The Impact of Sustainability Goals on Productivity Growth: The Moderating Role of Global Warming

Domicián Máté, Adam Novotny and Daniel Francois Meyer
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Adam Novotny: College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa
Daniel Francois Meyer: College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 21, 1-13

Abstract: The objective of this paper was to gain novel insights into the complex relationships among Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in shaping productivity (GDP/capita) growth. Using dynamic panel regressions on data collected in 138 countries between 2000 and 2017, we found that rising temperatures negatively affect growth and mitigate the impact of other SDGs on growth. We also found that CO 2 emissions have a U-shaped relationship with growth; life expectancy negatively influences growth (positively moderated by rising temperatures), and food security positively impacts growth (negatively moderated by rising temperatures). This study highlights the difficulty of simultaneously implementing SDGs and elucidates novel research perspectives and policies to decrease the negative impacts of climate change on socio-economic and environmental well-being.

Keywords: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); productivity growth; climate change; global warming; rising temperatures; CO 2 emissions; food security; life expectancy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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