Renewable energy technology innovation, climate risk, and carbon emission reduction: A cross-country analysis

Xinmin Zhang, Miao Wang and Hong Zang

Renewable Energy, 2025, vol. 240, issue C

Abstract: Understanding the relationship between renewable energy technology innovation (RETI), climate risk, and carbon emissions is crucial for promoting global low-carbon transition. Based on panel data from 54 countries during 2000–2021, this study employs fixed effects models, PVAR models, and threshold regression models for analysis. The results show that: (1) RETI has an inhibitory effect on carbon emissions, while climate risk exhibits an inverted U-shaped relationship with carbon emissions; (2) climate risk shocks inhibit RETI in the short term, while RETI has no significant impact on climate risk; (3) Moderated by climate risk, RETI demonstrates a double-threshold effect on carbon emissions: below the first threshold, RETI significantly reduces carbon emissions; between the two thresholds, RETI increases emissions; above the second threshold, RETI restores its emission reduction effect; (4) RETI demonstrates more significant emission reduction effects in developed and high-income countries. Through systematic analysis, this study reveals the interactive mechanisms among RETI, climate risk, and carbon emissions, providing important implications for formulating differentiated technological innovation policies.

Keywords: Renewable energy technology innovation; Climate risk; Carbon emissions; Double threshold effect; Heterogeneity analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2024.122136

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