Geological Journal,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Янв. 5, 2025
ABSTRACT
Human
economic
activities,
aimed
at
rapid
growth,
contribute
significantly
to
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
thereby
accelerating
climate
change
and
raising
concerns
about
sustainability,
particularly
in
the
context
of
United
Nations
Sustainable
Development
Goals
(UNSDGs).
The
study's
objectives
align
with
UNSDG
Goal
15,
which
seeks
minimise
impact
human
activities
on
environment
halt
further
environmental
degradation.
This
study
explores
structural
shifts
emissions
Japan
by
examining
relationship
between
total
gases,
natural
resource
rents,
real
income,
population
from
1970
2018.
Utilising
novel
autoregressive
distributed
lag
(ARDL)
model
dynamic
quantile
ARDL
techniques,
analysis
reveals
an
annual
equilibrium
convergence
rate
approximately
34%–36%.
multivariate
VECM
causality
system
identifies
significant
long‐run
causal
relationships,
indicating
influence
these
covariates
maintaining
a
stable
equilibrium.
In
short
run,
one‐way
is
observed
per
capita
squared
income
emissions.
Long‐term
findings
suggest
that
reductions
GDP,
growth
improved
atmospheric
quality.
results
support
Environmental
Kuznets
Curve
(EKC)
hypothesis,
confirming
existence
‘inverted
U‐curve’
for
Japan.
Furthermore,
robust
aligns
net
probabilistic
effects
both
short‐
long‐term
scenarios.
By
applying
innovative
accounting
decomposition
frameworks,
shows
changes
consistently
lead
reduced
Overall,
provide
empirical
Japan's
goal
achieving
carbon
neutrality
2050
underscore
importance
adhering
transformative
policy
measures.
Journal of Environmental Management,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
351, С. 119824 - 119824
Опубликована: Дек. 19, 2023
Financial
development
and
geopolitical
risks
can
significantly
affect
sustainable
development.
However,
the
roles
of
these
factors
in
are
rarely
investigated.
Thus,
this
study
takes
into
account
role
risk
while
exploring
effects
financial
development,
natural
resource
rents,
eco-innovation
on
Organization
for
Economic
Co-operation
Development
(OECD)
countries.
To
end,
yearly
data
from
1990
to
2019
is
analyzed
using
advanced
econometric
tests.
The
Common
Correlated
Effects
Mean
Group
(CCEMG)
results
indicate
that
positively
related
Natural
rents
have
a
detrimental
impact
which
confirms
presence
curse
hypothesis
OECD
Furthermore,
revealed
controlling
useful
fostering
Lastly,
panel
Granger
causality
test
unveiled
one-way
eco-innovation,
Moreover,
causalities
found
resources.
These
findings
suggest
countries
should
prioritize
policies
mitigating
negative
rents.
harm
so
policymakers
promote
international
cooperation
risk-sharing.
Sustainability,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
17(3), С. 990 - 990
Опубликована: Янв. 25, 2025
Countries
worldwide
are
focusing
on
energy
efficiency,
economic
sustainability,
and
responsible
resource
management
to
address
climate
change
meet
sustainable
development
goals
(SDGs).
This
study
investigates
how
factors
such
as
artificial
intelligence,
renewable
energy,
green
human
capital,
geopolitical
risk,
natural
rent,
information
communication
technology
influenced
CO2
emissions
in
36
countries
between
2000
2021.
The
also
explores
institutional
quality
moderates
these
relationships.
We
employed
advanced
econometric
techniques
this
gap,
including
panel-correlated
standard
errors
(PCSE)
the
Driscoll–Kraay
estimations
(DKSE)
models.
A
two-step
system
GMM
approach
was
used
strengthen
robustness
of
our
findings.
findings
reveal
that
consumption,
can
significantly
reduce
emissions.
Conversely,
contribute
increased
Institutional
enhances
positive
impact
capital
emission
reduction.
However,
it
has
opposite
effect
leading
an
even
greater
increase
These
underscore
importance
policies
achieving
goals.
recommend
policymakers
prioritize
investing
clean
while
strengthening
effectively
mitigate
carbon
SDGs.
They
regulate
AI
ICT
footprints
risks
through
diversification
international
cooperation.
