scholarly journals Realising the net Impacts of International trade on carbon dioxide emissions for the sustainability of the environment in African countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-50
Author(s):  
Saka Abdulrasaki
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
African Countries

Population Growth and Urbanization in Africa

2016 ◽  
pp. 282-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Adams ◽  
Eric Evans Osei Opoku
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Pooled Mean Group ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Sub Saharan

This study examined the effect of population growth and urbanization on the environment (carbon dioxide emissions) for 37 sub Saharan African countries based on 1980-2010 annual data. Using the Pooled Mean Group estimation technique, the findings of the study show that affluence and industrialization have negative effect on the environment (increases carbon dioxide emissions) while urbanization does not have a significant effect on carbon dioxide emissions. The population variable is significant only in the long run but insignificant in the short run. Also, after controlling for the different age groups, the results show that the more active age group (15-59) is positive and significantly related to carbon dioxide emissions.

scholarly journals Foreign direct investment and pollution havens: evidence from African countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 244-252
Author(s):  
SAID GHARNIT ◽  
Mohamed Bouzahzah ◽  
Jihad Ait Soussane
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Pollution Haven Hypothesis ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Fdi Inflows ◽  
Ordinary Least Square ◽  
Long Run

This study examines the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows and carbon dioxide emissions (CE) in order to investigate the validity of the pollution haven hypothesis for 54 African countries, using cointegration approach with dynamic panel data over the period 1960-2018. Based on the panel cointegration analysis, it was concluded that the variables are cointegrated. Moreover, the Dynamic Ordinary Least Square (DOLS) and Fully Modified Ordinary Least Square (FMOLS) results showed that foreign direct investment inflows have a long-run positive relationship with carbon dioxide emissions. Furthermore, according to Granger-Engle causality test results, FDI inflows and carbon dioxide emissions have a positive causal relationship, for both short-run and long-run. Thus, the results of this study validate the pollution haven hypothesis in the African countries. Nevertheless, it is recommended to keep attracting foreign direct investment inflows alongside of implementing mechanisms and instruments for reducing the CO2 emissions under strong environmental policies.

scholarly journals Carbon dioxide emissions embodied in international trade in Central Europe between 1995 and 2008

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 2-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Vlčková ◽  
Vojtěch Nosek ◽  
Josef Novotný ◽  
Antonín Lupíšek
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Industrial Restructuring ◽  
Environmental Legislation ◽  
Central European ◽  
Visegrad Group ◽  
Visegrád Countries

Abstract Climate change and environmental policies are widely discussed, but much less is known about emissions embodied in goods traded internationally, and the distinction between emission producers and consumers. The carbon dioxide emissions embodied in international trade in Central European countries are subject to examination in this paper. As a result of industrial restructuring and environmental legislation, air pollution has improved significantly in Central European countries since the 1989 transition. On the other hand, economic growth has been accompanied by a rise in consumerism. Despite the increasing role of exports, the Visegrad group countries have become net importers of carbon dioxide emissions between 1995 and 2008. This seems to be the ‘standard trajectory’ of a country’s transition toward a more developed and consumption-oriented economy. The global patterns of carbon dioxide emissions embodied in manufacturing exports are also mapped, using network analysis and constructing ‘product space’. The analysis confirms that industrial re-structuring played an important role in lowering the production of carbon dioxide emissions in the Visegrad countries.

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