GHG emissions, GDP growth and the Kyoto Protocol: A revisit of Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis

Huang, Wei Ming; Lee, Whei‐May Grace; Wu, Chuanchen

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2007.08.035

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“…First, Huang et al [9] study the relationship between GDP per capita and GHG emissions for only the subset of Annex I countries under the KP, in a test of the 'Environmental Kuznets Curve' hypothesis (discussed below). One drawback to the Huang et al analysis is that it cannot say whether the requirements of the Annex I designation were effective in inducing these countries to reduce emissions-a question that our analysis answers directly.…”

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Reassessing the Links between GHG Emissions, Economic Growth, and the UNFCCC: A Difference-in-Differences Approach

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Oliver

2018

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Abstract:International climate agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 and, more recently, the Paris Climate Agreement are fragile because, at a national level, political constituencies' value systems may conflict with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to sustainable levels. Proponents cite climate change as the most pressing challenge of our time, contending that international cooperation will play an essential role in addressing this challenge. Political opponents argue that the disproportionate requirements on developed nations to shoulder the financial burden will inhibit their economic growth. We find empirical evidence that both arguments are likely to be correct. We use standard regression techniques to analyze a multi-country dataset of GHG emissions, GDP per capita growth, and other factors. We estimate that after the Kyoto Protocol (KP) entered into force 'Annex I' countries reduced GHG emissions on average by roughly 1 million metric tons of CO 2 equivalent (MTCO2e), relative to non-Annex I countries. However, our estimates reveal that these countries also experienced an average reduction in GDP per capita growth rates of around 1-2 percentage points relative to non-Annex I countries.

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Reassessing the Links between GHG Emissions, Economic Growth, and the UNFCCC: A Difference-in-Differences Approach

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Oliver

2018

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“…There is considerable scientific evidence that CO 2 is the most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas (IPCC 2007) [3]; this phenomenon arouses serious concerns all over the world. The problem of carbon emissions has become the focus of the world since the issue of Kyoto Protocol in 1997 (Huang et al, 2008) [4]. Since then, many countries have conducted relevant research actively on climate change and involved in climate change and mitigation actions, taken decarburization as their ultimate objective in social-economic development (Żuk 2016) [5].…”

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Decoupling Analysis of China’s Product Sector Output and Its Embodied Carbon Emissions—An Empirical Study Based on Non-Competitive I-O and Tapio Decoupling Model

Gui

Zhang

2017

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“…For instance, the detection of N-shape was reported in Balin and Akan (2015). Among other studies detected deviations from EKC hypothesis include Esteve and Tamarit (2012), Huang et al (2008) and Tsurumi and Managi (2010).…”

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Investigating economic growth-energy consumption-environmental degradation nexus in China

Sek¹,

Chu

2017

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

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The impact of energy consumption and its relationship with macroeconomic variables is always the concern of policy authorities. In this paper, we conduct empirical analyses on testing the inter-relationship between energy consumption with economic growth (GDP) and environmental degradation (greenhouse gases emissions). Our main objective is to indicate the direction of causal (uni-directional or bi-directional) relationship on these variables and the dynamic of the relationship (symmetric or asymmetric and permanent or temporary). The Granger causality tests and cointegration tests (linear versus threshold) are applied. Our results reveal bi-directional relation between energy consumption and greenhouse gases emissions and uni-directional causal effect from GDP to energy consumption in the shortrun. Our threshold cointegration test reveals long-run asymmetric causal effect from energy consumption and greenhouse gases emissions to GDP while the linear cointegration tests detect symmetric long-run relationship in the model with energy consumption and greenhouse gases emissions as dependent variable respectively.

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GHG emissions, GDP growth and the Kyoto Protocol: A revisit of Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis

Cited by 92 publications

References 20 publications

Reassessing the Links between GHG Emissions, Economic Growth, and the UNFCCC: A Difference-in-Differences Approach

Reassessing the Links between GHG Emissions, Economic Growth, and the UNFCCC: A Difference-in-Differences Approach

Decoupling Analysis of China’s Product Sector Output and Its Embodied Carbon Emissions—An Empirical Study Based on Non-Competitive I-O and Tapio Decoupling Model

Investigating economic growth-energy consumption-environmental degradation nexus in China

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