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Although technological innovation plays a critical role in promoting sustainable development and environmental sustainability, there are few studies in the existing literature that address this relationship. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between technological innovation (TI), renewable energy consumption (REC), natural resource rent (NRR) and ecological footprint (EF) of E-7 countries (i.e. Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia and Turkiye) from 1992 to 2018 in order to ensure environmental sustainability in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Analysis was performed using the ARDL estimator, robustness test and Dumitrescu-Hurlin panel causality (DHC) test. Long-term empirical estimates from the PMG-ARDL technique have shown that a 1 % increase in TI and REC reduces EF by 0.064 % and 0.234 %, respectively, i.e. increases environmental sustainability. At this point, it is possible to say that TI and REC contribute to the achievement of SDG-7 and 13 in E-7 countries while NRR and real income (GDP) were found to impede the achievement of SDG-7 and 13 in E-7 countries through an increase in EF. The results were confirmed using robustness techniques. In the DHC test results, while there is a unidirectional causality from TI to EF, from EF to NRR and trade openness, a bidirectional causality was found between GDP and EF. This study suggests that policymakers should focus on introducing environmentally friendly equipment to reduce environmental degradation, increase the share of RECs and focus on sustainable development within the framework of the SDGs. • We explore nexus between technological innovation affect the ecological footprint in E-7 economies. • Adoption of second-generational panel econometrics techniques. • Technological innovation and renewable energy consumption help in mitigating climate change. • Green growth policies should be pursued in E7 energy mix. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, the effect of globalization, economic development and the size of the public sector in the economy on the level of democratization for the Newly Industrialized Countries (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey) was tested with panel data analysis method using the 2003-2017 period annual data. Freedom House Index, KOF Index, per capita national income and share of the public sector total final consumption expenditures in the gross domestic product were used as variables. The stationarity of the series was tested with the CIPS panel unit root test, one of the second generation unit root tests, developed by Pesaran (2007). In addition, the Driscoll-Kraay Model Estimation approach was used in the study and the causality relationship was estimated by Dumitrescu and Hurlin (2012) test. According to panel data analysis results, it has been determined that globalization has a negative effect, whereas the size of the public sector in the economy and economic development has a positive effect above the level of democratization. It has also been concluded that there is a one-way causality relationship from economic development to the size of the public sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the 21st century, environmental pollution and global warming is one of the most important problems such as poverty, hunger, terror and epidemic diseases. On the basis of environmental pollution, which is now accepted as a global problem, phenomena such as increasing energy demand due to industrialization and technological development and increasing fossil fuel consumption, population growth rate, and urbanization are the underlying factors. Different methods of struggle have been adopted at national and international scale in order to eliminate negative externalities caused by environmental problems or to minimize the negative effects on human and environmental health. The first and only tax introduced in the Turkish Tax System within the scope of combating environmental pollution is the Environmental Cleaning Tax. Plastic Bag Tax should also be evaluated in this context. Although it is not a direct environmental tax, Motor Vehicle Tax and Special Consumption Tax are also considered as other environmental taxes since it provides environmental contributions in terms of tariff, rate, exemption and exceptions. It is seen that the environmental taxes included in the Turkish Tax System do not have the desired level of environmental impact. For this reason, environmental taxes should be used effectively together with other financial or market instruments within the scope of the fight against environmental pollution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigates Turkeys' greenhouse gases, economic growth and energy consumption relations by using 1960-2010 data for the related indicators. For this purpose, Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares method was developed. Ampirical results does not support Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis, which suggest the relationship between the income per capita and carbondioxide emissions are inverted U-shaped. Our results have found inverted N-shaped relationship between these two variables. The results also found a significant and positive relationship between energy consumption and ghg emissions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Considering relatively high but recently decreasing environmental quality in the LAC countries with regard to the world, this study uncovers the progress of environmental quality, which is proxied by load capacity factor (LCF). In this context, the study considers renewable energy, trade openness, income, and globalization as explanatory indicators; uses data from 1990 to 2018; applies pooled mean group autoregressive distributed lag (PMG-ARDL) approach as the main model; and performs panel Toda-Yamamoto (PTY) causality test as robustness model. This is important because the LAC countries have ecological reserves, whereas many countries have an ecological deficit. For this reason, the investigation of the LAC countries has significance for the environmental quality in the world. Also, this study has novelty in terms of examining LAC countries and using the LCF as the environmental quality. The results present that (i) renewable energy has an improving impact on the LCF in both the short run and the long run; (ii) trade openness has a stimulating impact on the LCF in the long run; (iii) however, globalization and economic growth have a degrading impact on the LCF in the long run. Hence, it can be drawn from the results that renewable energy and trade openness have a critical impact on preserving and developing environmental quality. In line with the empirical findings, it can be proposed that LAC countries should utilize renewable energy effectively, improve trade volume through trade openness, increase renewable energy technology import, and expand the use of renewable energy in foreign trade activities. Thus, effective renewable energy and foreign trade policies can promote the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the LAC countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]