Impacts of globalization and energy consumption on environmental degradation: what is the way forward to achieving environmental sustainability targets in Nigeria?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - One of the major problems the world is currently facing is climate change. This is due to the use of fossil fuel combustion, which increases the...     

Environmental benefit of clean energy consumption: can BRICS economies achieve environmental sustainability through human capital?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - This paper scrutinizes the asymmetric impact of education and education expenditure on clean energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the BRICS...     

Quality of institution and the FEG (forest,energy intensity,and globalization) -environment relationships in sub-Saharan Africa

The current share of sub-Saharan Africa in global carbon dioxide emissions is negligible compared to major contributors like Asia, Americas, and Europe. This trend is, however, likely to change given that both economic growth and rate of urbanization in the region are projected to be robust in the future. The current study contributes to the literature by examining both the direct and the indirect impacts of quality of institution on the environment. Specifically, we investigate whether the institutional setting in the region provides some sort of a complementary role in the environment-FEG relationships. We use the panel two-step system generalized method of moments (GMM) technique to deal with the simultaneity problem. Data consists of 43 sub-Saharan African countries. The result shows that energy inefficiency compromises environmental standards. However, the quality of the institutional setting helps moderate this negative consequences; countries with good institutions show greater prospects than countries with poor institutions. On the other hand, globalization of the region and increased forest size generate positive environmental outcomes in the region. Their impacts are, however, independent of the quality of institution. Afforestation programs, promotion of other clean energy types, and investment in energy efficiency, basic city infrastructure, and regulatory and institutional structures, are desirable policies to pursue to safeguard the environment.     

Towards sustainable environment: why green energy technology diffusion is sluggish in South Africa?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Energy security, job development, and minimal environmental damage are just a few of the reasons why green energy technologies have gained popularity....     

Retrospecting on resource abundance in leading oil-producing African countries: how valid is the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis in a sectoral composition framework?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Policymakers and authorities in Africa are often concerned about economic growth and stability owing to the long history of socioeconomic problems...     

Does the potency of economic globalization and political instability reshape renewable energy usage in the face of environmental degradation?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Since renewable energy is essentially non-carbohydrate in nature, it can generate little or no pollutants and can therefore help in achieving both...     

Correction to: Does sustainable environmental agenda matter in the era of globalization? The relationship among financial development,energy consumption,and sustainable environmental-economic growth

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Climate policy in India: what shapes international, national and state policy?

At the international level, India is emerging as a key actor in climate negotiations, while at the national and sub-national levels, the climate policy landscape is becoming more active and more ambitious. It is essential to unravel this complex landscape if we are to understand why policy looks the way it does, and the extent to which India might contribute to a future international framework for tackling climate change as well as how international parties might cooperate with and support India's domestic efforts. Drawing on both primary and secondary data, this paper analyzes the material and ideational drivers that are most strongly influencing policy choices at different levels, from international negotiations down to individual states. We argue that at each level of decision making in India, climate policy is embedded in wider policy concerns. In the international realm, it is being woven into broader foreign policy strategy, while domestically, it is being shaped to serve national and sub-national development interests. While our analysis highlights some common drivers at all levels, it also finds that their influences over policy are not uniform across the different arenas, and in some cases, they work in different ways at different levels of policy. We also indicate what this may mean for the likely acceptability within India of various climate policies being pushed at the international level.     

Does sustainable environmental agenda matter in the era of globalization? The relationship among financial development,energy consumption,and sustainable environmental-economic growth

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The purpose of this research is to explore the connection of financial development, sustainable environmental-economic growth, and energy consumption...     

How does green credit policy affect total factor productivity of the manufacturing firms in China? The mediating role of debt financing and the moderating role of environmental regulation

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Treating the green credit policy issued in 2012 as a quasi-natural experiment, this study has investigated the impact of green credit policy on total...     

Comparison of palladium and platinum in environmental matrices: Palladium pollution by automobile emissions?

A new type of automobile catalyst based on an active Pd/Rh-layer is presently being introduced into the European market. Accordingly, in order to establish baseline information, this work attempts to assess the magnitude of Pd emissions by automobile catalysts to date. Thus, a survey is presented on Pd and Pt levels detected in polluted environmental matrices (grass, soil, dust, sludges) as available from the literature. Additionally, Pd data measured by selective preconcentration/GF-AAS-detection in polluted grass, in a time series of sewage sludge ashes back to 1972, in dust, as well as in urban rain are presented. Since the data basis from the literature is partly inconsistent, the possible impact of different analytical attempts on the data is discussed. The relationship between Pt and Pd concentration from most of the results is between 5 and 10 (Pt/Pd). However, relations down to 0.04 are also reported, thus implying anthropogenic Pd input from additional sources.     

Does energy use and economic growth allow for environmental sustainability? An empirical analysis of Pakistan

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The rapid growth of environmental pollution and the destruction of eco-systems force every individual economy to focus on environmentally friendly...     

Exploring the nature of EKC hypothesis in Asia’s top emitters: role of human capital,renewable and non-renewable energy consumption

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The present study uses both carbon dioxide emission and ecological footprints as proxies for environmental degradation to examine the environmental...     

Does digitalization matter in green preferences in nexus of output volatility and environmental quality?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The fact is that output volatility and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions move together over the period. This empirical study examines the dynamic effect...     

Dissipating environmental pollution in the BRICS economies: do urbanization,globalization, energy innovation,and financial development matter?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The question of how Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS countries) can substantially dissipate environmental pollution (EVP) remains...     

Do renewable energy and globalization enhance ecological footprint: an analysis of top renewable energy countries?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - This paper aims at estimating the dynamic impact of renewable and non-renewable energy consumption, globalization, urbanization, and economic growth...     

How the redox state of tobacco 'Bel-W3' is modified in response to ozone and other environmental factors in a sub-tropical area?

This study intended to determine whether the redox state in plants of Nicotiana tabacum ‘Bel-W3’ fluctuates in response to the environmental factors in a sub-tropical area contaminated by ozone (São Paulo, SE - Brazil) and which environmental factors are related to this fluctuation, discussing their biomonitoring efficiency. We comparatively evaluated the indicators of redox state (ascorbic acid, glutathione, superoxide dismutase, ascorbate peroxidase, and glutathione reductase) and leaf injury in 17 field experiments performed in 2008. The redox state was explained by the combined effects of chronic levels of O₃ and meteorological variables 4-6 days prior to the plant sampling. Moderate leaf injury was observed in most cases. The redox state of tobacco decreases few days after their placement in the sub-tropical environment, causing them to become susceptible to oxidative stress imposed by chronic doses of O₃. Its bioindicator efficiency would not be diminished in such levels of atmospheric contamination.