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Forestation, renewable energy and environmental quality: Empirical evidence from Belt and Road Initiative economies

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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 291, Issue -, Pages -

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ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112684

Keywords

CO2 emissions; Renewable energy consumption; Forest area; BRI

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The study found that increasing renewable energy consumption and forest area among partner economies of the Belt and Road Initiative can help reduce CO2 emissions. It highlights the importance of investing in renewable energy projects and forest management in these economies.
The project of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was initiated by China to enhance the level of economic cooperation among partner economies. The study empirically evaluates the link between renewable energy consumption, forest area and emissions of CO2 among 33 partner economies of BRI for the period of 1986-2018. Study utilizes cointegration and heterogeneous Granger causality framework to explore the long-run and causal linkage among variables. Empirical evidence suggests that expansion in renewable energy consumption and increase in forestation will help to reduce the emissions of CO2 among the economies of BRI. However, the estimated findings of Granger causality reveal feedback causation between renewable energy consumption and forest area and unidirectional causation running from per capita income to environmental quality. The study signifies the importance of investment in renewable energy projects and forest management areas among the partner economies of BRI.

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