
Sustainable Development, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Фев. 20, 2025
ABSTRACT The adverse effects of climate change on humanity have been escalating due to environmental degradation. Consequently, nations compelled implement measures address climate‐related challenges. Within this framework, traditional and recently acknowledged factors play a pivotal role in achieving SDGs, particularly SDG‐13. This study empirically examines the influence newly recognized factors, such as energy transition index (ETI) policy stringency (EPS), alongside like gross domestic product (GDP), renewable use (REU), foreign direct investments (FDI), environment, measured through ecological footprint load capacity factor. Focusing leading emerging economies—excluding Indonesia Mexico data limitations—the utilizes from 2000 2020 applies kernel‐based regularized least squares (KRLS) approach under marginal effect framework explore nexus. findings indicate that (i) GDP FDI do not exhibit environmentally friendly characteristics across examined countries; (ii) REU contributes preservation only Brazil; (iii) ETI EPS significantly enhance quality any countries studied; (iv) KRLS demonstrates high predictive accuracy, 99.6% success rate various models. Overall, research highlights differential these which vary by factor, percentile, country. Based empirical evidence, discusses implications for five economies effectively pursue SDG‐13 leveraging identified factors.
Язык: Английский