The criticality of growth, urbanization, electricity and fossil fuel consumption to environment sustainability in Africa

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dc.authoridhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5227-5135en_US
dc.contributor.authorAsongu, Simplice A.
dc.contributor.authorAgboola, Mary Oluwatoyin
dc.contributor.authorAlola, Andrew Adewale
dc.contributor.authorBekun, Festus Victor
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-04T09:17:21Z
dc.date.available2020-03-04T09:17:21Z
dc.date.issued2020en_US
dc.departmentİktisadi İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesien_US
dc.description.abstractWhile most African economies are primarily sandwiched with the seemingly unsurmountable task of attaining consistent economic growth and unhindered energy supply, the enormous threat posed by environmental degradation has further complicated the economic and environmental sustainability drive. In this context, the present study examines the effect of economic growth, urbanization, electricity consumption, fossil fuel energy consumption, and total natural resources rent on pollutant emissions in Africa over the period 1980-2014. By employing selected African countries, the current study relies on the Kao and Pedroni cointegration tests to cointegration analysis, the Pesaran's Panel Pooled Mean Group-Autoregressive distributive lag methodology (ARDL-PMG) for long run regression while Dumitrescu and Hurlin (2012) is employed for the detection of causality direction among the outlined variables. The study traces long run equilibrium relationships between examined indicators. The ARDL-PMG results suggest a statistical positive relationship between pollutant emissions and urbanization, electricity consumption and non-renewable energy consumption. Dumitrescu and Hurlin (2012) Granger causality test lends support to the long-run regression results. A bi-directional causality is observed between pollutant emissions, electricity consumption, economic growth and pollutant emissions while a unidirectional causality is apparent between total natural resources rent and pollutant emission. Based on these results, several policy implications for the African continent were suggested. (a) The need for a paradigm shift from fossil fuel sources to renewables is encouraged in the region (b) The need to embrace carbon storage and capturing techniques to decouple pollutant emissions from economic growth on the continent's growth trajectory. further policy insights are elucidated.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136376en_US
dc.identifier.issn0048-9697
dc.identifier.issn1879-1026
dc.identifier.pmid31927442en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85077504030en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11363/2012
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/
dc.identifier.volume712en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000512369600132en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherELSEVIER, RADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDSen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENTen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectNon-renewable energy consumptionen_US
dc.subjectElectricity consumptionen_US
dc.subjectEconomic growthen_US
dc.subjectPanel econometricsen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectCARBON-DIOXIDE EMISSIONSen_US
dc.subjectUNIT-ROOT TESTSen_US
dc.subjectECONOMIC-GROWTHen_US
dc.subjectCO2 EMISSIONSSen_US
dc.subjectENERGY-CONSUMPTIONen_US
dc.subjectFINANCIAL DEVELOPMENTen_US
dc.subjectNONRENEWABLE ENERGYen_US
dc.subjectPANEL-DATAen_US
dc.subjectDEGRADATIONen_US
dc.subjectCOUNTRIESen_US
dc.titleThe criticality of growth, urbanization, electricity and fossil fuel consumption to environment sustainability in Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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