Roadmap for achieving energy sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa: The mediating role of energy use efficiency

Murshed, Muntasir; Khan, Samiha; Rahman, A.K.M. Atiqur

doi:10.1016/j.egyr.2022.03.138

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“…This suggests that CO 2 emissions are reduced as a result of the methods, technologies, or instruments used in the course of energy activity. These results are consistent with Mirza et al [7] and Özbu gday and Erbas [12]. Energy efficiency can reduce India's reliance on fossil fuels while improving energy security, energy resource utilization, and industrial performance by lowering operational expenses.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…The studies of Murshed at al. [12] and Langlois and Yank [13] have noted that EE can serve as a policy target instrument for developing and developed countries aiming towards carbon neutrality. Previous studies [7,[14][15][16][17][18] expects that energy efficiency should lead to dwindling carbon emissions; it is, however, perceived that the degree of impact varies across different levels of development, such that clean energy generation in developed countries shows a convergence sign while developing countries are not able to attain convergence due to absence of structural transformation [19].…”

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Can Energy Efficiency Help in Achieving Carbon-Neutrality Pledges? A Developing Country Perspective Using Dynamic ARDL Simulations

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The current research sheds light on the nexus between environmental degradation as proxied by carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), energy efficiency (EE), economic growth, manufacturing value-added (MVA), and the interaction effect of EE and MVA in India. Using yearly data from 1980 to 2019, the current study employs dynamic auto-regressive distribution lag (DARDL) simulations and Fourier Toda and Yamamoto causality techniques. The findings of DARDL reveal that as income and MVA rise, environmental quality decreases, while EE improves environmental conditions in both the long and short run. Surprisingly, the interaction term of EE and MVA has a detrimental influence on environmental quality, meaning that India remains unable to provide energy savings technologies to the manufacturing industry. Furthermore, the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis is well-founded for India, as the long-run income coefficient is smaller than the short-run coefficient, implying that India is in its scale stage of economy, where economic growth is prioritized over environmental quality. The results of the causality technique reveal that CO2 emissions and EE have a bidirectional association. Therefore, policymakers in India should embrace realistic industrialization strategies combined with moderate decarbonization and energy efficiency initiatives under the umbrella of sustainable industrial and economic growth.

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Can Energy Efficiency Help in Achieving Carbon-Neutrality Pledges? A Developing Country Perspective Using Dynamic ARDL Simulations

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“…Renewable energy is produced from naturally existing sources that are automatically replenished [40]. Many governments have made renewable energy one of their primary goals for minimizing environmental deterioration [36,52].…”

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“…Energy generated from fossil fuels has been identified as a significant cause of pollution [1,25,36,38]. Despite being a major cause of pollution, fossil fuels remain the most used source of energy in Africa and the rest of the world [39,40]. In most African countries, the lack of sufficient and reliable energy supplies has been a significant impediment to economic growth [41].…”

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Achieving Environmental Sustainability in Africa: The Role of Renewable Energy Consumption, Natural Resources, and Government Effectiveness—Evidence from Symmetric and Asymmetric ARDL Models

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Issahaku

2022

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This study investigates the symmetric and asymmetric linkages within environmental sustainability proxied by ecological footprint (EFP), natural resources (NRR), renewable energy consumption (REC), urbanization (URB), human capital (HC), and government effectiveness (GE) in 27 African countries divided into two subgroups (ecological deficit countries and ecological reserve countries) over the period 1990 to 2018. The study employs the auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) model to investigate the symmetric (linear) effect and the nonlinear auto-regressive distributed lag (NARDL) model to study the asymmetric (nonlinear) effects of the variables on EFP. Results of ARDL show that a 1% increase in REC is projected to reduce ecological footprint by 0.17 and 0.2% in ecological deficit and ecological reserve countries. A 1% increase in NRR is estimated to increase ecological footprint by 0.02% in ecological deficit countries but has no impact on the environment in countries with ecological reserves. Similarly, a 1% rise in GE is estimated to increase EFP by 0.04% in Africa but has no impact on the environment in ecological deficit countries. NARDL estimations decomposed REC into positive (negative) shocks, which show that a 1% increase (decrease) in REC is projected to decrease EFP by 0.16% (0.13%) in countries with ecological reserves. Similarly, a positive (negative) shock in NRR is expected to decrease EFP in ecological reserve countries and increase EFP in ecological deficit countries. Results of the Wald tests prove the existence of long-run asymmetry among the variables. The findings indicate that renewable energy consumption enhances environmental quality, while economic growth and natural resource rents reduce environmental quality in Africa over the sampled period.

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“…In all of this journey, energy consumption would play a significant role in shaping the EKC hypothesis ( Shahbaz & Sinha, 2019 ; Dogan & Turkekul, 2016 ; Rahman, Nepal & Alam, 2021 ; Murshed, Haseeb & Alam, 2022 ). Particularly, renewable energy and energy efficiency would play their role in shaping the EKC in the second phase of the EKC ( Murshed, Khan & Rahman, 2022 ; Alam et al, 2022 ). Among the others, NEC would be more helpful in shifting the economy from the first to the second phase of the EKC to enjoy the fruits of growth without harming the environment ( Danish, Ozcan & Ulucak, 2021 ; Murshed et al, 2022 ).…”

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Nuclear energy transition and CO₂ emissions nexus in 28 nuclear electricity-producing countries with different income levels

Mahmood¹

2022

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Background Nuclear energy carries the least environmental effects compared to fossil fuels and most other renewable energy sources. Therefore, nuclear energy transition (NET) would reduce pollution emissions. The present study investigates the role of the NET on CO2 emissions and tests the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) in the 28 nuclear electricity-producing countries from 1996–2019. Methods Along with a focus on the whole panel, countries are divided into three income groups using the World Bank classification, i.e., three Lower-Middle-Income (LMI), eight Upper-Middle-Income (UMI), and 17 High-Income (HI) countries. The cross-sectional dependence panel data estimation techniques are applied for the long and short run analyses. Results In the long run, the EKC is corroborated in HI countries’ panel with estimated positive and negative coefficients of economic growth and its square variable. The Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the USA are found in the 2nd stage of the EKC. However, the remaining HI economies are facing 1st phase of the EKC. Moreover, economic growth has a monotonic positive effect on CO2 emissions in LMI and UMI economies. NET reduces CO2 emissions in UMI and HI economies. On the other hand, NET has an insignificant effect on CO2 emissions in LMI economies. In the short run, the EKC is validated and NET has a negative effect on CO2 emissions in HI countries and the whole panel. However, NET could not affect CO2 emissions in LMI and UMI countries. Based on the long-run results, we recommend enhancing nuclear energy transition in UMI and HI economies to reduce CO2 emissions. In addition, the rest of the world should also build capacity for the nuclear energy transition to save the world from global warming.

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Roadmap for achieving energy sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa: The mediating role of energy use efficiency

Cited by 41 publications

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Can Energy Efficiency Help in Achieving Carbon-Neutrality Pledges? A Developing Country Perspective Using Dynamic ARDL Simulations

Can Energy Efficiency Help in Achieving Carbon-Neutrality Pledges? A Developing Country Perspective Using Dynamic ARDL Simulations

Achieving Environmental Sustainability in Africa: The Role of Renewable Energy Consumption, Natural Resources, and Government Effectiveness—Evidence from Symmetric and Asymmetric ARDL Models

Nuclear energy transition and CO₂ emissions nexus in 28 nuclear electricity-producing countries with different income levels

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Roadmap for achieving energy sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa: The mediating role of energy use efficiency

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Can Energy Efficiency Help in Achieving Carbon-Neutrality Pledges? A Developing Country Perspective Using Dynamic ARDL Simulations

Can Energy Efficiency Help in Achieving Carbon-Neutrality Pledges? A Developing Country Perspective Using Dynamic ARDL Simulations

Achieving Environmental Sustainability in Africa: The Role of Renewable Energy Consumption, Natural Resources, and Government Effectiveness—Evidence from Symmetric and Asymmetric ARDL Models

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