Renewable energy, nuclear energy, and environmental pollution: accounting for political institutional quality in South Africa

SA Sarkodie, S Adams - Science of the total environment, 2018 - Elsevier
This study examined the impact of disaggregate and aggregate energy, economic
development, urbanization and political institutional quality on environmental pollution using …

Heterogeneous effects of renewable energy and structural change on environmental pollution in Africa: do natural resources and environmental technologies reduce …

RL Ibrahim, KB Ajide, M Usman, R Kousar - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The global economy today faces the most devastating effects of global warming than what is
evident in the pre-industrial age. Consequently, governments across the globe are making …

The criticality of growth, urbanization, electricity and fossil fuel consumption to environment sustainability in Africa

SA Asongu, MO Agboola, AA Alola, FV Bekun - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
While most African economies are primarily sandwiched with the seemingly unsurmountable
task of attaining consistent economic growth and unhindered energy supply, the enormous …

Modelling the role of institutional quality on carbon emissions in Sub-Saharan African countries

S Karim, M Appiah, MA Naeem, BM Lucey, M Li - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The motivation of this study stems from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
on clean and responsible energy consumption, climate change mitigation and sustainable …

Modelling the economic and social issues related to environmental quality in Nigeria: the role of economic growth and internal conflict

O Usman - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022 - Springer
Over the past decades, environmental quality-related issues have occupied a central place
in the global discourse with greater concerns to the risk of civil war, terrorism/political …

The path to achieving environmental sustainability in South Africa: the role of coal consumption, economic expansion, pollutant emission, and total natural resources …

U Joshua, FV Bekun - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Statistics from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reveals that
energy consumption remains the main root cause of anthropogenic greenhouse pollutant …

Linking institutional quality to environmental sustainability

A Jahanger, M Usman… - Sustainable …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the influence of democracy, autocracy, and globalization on carbon
dioxide (CO2) emissions in 69 developing countries from 1990 to 2018. We used the unit …

Modelling environmental degradation in South Africa: the effects of energy consumption, democracy, and globalization using innovation accounting tests

O Usman, IO Olanipekun, PT Iorember… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
This study investigates the effects of energy consumption, democracy and globalization on
environmental degradation in the context of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) for …

The effects of non-renewable energy, renewable energy, economic growth, and foreign direct investment on the sustainability of African countries

N Djellouli, L Abdelli, M Elheddad, R Ahmed… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This study explores the dynamic effect of non-renewable energy, renewable energy,
economic growth, and foreign direct investment on environmental degradation in twenty …

Environmental sustainability in South Africa: Understanding the criticality of economic policy uncertainty, fiscal decentralization, and green innovation

MC Udeagha, E Muchapondwa - Sustainable Development, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
South Africa, like most developing nations, is confronted with choosing between the need to
advance their economy and the need to protect the environment. The United Nations …