Heterogeneous dynamic impacts of nonrenewable energy, resource rents, technology, human capital, and population on environmental quality in Sub-Saharan African countries

Zhang, Mei; Ajide, Kazeem Bello; Ibrahim, Ridwan Lanre

doi:10.1007/s10668-021-01927-7

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“…The research has corroborated the EKC model of a U-shape between pollution, energy use, and economic progress within the V4 nations. The findings of the current investigation verified that of (Kurniawan & Policy, 2018;Mohanty & Sethi, 2022;van Chien, 2020;Zhang et al, 2022).…”

Section: Cointegration Outcomesupporting

confidence: 83%

“…The inverse moderating influence of human capital implies a 1% increase in human capital awareness, lessening ENC < EVD secretions by 0.764% within the V4 regions. The investigation has been confirmed by(Umar et al, 2022) source data for 10 years on 5740 enterprises in eight nations(Sharma et al, 2021) BIMSTEC nations(Wang et al, 2022) selected 31 countries connecting on the One Belt One Road (OBOR)(Zhang et al, 2022) in the Sub-Sharan nations.…”

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“…The nexus between carbon emission and human capital was analyzed, showing a negative affiliation between the variables. Studies on HUC and environmental quality were conducted by (Zhang et al, 2022) in the Sub-Saharan nations.…”

Section: Human Capital and Environmental Deterioration Nexusmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Energy consumption and environmental deterioration: the moderating role of human capital in the Vise grad countries.

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Kwasi

et al. 2022

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The affiliation between energy consumption (ENC) and economic progress (ECP) has a significant environmental concern. The role of human capital (HUC) in lessening the depletion of the natural environment has been extensively researched. However, as a moderating variable, the affiliation between energy consumption and environmental deterioration (EVD) is novel in the literature. This study explores economic progress, environmental taxes (ENT), urbanization (URB), and trade openness (TRO) in the Visegrad Four nations (V4): Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, using data from the WDI and OECD databases from 1994 to 2021. The second-generational panel unit root (CIPS and CADF) was employed for series stationarity. Pedroni and Westerlund's cointegration estimations were used to validate the series' long-term affiliation. The investigation applied the common correlated mean group (CCMG), augmented mean group (AMG), and fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS) as a rousted test. The panel causality of Dumitrescu and Hurlin was used to check for causality. The regression results demonstrated that economic progress and energy consumption had a significant favourable link to environmental deterioration, confirming the EKC hypothesis. Similarly, urbanization and openness had a positive nexus with EVD. Environmental taxes and human capital lessen the depletion of ecological quality. The results demonstrated an inverse nexus when human capital was moderated by energy consumption and environmental deterioration. The research suggests that education enrollment and awareness about emissions would lessen the use of non-renewable energy in the Visegrad nations. Finally, the study made several policy recommendations for decision- and policymakers in the V4 regions to combat climate change and increase sustainable energy use.

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Energy consumption and environmental deterioration: the moderating role of human capital in the Vise grad countries.

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“…That notwithstanding, the preponderance of extant studies reveals that natural resources promote environmental pollution. 37–40 Following the majority of the empirical outcomes, we anticipate a positive resource dependence-environmental pollution nexus as ϑ 2 = ( ∂ E N V P ∂ T N R R > 0 ). 14,39 The rate of development in urban areas has generated ample attention in the literature, particularly in examining the environmental effects of urbanization.…”

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Tracking environmental sustainability pathways in Africa: Do natural resource dependence, renewable energy, and technological innovations amplify or reduce the pollution noises?

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Ibrahim

Ajide

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Energy & Environment

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The global economy is experiencing the most challenging era of climate change beyond what is evident in the pre-industrial age. Although Africa's share of global greenhouse gas (GHG) is minimal, the ensuing effects hit hard on the continent. Hence, the present study provides the first comprehensive empirical assessment of environmental sustainability in Africa within the novel STIRPAT framework. This study critically examines the impacts of natural resource dependence, renewable energy, urbanization, technological innovations, and structural transition on environmental pollution proxied by carbon emissions, ecological footprint, and PM2.5 air pollution from 1990 to 2019 in five top carbon-emitting African countries. The empirical evidence is based on advanced panel estimators comprising CS-ARDL, CCEMG, and AMG robust to cross-sectional dependence (CSD). The quantile regression efficient for exploring the conditional distribution effects is equally employed alongside Dumitrescu-Hurlin panel granger causality test. The preliminary tests reveal the presence of CSD and heterogeneity of the series, which led to the conduct of second-generation unit root and cointegration tests. The main empirical results show that renewable energy, technological innovations, and structural transition reduce environmental pollutants from surging based on the observable negative signs. By implication, these indicators support Africa's path to environmental sustainability. On the flip side, resource dependence and urbanization amplify the surge. The feedbacks from quantile regression provide sturdy support for the main estimators. The granger causality feedbacks support the existence of bidirectional and unidirectional causality among the variables. Based on the findings, policies that promote sustainable environment are formulated.

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“…However, economic growth and natural resources increased GHGs emissions. Zhang et al (2021) investigated 41 African countries from 1996 to 2018 and found that oil, gas, and coal consumption and their rents deteriorated the environmental quality. Moreover, technology through imports of goods and services helped to support environmental quality.…”

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Oil rents, economic growth, and CO2 emissions in 13 OPEC member economies: Asymmetry analyses

Mahmood

Saqib

2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Oil rents significantly contribute to income in OPEC member economies and could have environmental consequences. The present study explores the asymmetrical effects of oil rents on CO2 emissions in 13 current OPEC economies using a period 1970–2019, and also tests the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis. Long-run results show that economic growth has a positive effect, and its square term has a negative effect on CO2 emissions in Algeria, Congo, Gabon, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, which validate the EKC in these countries. However, a U-shaped effect of income growth on emissions is substantiated in Angola. Moreover, rising oil rents have positive effects on CO2 emissions in Saudi Arabia, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and Libya, and have negative impacts in Algeria, Nigeria, and the UAE. Decreasing oil rents reduce CO2 emissions in Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, and Saudi Arabia, and increase emissions in Algeria. Moreover, asymmetrical effects of oil rents on emissions are found in Angola, Congo, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The short-run results show that the EKC is validated in Algeria, Congo, and Libya. However, economic growth shows a monotonic positive impact on emissions in Nigeria, the UAE, and Venezuela. Increasing oil rents show a positive impact on emissions in Angola, Congo, Iran, and Kuwait and carry a negative impact in Algeria and the UAE. In addition, decreasing oil rents increase CO2 emissions in Algeria, Gabon, Nigeria, and Saudi Arabia. We recommend Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, and Saudi Arabia to adopt tight environmental policies in times of increasing oil rents to avoid the negative environmental consequences of oil rents.

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Heterogeneous dynamic impacts of nonrenewable energy, resource rents, technology, human capital, and population on environmental quality in Sub-Saharan African countries

Cited by 39 publications

References 125 publications

Energy consumption and environmental deterioration: the moderating role of human capital in the Vise grad countries.

Energy consumption and environmental deterioration: the moderating role of human capital in the Vise grad countries.

Tracking environmental sustainability pathways in Africa: Do natural resource dependence, renewable energy, and technological innovations amplify or reduce the pollution noises?

Oil rents, economic growth, and CO2 emissions in 13 OPEC member economies: Asymmetry analyses

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