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Does agricultural development induce environmental pollution in E7? A myth or reality
- Source :
- Environmental science and pollution research international. 28(31)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Environmental degradation caused by various human activities has been a subject of attention over the globe. There is a concern on how to maintain a clean environment and at the same time achieve optimum production of food and non-food products amidst global energy demand. To this end, this study examines the impact of agricultural development, energy use, and economic growth on CO2 emissions in the emerging seven countries that comprises China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Indonesia, and Turkey for the annual time frequency from 1990 to 2016. The study uses a battery of econometrics techniques for soundness of analysis the consist of pooled mean group autoregressive distributed lag methodology, dynamic ordinary least squares, and fully modified ordinary least squares as estimation techniques alongside Dumitrescu and Hurlin causality test for the direction of causality analysis. Empirical results revealed that value-added agriculture and economic growth are drivers of CO2 emission in the E7 countries, and the rise in renewable energy causes a reduction in CO2 emissions, while in the short run, economic growth has a positive impact on emissions in the focus countries. Causality analysis shows that there is a feedback causality between economic growth and emissions, between value-added agriculture and energy usage, between emission and value-added agriculture, and between economic growth and agricultural development. Furthermore, energy use does not cause emissions directly; it causes economic growth and value-added agriculture which causes emissions. This position aligns with the advocacy of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UN-SDG) Targets 7 and 13 of clean energy access and mitigation of climate changes issues.
- Subjects :
- Distributed lag
Natural resource economics
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Environmental pollution
E7 countries
010501 environmental sciences
CO2 emissions
01 natural sciences
Economics
Environmental Chemistry
Humans
Renewable Energy
Environmental degradation
Economic growth
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Sustainable development
Short run
business.industry
Agriculture
General Medicine
Energy consumption
Carbon Dioxide
Pollution
Renewable energy
Economic Development
business
Environmental Pollution
Agricultural development
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16147499 and 09441344
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 31
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Environmental science and pollution research international
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5a7c165f24192b10531993a7d7cfaba8