ICT-Driven Strategies for Enhancing Energy Efficiency in G20 Economies: Moderating the Role of Governance in Achieving Environmental Sustainability

Energies, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 18(3), P. 685 - 685

Published: Feb. 2, 2025

Achieving environmental sustainability has become a global priority, with energy efficiency (EE) emerging as critical pathway. This study examines the influence of information and communication technology service exports (ICT) on EE by integrating moderating role regulatory quality. We employ super-slack-based measure (Super-SBM) generalized least squares models in G20 economies throughout 2001–2023. The findings show that average is 0.855, which indicates potential for further improvement 14.50%. ICT positively related to EE, quality delivers conducive environment adoption technologies optimize usage. also indicate synergistic effect between quality, can lead substantial improvements emphasizing importance governance facilitating technological advancements. highlight renewable economic openness shaping EE. Furthermore, Argentina South Africa achieved highest reflecting their proximity efficient frontier. In robust tests, this verifies its results using method moments, panel-corrected standard error, feasible models. suggest perspectives provide valuable insights policymakers aiming enhance through digital transformation institutional reforms.

Language: Английский

Climate and biodiversity perceptions amid the European energy crisis: shifting social media narratives

Sustainability Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 28, 2025

Abstract Public support for addressing the sustainability crisis is crucial mainstreaming environmental issues into policymaking. Recently, escalating impacts of an energy have sparked debates over European governance, influencing policymaking on climate and biodiversity goals. Understanding how public attention towards mediated by social media during crises can provide insights processes opinion formation. We investigated patterns, narrative shifts, sentiment regarding concerning governance X (formerly Twitter), between 2021 2023. employed issue–attention cycle framework combined quantitative methods with qualitative thematic analysis. found limited in suggesting low engagement interconnected dimensions crisis. Climate were mainly linked to relation transition from fossil fuels renewables. Attention fluctuated time following three waves salient themes: unfolding crisis, geopolitical instability, socio-economic concerns. Geopolitical events elicited a sense urgency accelerating transition. However, (high prices) aroused critical views transition, reflecting emerging discourses against decarbonization EU. Limited may reinforce perception that these are unrelated driving uncoordinated, even contradictory, sectorial policies. The construction saliency around polarized framing push opinions policies challenging reconciliation environmental, economic, imperatives sustainability.

Language: Английский

A holistic framework for examining complex problems in energy transition solutions

One Earth, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 101249 - 101249

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский