Modelling the connection between energy consumption and carbon emissions in North Africa: Evidence from panel models robust to cross-sectional dependence and slope heterogeneity

Musah, Mohammed; Kong, Yusheng; Mensah, Isaac Adjei; Antwi, Stephen Kwadwo; Osei, Agyemang Andrew; Donkor, Mary

doi:10.1007/s10668-021-01294-3

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“…Finally, contributing to the argument in Africa about the link between EG and EQ is far from ended; per the limited research undertaken in this context, Aluko and Ibrahim [ 37 ] investigated the link between EG and the technical influence of financial development on EQ. Their study looked at the entire SSA countries whiles Gholipour and Farzanegan [ 11 ] and Musah et al [ 38 ] consider MENA and NA, respectively, due to their contribution to global emissions. To fill this research gap, our study is the first of its kind in NASA regions to use GEX from the perspective of sub-regional economies in Africa, which provides a mean-based evaluation.…”

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Economic Growth and Environmental Quality: Analysis of Government Expenditure and the Causal Effect

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Kong

Manu

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Environmental expenditures (EX) are made by the government and industries which are either long-term or short-term investments. The principal target of EX is to eliminate environmental hazards, promote sustainable natural resources, and improve environmental quality (EQ). Thus, this study looks at the impact of economic growth (EG), and government finance expenditure (GEX) on EQ in Northern Africa and Southern Africa (NASA) republics from 2000–2016. The panel quantile regression (PQR) and panel vector autoregressive (PVAR) model in a generalized method of moment framework (GMM) were employed as a framework. The PQR results show that; (i) In Northern republics, GEX had a significant positive effect on EQ at 25%, 50%, and 75% quantiles levels. (ii) In the Southern republics, GEX had a significant negative impact on EQ at 25%. Moreover, the PVAR through the GMM established that EG and GEX are significantly positive while the parameter for CO2 is insignificant and negative in the North. However, in the South, GEX and CO2 were statistically significant, while EG positively impacts EQ. Lastly, the granger causality report in North indicates uni-directional causation running from LNGEX → LNGDPpc, LNCO2 → LNGDPpc, LNFF → LNGEX, and LNFDI → LNGEX. Similarly, there is uni-directional causation in South republics from LNGEX → LNGDPpc, LNCO2 → LNGEX, and LNFDI → LNGEX.

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Economic Growth and Environmental Quality: Analysis of Government Expenditure and the Causal Effect

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“…Adebayo and Akinsola (2021) revealed a bidirectional link between environmental degradation and energy consumption in Thailand using the wavelet coherence method, classical Granger, and Toda-Yamamoto causality approaches. In addition, Ahmed et al (2017), Aye andEdoja (2017), andMusah et al (2021) identified energy consumption as a major contributor to CO 2 emissions in five South Asian countries, 31 emerging economies, and North Africa, respectively.…”

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The detrimental effects of dirty energy, foreign investment, and corruption on environmental quality: New evidence from Indonesia

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Yanto

Handayani

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The alarming trend of CO2 emissions in Indonesia merits a reinvestigation into the determinants in a bid to conserve the environment. In the literature, in Indonesia, three potential determinants, namely, energy, foreign direct investment, and corruption, have been identified to harm the environment. However, their effects are still undetermined. Thus, this study aims to examine the relationships between corruption (COR), energy use (ENY), foreign direct investment (FDI), and CO2 emissions in Indonesia. The autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach was used to analyse data for 36 years, from 1984 to 2020. The results reveal that corruption contributes to greater environmental degradation in the short run, while foreign direct investment does not. However, in the long run, corruption and energy use can positively affect environmental degradation, but foreign direct investment can reduce environmental degradation in Indonesia. This study also found two other factors, namely, economic growth and urbanisation, which can affect the environment with mixed findings. These findings are indispensable for policy formulation in Indonesia as Indonesia is a rapidly developing country that depends on good environmental quality to ensure future growth and sustainable development.

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“…The Clean Energy Transition (CET) is a long-term scenario which would allow Kenya to reach climate compatible economic growth alongside SDG 7 and their NDCs, Vision 2030, and LCPDP goals. The implementation of a CET will be extremely valuable through reducing environmental damages, boosting the economy through job creation, lowering power demand, and relieving pressure on energy transmission and distribution (Musah et al, 2021;Okeyo and Ragui, 2017;Zalengera et al, 2020). Onekon and Kipchirchir (2016) highlight how a green economy in Kenya would allow the nation to not only achieve increased GDP but also lower poverty levels and unemployment, creating up to 300,000 jobs across the next ve years.…”

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Evidence-Based Policy Making: Insights and Policy Recommendations for the Implementation of a Clean Energy Transition in Kenya.

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With ambitious targets to drastically increase economic activity over the next decade in order to propel itself to become a middle-income country, Kenya’s future is undoubtedly energy intensive. Through the achievement of its bold and aspiring goals, Kenya is poised to become a regional economic giant with the capacity to strengthen its position as a global leader in renewable energy production. However, current energy capacity expansion plans will see Kenya drastically ramp up fossil fuel generation, significantly increasing emissions and regressing progress made towards its climate and renewable energy targets. Therefore, Kenya is at a crucial stage of its national development with critical decisions to make regarding its future energy expansion and production. The use of energy systems modelling as a method to provide key insights for evidence-based policy making has risen in importance in energy planning globally. Such an approach can provide crucial insights and projections on the impact of potential policy decisions, creating pathways to be adopted within policy. As a result, this study employs long-term energy systems modelling to explore a series of potential future scenarios for Kenya’s power sector, providing insights into their generation, total production, and costs that can assist national policy making. Specifically, this research utilises OSeMOSYS modelling software to produce a Clean Energy Transition scenario (CET) as one possible future for Kenya’s power sector to increase renewable energy production under rapidly intensifying demand. The critical insights gained in this research were employed to suggest seven key policy recommendations for Kenya’s power sector.

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Modelling the connection between energy consumption and carbon emissions in North Africa: Evidence from panel models robust to cross-sectional dependence and slope heterogeneity

Cited by 61 publications

References 52 publications

Economic Growth and Environmental Quality: Analysis of Government Expenditure and the Causal Effect

Economic Growth and Environmental Quality: Analysis of Government Expenditure and the Causal Effect

The detrimental effects of dirty energy, foreign investment, and corruption on environmental quality: New evidence from Indonesia

Evidence-Based Policy Making: Insights and Policy Recommendations for the Implementation of a Clean Energy Transition in Kenya.

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