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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 30, Issue 2, Pages 4187-4202Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-22391-4
Keywords
Technology innovations; Renewable energy consumption; Carbon dioxide emission
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This study examines the impact of technological innovations on renewable energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. The results show that technological innovations increase the consumption of renewable energy and carbon dioxide emissions. Additionally, the study confirms the validity of the Environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis.
Large amount of energy use for rising economic growth leads to high carbon dioxide discharge that worsens environmental quality which is a challenge for countries in achieving sustainable development. Improved level of technological innovations and renewable energy consumption might overcome the issue of environmental degradation and achieving sustainable development. This study examines the effect of technological innovations on renewable energy consumption and carbon dioxide emission in the belt and road initiative countries for the period of 1995 to 2019. Two-step difference and two-step system GMM models were employed for analysis where the results indicate that technological innovations increase renewable energy consumption and carbon dioxide emission. The effect of renewable energy consumption and trademark applications on carbon dioxide is negatively significant that raises environmental quality. Furthermore, this study confirms the validity of Environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis in the sample countries. The findings of this study have considerable policy implication for the sample countries on rising technological innovations and renewable energy consumption in achieving environmental sustainability.
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