Do Green Finance and Environmental Regulation Play a Crucial Role in the Reduction of CO2 Emissions? An Empirical Analysis of 126 Chinese Cities

F Wang, W Cai, E Elahi - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Green finance and environmental regulation can reduce CO2 emissions and promote the
sustainability of economic development. Based on panel data of 126 resource-based …

Effects of Pro-Ecological Investments on an Example of the Heating Industry—Case Study

M Olkiewicz, A Olkiewicz, R Wolniak, A Wyszomirski - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper presents problems connected with the effects of pro-ecological investment on the
example of the heating industry. The aim of the publication, resulting from the identified gap …

Assessing the level of renewable energy development in the European Union member states. A 10-year perspective

J Brodny, M Tutak, P Bindzár - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The global economic development is, to a great extent, dependent on access to large
amounts of cheap energy sources. The growing social awareness of ecology and the …

Convergence in renewable energy consumption and their influencing factors across regions: evidence from convergence algorithm approach

CS Saba, N Ngepah - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022 - Springer
This study examines the convergence in renewable energy consumption over the period
2000–2018 by using a convergence algorithm developed by Phillips and Sul. We used 183 …

Comparison of consumption and renewable sources of energy in European Union Countries—Sectoral indicators, economic conditions and environmental impacts

A Komarnicka, A Murawska - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of energy is a precondition for global economic and civilisational development.
However, the growing demand for energy is depleting traditional energy resources and …

Convergence of KAYA components in the European Union toward the 2050 decarbonization target

S Bigerna, P Polinori - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
The ambitious 2050 decarbonization strategy of the European Union (EU) must implement
and reconcile several economic, social, and technological targets, such as continuous …

Analysis of the situation of renewable and non-renewable energy consumption in the European Union

C Anghelache, MG Anghel, ȘV Iacob, I Pârțachi… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this article, the authors present the results of research undertaken in relation to the
situation regarding renewable and non-renewable energy reserves in the European Union …

Is there convergence in renewable energy deployment? Evidence from a new panel unit root test with smooth and sharp structural breaks

A Corakci, T Omay - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This study examines whether the contribution of renewable energy to the total primary
energy supply converges in a panel of 24 OECD countries over the period 1960–2020. To …

The nexus between sustainable behaviour of tourists from generation z and the factors that influence the protection of environmental quality

GI Butnaru, V Niţă, C Melinte, A Anichiti, G Brînză - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
In a context in which tourism is considered to favour the degradation of the environment, it is
important to promote forms of travel with low environmental impact. Globally, studies have …

The Convergence in the Sustainability of the Economies of the European Union Countries between 2006 and 2016

CI Turturean, C Chirilă, V Chirilă - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
On the background of the exponential growth of the world's population, doubled by the
decrease of natural resources and the continuous, accentuated degradation of the quality of …