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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 29, Issue 5, Pages 7067-7078Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-16138-w
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Renewable energy production; Natural resources; Economic progress; CO2 emissions; Pakistan
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There is an asymmetric relationship between renewable energy production, natural resources, economic progress, and CO2 emissions in Pakistan. Positive changes in renewable energy production have a positive impact on emissions, while negative changes have a negative impact. Additionally, positive changes in economic progress significantly increase CO2 emissions in the long run.
A bulk of literature has examined the asymmetric impact of renewable energy consumption on CO2 emissions by using the advanced econometric approach. While the asymmetric role of renewable energy production in the CO2 equation is largely unknown, our present study quantifies the asymmetric relationship between renewable energy production, natural resources, economic progress, and CO2 emission for Pakistan by using the NARDL approach. It is found that positive change in renewable energy production has a positive effect on CO2 emissions, while a negative change in renewable energy production has a negative effect on CO2 emissions in the long run. Furthermore, a positive and negative change in natural resources contributes negatively to CO2 emissions in the long run. The results reveal that a positive change in economic progress significantly increases CO2 emissions in the long run. Based on findings, Pakistan's government should encourage local and international investors to increase their investment in the production of renewable energy by reducing environmental degradation.
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