it improved their capacity to adapt to CC.…”

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In a context marked by an upsurge in the scale of climate change and its consequences in Africa, this article explores ways to increase the resilience of African economies. It aims to analyze the effect of industrialization on the continent's vulnerability to climate change (VCC). The sample used for this purpose consists of 41 African countries from 2010 to 2021. A dynamic panel model is estimated using the system generalized method of moments. Results show that industrialization reduces the VCC in African countries. It reduces their sensitivity to climate change while increasing their adaptive capacity. Furthermore, results show that industrialization is more likely to reduce the VCC in sectors such as ecosystems, habitat, health, and infrastructures whereas it increases vulnerability to climate change in the food and water sectors. The results, however, reject the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis between industrialization and VCC. These results are robust to the change in industrialization measures. Therefore, African countries would benefit from pursuing their industrial development through greater use of renewable energy. This can help them to sustainably reduce their VCC. In addition, they need to implement specific measures to adapt to climate change in the food and water sectors.

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