Integration of renewable energy, environmental policy stringency, and climate technologies in realizing environmental sustainability: Evidence from OECD countries

Zeyun Li, Yen-Ku Kuo, Abdul Rahman Mahmud, Abdelmohsen A. Nassani, Mohamed Haffar and Iskandar Muda

Renewable Energy, 2022, vol. 196, issue C, 1376-1384

Abstract: This study investigates the role of solar energy, environmental policy stringency (EPS), and climate technology in realizing environmental sustainability in OECD economies from 2001 to 2018. The preliminary findings confirm the issues of slope heterogeneity and cross-sectional dependency; thus, we apply the cross-sectional augmented autoregressive distributed lags (CS-ARDL) model. The overall results indicate that solar energy, EPS, and climate technologies are playing a positive and significant role in encountering environmental issues and ensuring environmental sustainability in the long run, while economic growth is the key driver of environmental degradation. A similar insight is observed in the short run; however, their coefficient size and significance substantially vary. Moreover, the Error Correction Term is significantly negative, implying the convergence towards long-run equilibrium in case of any shock in the short-run. These results are consistent with alternative estimators and suggest the promotion of solar energy, implementation of stringent ecological policies, and climate technologies to achieve inclusive and sustainable growth.

Keywords: Renewable energy; Environmental policy stringency; Climate technologies; CS-ARDL (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2022.07.084

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