Does Low-Carbon Transition Promote Regional Sustainable Development? Evidence from the Huaihe River Ecological Economic Belt

Guokui Wang (), Junbo Gao and Yangyang Li
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Guokui Wang: College of Tourism, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464031, China
Junbo Gao: College of Tourism, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464031, China
Yangyang Li: College of Tourism, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464031, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 20, 1-17

Abstract: The Chinese government has adopted a significant low-carbon transition strategy aimed at enhancing resource efficiency, advancing ecological conservation, and augmenting societal well-being. This research employs the super efficiency SBM model to evaluate the ecological well-being performance (EWP) within the Huaihe River Ecological Economic Belt. Subsequently, it employs the Sys-GMM model and conducts a threshold effect analysis to regressively examine the impact of the low-carbon transition on EWP. The key findings are as follows. The EWP in the Huaihe River Ecological Economic Belt is relatively low; cities with higher economic development levels tend to exhibit lower EWP scores. The impact of the low-carbon transition on EWP is contingent upon the level of regional economic development and exhibits a singular threshold effect predicated on the economic development level as the threshold variable. Specifically, when economic development is at a low level, an intensification of the low-carbon transition results in a decline in EWP within the Huaihe River Ecological Economic Belt. Conversely, when the economic development level surpasses the threshold, the low-carbon transition facilitates the enhancement of EWP. This study’s principal contribution lies in elucidating the intricate relationship between the low-carbon transition and sustainable development.

Keywords: low-carbon transition; sustainable development; ecological well-being performance; Huaihe River Ecological Economic Belt (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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