MEASURING THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC POLICIES ON CO2 EMISSIONS IN EU: WAYS TO ACHIEVE GREEN ECONOMIC RECOVERY

Wenji Huang, Hayot Berk Saydaliev, Wasim Iqbal and Muhammad Irfan

Chapter 10 in Sustainable Growth and Green Policies:Navigating Energy and Environmental Challenges, 2025, pp 225-253 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Regional attempts to reduce pollution levels emerging from the European Union (EU) relative to 2010 are contrasted with unique policies of individual member countries’ aims to achieve a 10% reduction per country. Given this scenario, this research expands on the topic by developing a novel framework that links macroeconomic policies, total national expenditure per person, traditional energy use, renewable energy use, and CO2 emissions levels in EU countries from 1990 to 2016. The study utilizes the second generation cross-sectional-autoregressive-distributed lag (CS-ARDL) panel data method. According to the study’s findings, the monetary instruments of growth exacerbated the adverse effects of CO2 emissions, and by tightening monetary policy, the harmful effects of CO2 emissions levels have been reduced. Further, the Granger causality test indicates a bidirectional causality between monetary policy and CO2 emissions levels, and unidirectional causality from the policy assessment for energy use. The finding confirms that the assessment policy recommendations on energy consumption have future effects on ecological value.

Keywords: Sustainable Growth; Green Policies; Energy Transition; Green Finance; Carbon Neutrality; Renewable Energy; Climate Change Policy; Environmental Sustainability; Economic Recovery; Carbon Markets; Sustainable Development; Energy Policy; Green Economic Recovery; Low-Carbon Economy; Financial Mechanisms For Sustainability; Climate Finance; Macroeconomic Policies and Sustainability; ESG Investing; Climate Resilience; Clean Energy Investment; Green Bonds; Sustainable Finance; Carbon Pricing; Energy Efficiency; Emerging Economies and Sustainability; Renewable Energy Financing; Circular Economy; Sustainable Investment; Climate Risk Assessment; Just Transition; ASEAN Energy Transition; BRICS Economies and Sustainability; OECD Green Policies; China's Carbon Market; EU Climate Policies; Southeast Asia Renewable Energy; Developing Economies and Climate Finance; Energy Poverty and Sustainable Solutions; Public Spending and Green Recovery; Net-Zero Policies; Econometric Models in Sustainability; Quantitative Analysis of Energy Markets; Cross-Sectional Autoregressive Distributed Lag Models; Behavioral Finance and Renewable Energy Investment; Policy Evaluation Frameworks; Decarbonization; Sustainable Development Goals; Green Growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F64 O13 Q50 Q56 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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