scholarly journals Econometrics of Anthropogenic Emissions, Green Energy-Based Innovations, and Energy Intensity across OECD Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie ◽  
Ahdi Noomen Ajmi ◽  
Festus Fatai Adedoyin ◽  
Phebe Asantewaa Owusu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Energy Intensity ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Energy Research ◽  
Economic Productivity ◽  
Energy Technologies

The increasing global attention on climate change underscores the importance of alternative energy technologies with emission reduction effects. However, there are several caveats of economic productivity and environmental sustainability tradeoffs that require empirical consideration—owing to long-term effects on climate change. Here, we examine the relationship between emissions, green energy-based innovations, and energy research and development across energy-intensive OECD countries while accounting for industrial structure dynamics. We utilize several novel time series and panel estimation techniques including time-varying causality, defactored instrumental variable-based homogeneous, and heterogeneous slope dynamics that control for unobserved common factors. Our empirical assessment emphasizes the significance of energy research and development in expanding green energy innovations while reducing long-term emissions. Conversely, continual dependence on obsolete energy research and development may worsen environmental sustainability. However, the inclusion of green energy technologies offset environmental pollution without compromising economic productivity. Besides, the mitigation effect of energy research and development is channeled through a decline in energy intensity and technological advancement. We show that green energy-based innovations and energy research and development play a critical role in achieving environmental sustainability in OECD countries.

scholarly journals The Implementation of Climate Change Policy in Post-Soviet Countries Achieving Long-Term Targets

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4558
Author(s):  
Yuliia Matiiuk ◽  
Mykolas Simas Poškus ◽  
Genovaitė Liobikienė
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Energy Intensity ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Renewable Energy Consumption ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
The Eu

Contribution to climate change mitigation is required for all world countries. Post-Soviet countries’ climate change policy strategies by 2030 (2035) were adopted relatively recently. Thus, the aim of this study is to analyze the achievements of climate change policy, encompassing carbon emissions, energy intensity, and renewable energy consumption, in separate Post-Soviet countries and to reveal the possibilities of reaching their long-term 2030–2035 targets. The results showed huge differences in carbon emissions, energy intensity, and the share of renewable energy consumption among Post-Soviet countries. Analyzing the trends of climate change policy implementation in almost all Post-Soviet countries (except Ukraine and Uzbekistan), carbon pollution increased during the analyzed period (2002–2014). The highest growth of emissions was observed in Georgia and Tajikistan. Furthermore, the economic development level was positively and significantly related to the level of carbon emissions. During the 2002–2014 period, energy intensity decreased in all Post-Soviet countries, particularly in those where the level was lower. The share of renewable energy consumption increased the most in countries that are members of the EU (Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia) and Moldova, which declared its willingness to join the EU. However, the energy intensity and the share of renewable energy consumption were insignificantly related to the level of economic development. Analyzing the possibility of achieving the Post-Soviet countries’ climate change policy targets, the results showed that only some of them will succeed. Therefore, Post-Soviet countries should implement more efficient climate change policies and effective tools in order to achieve their targets.

A Case for Green Energy Manufacturing

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-137
Author(s):  
Sherrod Brown
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Economic Success ◽  
Energy Research ◽  
Tackle Climate Change ◽  
New Industry ◽  
Rare Opportunity ◽  
The U.S

Investing in green energy research and in policies that tackle climate change and reduce our dependence on dirty foreign oil can lead the U.S. to renewed economic success. This rare opportunity to reinvigorate manufacturing by building demand for products and technologies in a brand new industry is something we haven't had in 40 years. We can literally grow our economy as we protect our environment.

scholarly journals Security Challenges and Air Quality Management in India: Emissions Inventory and Forecasting Estimates

Atmosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1644
Author(s):  
Haroon ur Rashid Khan ◽  
Shujaat Abbas ◽  
Muhammad Khalid Anser ◽  
Abdelmohsen A. Nassani ◽  
Mohamed Haffar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Military Spending ◽  
Economic Productivity ◽  
Arms Transfers ◽  
Distributed Lag ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Short Run

The defense and peace literature have focused mainly on the military-growth nexus, with little attention paid to the environmental sustainability agenda, which is impacted by increased global arms transfers. The supply of lead-containing ammunition generates complex gas mixtures (including CO2 emissions) and particulates that harm the healthcare sustainability agenda. Based on the significance of the subject matter, the study uses the Indian economy as a case study, with a significant rate of arms transfers associated with higher carbon emissions. The study analyzed data from more than four decades, from 1975 to 2020. Data on arms imports, military personnel, and military expenditures are used to evaluate the ‘ammunition emissions function’. It corresponds to the three research hypotheses, namely, the ‘emissions-defense burden hypothesis’ (arms transfers increase carbon emissions), the ‘emissions-cleaner hypothesis’ (arms transfers reduce carbon emissions), and the ‘emissions-asymmetric hypothesis’ (positive and negative shocks of arms transfers either support the ‘defense burden hypothesis’ or ‘cleaner hypothesis’). The non-linear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL) results confirmed the ’emissions-defense burden hypothesis‘ in the long run, as positive and negative shocks from arms imports increase carbon emissions. However, in the short run, positive arms imports increase carbon emissions while negative arms imports decrease carbon emissions. Furthermore, the findings supported the ’emissions-cleaner hypothesis‘ in the relationship between armed forces personnel and carbon emissions. The findings imply that the positive and negative shocks experienced by armed forces personnel reduce carbon emissions in the short and long run. Positive shocks to military spending support the ’emissions-defense burden hypothesis‘ in the short run; however, the results vanished when negative shocks to military spending supported the ’emissions-spillover hypothesis‘ (lowering military spending reduces carbon emissions and increases economic productivity) in the short and long run. The country’s unsustainable economic activities are viewed as a negative factor contributing to long-term carbon emissions increases. The negative shocks of armed forces personnel and positive arms imports would almost certainly have a significant long-term impact on carbon emissions. As a result, the ‘treadmill theory of destruction’ has been confirmed in a country. The study concludes that lead-free ammunition and managing ammunition safety are beneficial to a country’s environmental sustainability agenda.

scholarly journals Climate change in Carpathian forests: natural logging in Sibiu area Romania case study Identifying the effects of climate change in the forests in the Sibiu area: forest wind damage

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iulian Alexandru BRATU
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Individual Perception ◽  
The Social

Abstract Climate change is becoming more acute, including in terms of individual perception. Forest, as an ecosystem, has a special role to play in mitigating climate change, protecting the soil, water and air. There are forests of scientific interest, preservation of the Eco fund and forest Geno fund, as well as recreational forests, so that the ecological functions are fulfilled in the optimum. Also, alongside the social function, green energy generation is one of the main attributes of the forest. In addition to preserving biodiversity, the forestry administration has as objectives the provision of the necessary resources for the short, medium and long-term development of local communities. Forest management that harmoniously combines ecological, economic and social functions cannot be sustained, at least in the information age, without relying on information technology. This article aims to address the issue of information technology in the forest administration, identifying needs and providing viable, high quality, open source solutions.

scholarly journals The Impact of Technological Innovation, Research and Development, and Energy Intensity on Carbon Emissions: An Experience from BRICS and OECD Countries

2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Xu Xiaoyang ◽  
Maurice Balibae Kanaado ◽  
Motswedi Epadile
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Energy Intensity ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Innovation Research ◽  
Brics Countries ◽  
The Impact

The impact of technological innovation, research and development, and energy intensity on carbon dioxide emissions is examined in this study. A panel data econometric analysis of relevant variables extracted from the OECD and World Development Indicators databases for 36 OECD and 5 BRICS countries from 2005 to 2018 reveals that the Kao panel cointegration test revealed all countries, BRICS countries, and OECD countries exhibited cointegrated relationships regarding the selected variables. At this point, the correlation matrix shows that none of the independent variables has a strong correlation coefficient with the dependent variable. We also used two regression methods to evaluate the long-run association between the study's variables; the two-stage least square (2SLS) and panel generalized method of moments (GMM) both provide similar results, indicating that they are robust. According to the findings, technological innovation and R&D have a positive association with CO2 emissions, but energy intensity has a negative relationship with CO2 emissions.

scholarly journals Consequences of the National Energy Strategy in the Mexican Energy System: Analyzing Strategic Indicators with an Optimization Energy Model

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2837 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Rodríguez-Martínez ◽  
Yolanda Lechón ◽  
Helena Cabal ◽  
David Castrejón ◽  
Marco Flores ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Energy Strategy ◽  
Change Strategy ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Climate Targets ◽  
Emission Limits ◽  
Business As Usual

This paper presents an approach to the assessment of the Mexican energy system’s evolution under the climate and energy objectives set by the National Climate Change Strategy using an energy optimization model. Some strategic indicators have been chosen to analyze the performance of three integration elements: sustainability, efficiency, and energy security. Two scenarios have been defined in the medium and long-term: the business as usual scenario, with no energy or climate targets, and the National Climate Change Strategy scenario, where clean energy technologies and CO2 emissions objectives are considered. The aim of this work is the analysis of some of those strategic indicators’ evolution using the EUROfusion Times Model. Results show that reaching the strategy targets leads to improvements in the integration elements in the medium and long term. Besides, meeting the CO2 emission limits is achievable in terms of technologies and resources availability but at a high cost, while clean technologies targets are met with no extra costs even in the business as usual scenario.

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