Participatory and Spatially Explicit Assessment to Envision the Future of Land-Use/Land-Cover Change Scenarios on Selected Ecosystem Services in Southwestern Ghana
Environmental Management,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
74(1), P. 94 - 113
Published: Feb. 28, 2024
Abstract
Settlement
expansion
and
commercial
agriculture
affect
landscape
sustainability
ecosystem
service
provision.
Integrated
approaches
are
promoted
to
negotiate
trade-offs
between
competing
land
uses
their
reconciliation.
Incorporating
local
perceptions
of
dynamics
as
basis
for
such
negotiations
is
particularly
relevant
sub-Saharan
Africa,
where
most
people
depend
on
natural
ecosystems
livelihoods
well-being.
This
study
applied
participatory
scenario
building
spatially
explicit
simulation
unravel
the
potential
impact
rubber
settlement
provision
selected
services
in
southwestern
Ghana
under
a
business-as-usual
scenario.
We
collected
data
workshops
expert
surveys
locally
services,
indicator
values,
probable
land-use
transitions.
The
was
translated
into
an
assessment
matrix
integrated
modeling
platform,
allowing
visualization
comparison
scenarios
plantation
expansion.
results
show
capacity
current
(2020)
future
patterns
provide
indicating
decline
provisioning
compared
2020
patterns,
threat
benefits
humans
derive
from
ecosystems.
highlights
urgent
need
policies
measures
control
drivers
land-use/land-cover
change.
Furthermore,
emphasize
importance
diversifying
types
sustainable
development.
paper
contributes
new
insights
how
semi-quantitative
methods
can
make
stakeholder
implementing
approaches.
Language: Английский
Mediating Effects of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows on Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Economies,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
13(1), P. 18 - 18
Published: Jan. 12, 2025
In
this
research,
the
direct
and
indirect
effects
of
foreign
investment
(FDI)
inflows
on
carbon
dioxide
(CO2)
emissions
in
India
are
examined,
covering
period
from
1980
to
2014.
To
quantify
outcome
existence
FDI
CO2
emissions,
study,
three
mediating
channels
considered.
The
broad
energy
structure,
industrial
high-carbon
technology,
by
which
investments
affect
India’s
emissions.
unit
root
test,
Johansen
cointegration,
Granger
causality
technique,
seemingly
unrelated
regression
(SUR)
used
for
empirical
analysis.
findings
discover
a
process
cointegration
long-run
reveal
unidirectional
causation
between
outcomes
SUR
estimation
indicate
that
all
factors
substantially
contribute
level
paper,
mainly
via
compared
their
effect.
Finally,
it
is
recommended
concerned
authorities
should
prioritize
redistribution
high
carbon-intensive
technologies
less
cleaner
carbonless
sustainable
future.
Language: Английский
Dynamic effects of foreign direct investment, globalization, economic growth, and energy consumption on carbon emissions in Mexico: An ARDL approach
Innovation and Green Development,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
4(2), P. 100207 - 100207
Published: Jan. 22, 2025
Language: Английский
The Impact of Globalization on the Bilateral Trade of BRICS-T Countries
Advances in finance, accounting, and economics book series,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 53 - 92
Published: March 5, 2025
The
main
purpose
of
this
study
is
to
determine
how
globalization
affects
the
bilateral
trade
among
BRICS-T
countries.
In
addition,
validity
Linder
Hypothesis,
Heckscher-Ohlin
Model,
and
New
Trade
Theory
in
countries
was
also
examined.
study,
Gravity
Model
created
using
data
from
1995-2021
time
period
estimated
with
PPML
estimator.
A
robustness
check
performed
Driscoll-Kraay
Estimator.
According
results
it
seen
that
if
importing
increase
their
globalization,
will
increase.
revealed
Hypothesis
model
are
not
valid
countries,
whereas
terms
economies
scale
product
differentiation.
Language: Английский
Nexus between uncertainty, innovation, and environmental sustainability in BRICS: an analysis under the environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) framework
Frontiers in Environmental Science,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
13
Published: April 16, 2025
This
study
explores
the
relationship
between
trade,
economic
uncertainty,
innovation,
and
climate
change
in
BRICS
nations
using
Environmental
Kuznets
Curve
framework.
The
research
is
driven
by
global
imperative
to
address
change,
with
predictions
of
a
2.7°C
rise
temperatures
century’s
end,
surpassing
Paris
Agreement
targets.
uses
data
from
1995
2023,
employing
unit
root
tests,
cointegration
tests
(Bayer-Hanck
Maki),
Augmented
Autoregressive
Distributed
lagged
nonlinear
autoregressive
distributed
models,
Fourier
Toda-Yamamoto
causality
test
capture
long-
short-term
dynamics.
results
demonstrate
that
technological
environmental
innovations
are
critical
reducing
carbon
emissions,
reinforcing
hypothesis
growth
initially
worsens
but
eventually
mitigates
degradation.
Conversely,
economic,
oil
price
uncertainties
exacerbate
challenges
deterring
investments
sustainable
practices
clean
technologies.
A
10%
increase
policy
trade
uncertainty
significantly
raise
emissions.
In
contrast,
improvement
TI
EI
reduces
emphasizing
indispensable
role
innovation
fostering
sustainability.
To
effectively
combat
align
international
goals,
must
integrate
their
policies
within
frameworks
Sustainable
Development
Goals—notably
SDG
7
Affordable
Clean
Energy),
9
(Industry,
Innovation,
Infrastructure),
13
(Climate
Action).
Reducing
crucial
for
mobilizing
green
investments,
while
subsidies,
tax
incentives,
strong
regulatory
should
be
prioritized
accelerate
innovation-driven
decarbonization.
Furthermore,
enhanced
cooperation,
governance,
adaptive
instruments
will
enable
navigate
uncertainties,
ensuring
transition
low-carbon
economies
development
pathways.
Language: Английский
The Urgency of Reducing Carbon Emissions in West Africa: Is Foreign Direct Investment Good or Bad for the Environment?
Next research.,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 100369 - 100369
Published: April 1, 2025
Language: Английский
Renewable Energy Solution to Carbon Emissions: BRICS Countries in the Grip of Globalization and Economic Growth
Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(9), P. 4117 - 4117
Published: May 2, 2025
The
BRICS
countries
(Brazil,
Russia,
India,
China,
and
South
Africa)
are
responsible
for
forty-two
per
cent
of
global
carbon
emissions.
These
rapidly
industrializing
economically
growing
dependent
on
fossil
fuels,
which
can
lead
to
increased
This
research
analyses
the
impact
economic
growth,
globalization,
renewable
energy
(RE)
use
CO2
using
a
unique
dataset
155
observations
practical
model.
Using
panel
data
1990–2020,
this
study
examines
relationships
between
emissions,
GDP,
RE
use,
KOF
Globalization
Index
based
Environmental
Kuznets
Curve
(EKC)
theory.
Cointegration,
unit
root
test,
analysis,
FGLS
regression
methods
were
used
in
study.
results
show
that
growth
globalization
increase
CO2,
while
is
insufficient
reduce
these
effects.
Moreover,
it
determined
has
an
increasing
effect
CO2.
makes
prominent
contribution
literature
by
examining
combined
effects
environmental
sustainability.
findings
emphasize
need
sustainable
policies
countries.
Language: Английский
Does access to energy matter? Understanding the complex nexus among energy consumption, ICT, foreign direct investment and economic growth on carbon emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa
Energy Nexus,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 100346 - 100346
Published: Nov. 1, 2024
Language: Английский