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As a new production factor, digitalization plays a vital role in society, economy, and the environment. Based on the expanded STIRPAT model, this paper empirically tests the impact of energy structure and digital economy on carbon emissions by panel data from 2011 to 2017 in 30 provinces of China. The results show that the energy structure mainly based on coal has a significant driving effect on carbon emissions. Compared with non-resource-based provinces, the increase of energy structure dominated by coal has a greater effect on carbon emission in resource-based provinces. It is worth noting that this kind of influence has a greater impact on the central region of China, followed by the western region and the eastern region. Besides, the digital economy has a significant moderating effect. With the development of digital economy, the impact of coal-based energy structure on carbon emissions is gradually decreasing. This effect is more significant in non-resource-based provinces and eastern China, but not significant in resource-based cities and central and western China.
Yan Li; Xiaodong Yang; Qiying Ran; Haitao Wu; Muhammad Irfan; Munir Ahmad. Energy structure, digital economy, and carbon emissions: evidence from China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2021, 1 -24.
AMA StyleYan Li, Xiaodong Yang, Qiying Ran, Haitao Wu, Muhammad Irfan, Munir Ahmad. Energy structure, digital economy, and carbon emissions: evidence from China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2021; ():1-24.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYan Li; Xiaodong Yang; Qiying Ran; Haitao Wu; Muhammad Irfan; Munir Ahmad. 2021. "Energy structure, digital economy, and carbon emissions: evidence from China." Environmental Science and Pollution Research , no. : 1-24.
This study describes different options regarding financing in low carbon energy sectors and air pollution, which further affect clean production and sustainable environment agenda regarding the Association of southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) states. The purpose of this study is to reduce air pollution and improve environmental production through low carbon energy financing. This study further investigates, which particular country among selected ASEAN states has most affected by air pollution and decrease their energy sources as well as clean productivity level. The findings of this study indicate that transformation toward low carbon energy increased energy efficiency encouraged by all sectors of society in the target countries. It is observed that around 20,000 people have died in South East Asia (SEA) every year due to the polluted air environment among these countries.
Muhammad K Anser; Muhammad Usman; Danish I Godil; Malik S Shabbir; Mosab Ismail Tabash; Munir Ahmad; Aysha Zamir; Lydia B Lopez. Does air pollution affect clean production of sustainable environmental agenda through low carbon energy financing? evidence from ASEAN countries. Energy & Environment 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleMuhammad K Anser, Muhammad Usman, Danish I Godil, Malik S Shabbir, Mosab Ismail Tabash, Munir Ahmad, Aysha Zamir, Lydia B Lopez. Does air pollution affect clean production of sustainable environmental agenda through low carbon energy financing? evidence from ASEAN countries. Energy & Environment. 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMuhammad K Anser; Muhammad Usman; Danish I Godil; Malik S Shabbir; Mosab Ismail Tabash; Munir Ahmad; Aysha Zamir; Lydia B Lopez. 2021. "Does air pollution affect clean production of sustainable environmental agenda through low carbon energy financing? evidence from ASEAN countries." Energy & Environment , no. : 1.
Since the adoption of green energy technologies (GETs) is an essential step toward a sustainable future, it prompts global researchers to examine the dimensions influencing the consumers’ willingness to buy GETs. This work investigates the pushing and inhibiting influence dimensions of consumers’ willingness to buy GETs in a green perceived value framework. A partial least square approach is employed to analyze the questionnaire data of 287 Pakistanis. The findings are as follows: first, the functional dimension, conditional dimension, benefits of GETs, and GETs as a substitute solution of load shedding are called pushing dimensions, encouraging consumers’ willingness to buy GETs. Second, the inhibiting dimensions included cost and investment risk of GETs, suggesting that overcoming high cost and investment risk can increase those technologies’ uptake. Last, social and emotional dimensions are termed as neutral dimensions, implying that consumers overlook emotional attachment with and societal perception of GETs.
Gul Jabeen; Munir Ahmad; Qingyu Zhang. Factors influencing consumers’ willingness to buy green energy technologies in a green perceived value framework. Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy 2021, 16, 669 -685.
AMA StyleGul Jabeen, Munir Ahmad, Qingyu Zhang. Factors influencing consumers’ willingness to buy green energy technologies in a green perceived value framework. Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy. 2021; 16 (7):669-685.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGul Jabeen; Munir Ahmad; Qingyu Zhang. 2021. "Factors influencing consumers’ willingness to buy green energy technologies in a green perceived value framework." Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy 16, no. 7: 669-685.
Elma Satrovic; Munir Ahmad; Adnan Muslija. Does democracy improve environmental quality of GCC region? Analysis robust to cross-section dependence and slope heterogeneity. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2021, 1 -16.
AMA StyleElma Satrovic, Munir Ahmad, Adnan Muslija. Does democracy improve environmental quality of GCC region? Analysis robust to cross-section dependence and slope heterogeneity. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2021; ():1-16.
Chicago/Turabian StyleElma Satrovic; Munir Ahmad; Adnan Muslija. 2021. "Does democracy improve environmental quality of GCC region? Analysis robust to cross-section dependence and slope heterogeneity." Environmental Science and Pollution Research , no. : 1-16.
Since the role of fiscal decentralization cannot be overlooked in tracking sustainable development goals targets of a clean environment and climate mitigation, it is inevitable to understand the comprehensive picture of its link with environmental quality. Unlike past studies, this study investigates the combined influence of energy prices and non-linear fiscal decentralization on carbon emissions in the presence of institutional quality and gross domestic product in the model. It employed advanced econometric panel techniques on data from 1990 to 2018 for the top seven fiscally decentralized Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations, including Spain, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, and Canada. The main outcomes are as follows: first, a cointegrating equilibrium link is existent among the study variables. Second, the linear term of fiscal decentralization promotes carbon emissions, while the non-linear term mitigates it. It verified the inverted U-shaped curve between fiscal decentralization and carbon emissions. Third, increasing energy prices for non-renewable energy decrease carbon emission due to a substitution effect. Among other explanatory variables, improvement in the quality of institutions decreases carbon emissions, while the gross domestic product increases it. These findings suggest strengthening fiscal decentralization, lowering non-renewable energy prices, and improving institutional quality to check the deteriorating environmental quality in the study sample and other worldwide regions.
Shan Shan; Munir Ahmad; Zhixiong Tan; Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo; Rita Yi Man Li; Dervis Kirikkaleli. The role of energy prices and non-linear fiscal decentralization in limiting carbon emissions: Tracking environmental sustainability. Energy 2021, 234, 121243 .
AMA StyleShan Shan, Munir Ahmad, Zhixiong Tan, Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo, Rita Yi Man Li, Dervis Kirikkaleli. The role of energy prices and non-linear fiscal decentralization in limiting carbon emissions: Tracking environmental sustainability. Energy. 2021; 234 ():121243.
Chicago/Turabian StyleShan Shan; Munir Ahmad; Zhixiong Tan; Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo; Rita Yi Man Li; Dervis Kirikkaleli. 2021. "The role of energy prices and non-linear fiscal decentralization in limiting carbon emissions: Tracking environmental sustainability." Energy 234, no. : 121243.
The outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has become a global concern that is deteriorating environmental quality and damaging human health. Though some researchers have investigated the linkage between temperature and COVID-19 transmissibility across different geographical locations and over time, yet these studies are scarce. This study aims to bridge this gap using daily temperature and COVID-19 cases (transmissibility) by employing grey incidence analysis (GIA) models (i.e., Deng’s grey incidence analysis (DGIA), the absolute degree GIA (ADGIA), the second synthetic degree GIA (SSDGIA), the conservative (maximin) model) and correlation analysis. Data on temperature are accessed from the NASA database, while the data on COVID-19 cases are collected from the official website of the government of Pakistan. Empirical results reveal the existence of linkages between temperature and COVID-19 in all Pakistani provinces. These linkages vary from a relatively stronger to a relatively weaker linkage. Based on calculated weights, the strength of linkages is ranked across provinces as follows: Gilgit Baltistan (0.715301) > Baluchistan (0.675091) > Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (0.619893) > Punjab (0.619286) > Sindh (0.601736). The disparity in the strength of linkage among provinces is explained by the discrepancy in the intensity of temperature. Besides, the diagrammatic correlation analysis shows that temperature is inversely linked to COVID-19 cases (per million persons) over time, implying that low temperatures are associated with high COVID-19 transmissibility and vice versa. This study is among the first of its kind to consider the linkages between temperature and COVID-19 transmissibility for a tropical climate country (Pakistan) using the advanced GIA models. Research findings provide an up-to-date glimpse of the outbreak and emphasize the need to raise public awareness about the devastating impacts of the COVID-19. The educational syllabus should provide information on the causes, signs, and precautions of the pandemic. Additionally, individuals should practice handwashing, social distancing, personal hygiene, mask-wearing, and the use of hand sanitizers to ensure a secure and supportive atmosphere for preventing and controlling the current pandemic.
Muhammad Irfan; Muhammad Ikram; Munir Ahmad; Haitao Wu; Yu Hao. Does temperature matter for COVID-19 transmissibility? Evidence across Pakistani provinces. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2021, 1 -15.
AMA StyleMuhammad Irfan, Muhammad Ikram, Munir Ahmad, Haitao Wu, Yu Hao. Does temperature matter for COVID-19 transmissibility? Evidence across Pakistani provinces. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2021; ():1-15.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMuhammad Irfan; Muhammad Ikram; Munir Ahmad; Haitao Wu; Yu Hao. 2021. "Does temperature matter for COVID-19 transmissibility? Evidence across Pakistani provinces." Environmental Science and Pollution Research , no. : 1-15.
Since the development of the service sector and renewable energy reduce fossil-based energy consumption which mitigates CO2 emissions and this nexus provides a better understanding of the environmental sustainability. Considering the substantially increasing contribution of service sector and tremendous potential for renewable energy in ASEAN5 countries, leaning forward from ASEAN’s energy and growth nexus, this study examines the impact of service sector contribution and renewable energy on the environmental quality of ASEAN5 using annual data from 1990 to 2018. The results of the fully modified ordinary least squared, dynamic ordinary least squared, and canonical co-integrating regressions depicted that the service sectors of Thailand, the Philippines, and Singapore augment CO2 emissions; however, the service sectors of Malaysia and Indonesia could reduce CO2 emissions. The increasing share of renewable energy can enhance environmental quality, but its magnitude varies in ASEAN5 economies; non-renewable energy, population, and economic development deteriorate the environment. Our results confirm the existence of environmental Kuznets curve in all the ASEAN5; the Gregory-Hansen test confirmed that results are robust. Finally, the Granger causality designated that economic development and non-renewable energy have a significant causal relationship with CO2 emission of ASEAN5 countries. These findings suggest that the ASEAN5 economies need to optimize their economic structure for promoting sustainable development in the long run. Graphical abstract
Fayyaz Ahmad; Muhammad Umar Draz; Abbas Ali Chandio; Lijuan Su; Munir Ahmad; Muhammad Irfan. Investigating the myth of smokeless industry: environmental sustainability in the ASEAN countries and the role of service sector and renewable energy. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2021, 1 -18.
AMA StyleFayyaz Ahmad, Muhammad Umar Draz, Abbas Ali Chandio, Lijuan Su, Munir Ahmad, Muhammad Irfan. Investigating the myth of smokeless industry: environmental sustainability in the ASEAN countries and the role of service sector and renewable energy. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2021; ():1-18.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFayyaz Ahmad; Muhammad Umar Draz; Abbas Ali Chandio; Lijuan Su; Munir Ahmad; Muhammad Irfan. 2021. "Investigating the myth of smokeless industry: environmental sustainability in the ASEAN countries and the role of service sector and renewable energy." Environmental Science and Pollution Research , no. : 1-18.
Since human beings have a long tradition of coexistence with pandemics, which may profoundly impact them, adopting preventive measures is crucial for humankind’s survival. This study explores the intention-based critical factors affecting the willingness of individuals to adopt pandemic prevention. To this end, a representative sample of 931 Pakistanis filled in an online questionnaire. However, only 828 questionnaires were found to be complete and valid for path modeling analysis. The core findings are as follows: Firstly, peer groups’ beliefs, self-efficacy, perceived risk, pandemic knowledge, ease of pandemic prevention adoption, and risk-averse behavior are revealed as driving forces of the individuals’ willingness to adopt pandemic prevention. Contrastingly, a lack of trust in political will and mythical attitude towards pandemics are uncovered as inhibitors. Nevertheless, moral values depict a neutral role. Secondly, the peer groups’ beliefs are highest ranked, followed by the lack of trust in political will and a mythical attitude towards pandemic prevention. Finally, moral values are determined as the lowest-ranked critical factor. Based on these results, the government should promote awareness campaigns on lethality and fatality of the pandemic at both centralized and decentralized levels to win people’s trust at the grass-roots level and overcome the mythical attitude of individuals at all societal levels. Besides, access to personal protective gears should be made feasible since an easier pandemic prevention adoption would increase the individuals’ willingness to adopt such preventative measures.
Munir Ahmad; Nadeem Akhtar; Gul Jabeen; Muhammad Irfan; Muhammad Khalid Anser; Haitao Wu; Cem Işık. Intention-Based Critical Factors Affecting Willingness to Adopt Novel Coronavirus Prevention in Pakistan: Implications for Future Pandemics. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 6167 .
AMA StyleMunir Ahmad, Nadeem Akhtar, Gul Jabeen, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Khalid Anser, Haitao Wu, Cem Işık. Intention-Based Critical Factors Affecting Willingness to Adopt Novel Coronavirus Prevention in Pakistan: Implications for Future Pandemics. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (11):6167.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMunir Ahmad; Nadeem Akhtar; Gul Jabeen; Muhammad Irfan; Muhammad Khalid Anser; Haitao Wu; Cem Işık. 2021. "Intention-Based Critical Factors Affecting Willingness to Adopt Novel Coronavirus Prevention in Pakistan: Implications for Future Pandemics." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 11: 6167.
Developing countries are enthusiastically on the road to economic progress and economic openness, which is proved to be a silver bullet for them. However, it has put their environmental quality at stake. This study examines whether economic openness and electricity consumption matter for environmental deterioration by controlling for the influence of economic progress. For this, we have used time series frequency data of Pakistan from 1971 to 2016 and employed the state-of-the-art dynamic autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) simulation model. The model has the advantage over traditional ARDL in determining the positive and negative environmental deterioration variations induced by economic openness, electricity consumption, and economic progress. The main findings are as follows: Firstly, electricity consumption in both long and short run positively and significantly influenced CO2 emissions, while long-run influence exceeded that of short run. Secondly, economic progress validated an environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis and thus limited the environmental degradation. Thirdly, economic openness showed an insignificant influence on CO2 emissions both in the long and short run. Based on research findings, it is suggested that economic progress and economic openness are not the direct culprits to deteriorate a developing country’s environmental condition like Pakistan; rather, electricity consumption remained the key role player. Therefore, the transition from fossil-based electricity consumption to renewable energy consumption would provide a sustainable pathway towards achieving sustainable economic openness in the future.
Ali Jan; Zhao Xin-Gang; Munir Ahmad; Muhammad Irfan; Shahid Ali. Do economic openness and electricity consumption matter for environmental deterioration: silver bullet or a stake? Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2021, 1 -16.
AMA StyleAli Jan, Zhao Xin-Gang, Munir Ahmad, Muhammad Irfan, Shahid Ali. Do economic openness and electricity consumption matter for environmental deterioration: silver bullet or a stake? Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2021; ():1-16.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAli Jan; Zhao Xin-Gang; Munir Ahmad; Muhammad Irfan; Shahid Ali. 2021. "Do economic openness and electricity consumption matter for environmental deterioration: silver bullet or a stake?" Environmental Science and Pollution Research , no. : 1-16.
While emerging economies face the challenge of competing with developed nations, they are capable of catching up to the developed world. In this context, financial development and the degree of economic openness may provide better living conditions for the current generation without giving up future generations’ prosperity. Therefore, this research’s prime intention is to investigate the impact of economic openness and financial development on economic progress, employing Pakistan’s time-series data from 1975–2018. To examine the long-term association between economic openness, financial development, and economic progress, Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) cointegration tests were performed and the results present a long-term association between these variables. Findings from ARDL estimates indicate that the relationship between financial development and economic progress is significantly positive in the long term. Contrastingly, the relationship between economic openness and economic progress is significantly positive in the short term. A fully modified ordinary least square technique was applied to check the robustness of the long-term links. The Granger causality test revealed that economic progress is motivated by both economic openness and financial development in an emerging economy such as Pakistan. Thus, policies boosting financial development and economic openness are proposed to put the emerging economies on a path of sustainable economic development.
Ammara Hussain; Ammar Oad; Munir Ahmad; Muhammad Irfan; Farhan Saqib. Do Financial Development and Economic Openness Matter for Economic Progress in an Emerging Country? Seeking a Sustainable Development Path. Journal of Risk and Financial Management 2021, 14, 237 .
AMA StyleAmmara Hussain, Ammar Oad, Munir Ahmad, Muhammad Irfan, Farhan Saqib. Do Financial Development and Economic Openness Matter for Economic Progress in an Emerging Country? Seeking a Sustainable Development Path. Journal of Risk and Financial Management. 2021; 14 (6):237.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAmmara Hussain; Ammar Oad; Munir Ahmad; Muhammad Irfan; Farhan Saqib. 2021. "Do Financial Development and Economic Openness Matter for Economic Progress in an Emerging Country? Seeking a Sustainable Development Path." Journal of Risk and Financial Management 14, no. 6: 237.
Carbon dioxide emission and GHGs are associated with fossil fuels which have adverse effects on the environment. The key intention of this paper was to determine the asymmetric effect of CO2 emission on expenditures, trade, FDI, and renewable energy consumption in Pakistan. An asymmetrical technique (nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag) was employed to validate the constructive and adverse relation among variables. Furthermore, the Granger causality test was also used to verify the unidirectional association amid variables. Study outcomes revealed that the adverse shocks of renewable energy consumption exposed expressively to upsurge CO2 emission in the short-run dynamics. Conversely, constructive shocks of renewable energy consumption display an adversative association with CO2 emission. Furthermore, the decreasing trend in foreign direct investment tends to impede the detrimental effects of CO2 emission. Additionally, the variable expenditures also create the non-eco-friendly impacts and manifest the positive linkage through CO2 emission. Trade possesses statistically insignificant linkage with environmental degradation. The results also disclose that positive as well as negative variations in the foreign direct investment expose to degrade the environmental eminence. Long-run results suggest the direct association between downward trend in renewable energy consumption and CO2 emission signifying that the pollution level decreases, and the upward trend in renewable energy consumption, however, demonstrates insignificantly positive effects. The results also disclose that positive as well as negative variations in the FDI lead to degrade the CO2 emission. Moreover, it is found that the expenditures soar the issue of pollution again in the long run. Finally, the consequence of trade on CO2 emission is adverse, as the outcome suggests. In order to improve the environmental policies for sustainable growth, the study provides direction toward a sustainable environment by reducing carbon dioxide emission.
Abdul Rehman; Hengyun Ma; Munir Ahmad; Ilhan Ozturk; Cem Işık. An asymmetrical analysis to explore the dynamic impacts of CO2 emission to renewable energy, expenditures, foreign direct investment, and trade in Pakistan. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2021, 1 -13.
AMA StyleAbdul Rehman, Hengyun Ma, Munir Ahmad, Ilhan Ozturk, Cem Işık. An asymmetrical analysis to explore the dynamic impacts of CO2 emission to renewable energy, expenditures, foreign direct investment, and trade in Pakistan. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2021; ():1-13.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAbdul Rehman; Hengyun Ma; Munir Ahmad; Ilhan Ozturk; Cem Işık. 2021. "An asymmetrical analysis to explore the dynamic impacts of CO2 emission to renewable energy, expenditures, foreign direct investment, and trade in Pakistan." Environmental Science and Pollution Research , no. : 1-13.
Since the turn of twenty first century, economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and geopolitical risk (GPR) have escalated across the globe. These two factors have both economic and environmental impacts. However, there exists dearth of literature that expounds the impact of EPU and GPR on environmental degradation. This study, therefore, probes the impact of EPU and GPR on ecological footprint (proxy for environmental degradation) in selected emerging economies. Cross-sectional dependence test, slope heterogeneity test, Westerlund co-integration test, fully modified least ordinary least square estimator, dynamic OLS estimator, and augmented mean group estimator are employed to conduct the robust analyses. The findings reveal that EPU and non-renewable energy consumption escalate ecological footprint, whereas GPR and renewable energy plunge ecological footprint. In addition, findings from the causality test reveal both uni-directional and bi-directional causality between a few variables. Based on the findings, we deduce several policy implications to accomplish the sustainable development goals in emerging economies.
Muhammad Anser; Qasim Syed; Hooi Lean; Andrew Alola; Munir Ahmad. Do Economic Policy Uncertainty and Geopolitical Risk Lead to Environmental Degradation? Evidence from Emerging Economies. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5866 .
AMA StyleMuhammad Anser, Qasim Syed, Hooi Lean, Andrew Alola, Munir Ahmad. Do Economic Policy Uncertainty and Geopolitical Risk Lead to Environmental Degradation? Evidence from Emerging Economies. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (11):5866.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMuhammad Anser; Qasim Syed; Hooi Lean; Andrew Alola; Munir Ahmad. 2021. "Do Economic Policy Uncertainty and Geopolitical Risk Lead to Environmental Degradation? Evidence from Emerging Economies." Sustainability 13, no. 11: 5866.
This work analyzed the long-run (LR) and short-run (SR) effects of renewable and non-renewable energy (RE and NRE) usage, economic development (ED), agricultural value-added (AVA), and forestry area (FA) on the environmental quality (EQ) in China spanning from 1990 to 2015. The autoregressive distributed lags (ARDL) bounds testing method and the Johansen cointegration approach are applied to produce empirical estimates. The empirical results of the ARDL and the fully modified ordinary least square (FMOLS) estimators established that renewable energy usage and forest area reduce CO2 emissions and improve the environmental quality, while non-renewable energy consumption, economic development, and agricultural output increase the level of CO2 emissions in China. The robustness of outcomes is checked through the Granger causality test, impulse response function (IRF), and variance decomposition method (VDM) suggesting that fossil fuel usage in the agriculture production process is mainly accountable for China’s CO2 emissions. These findings have inherent policy implications for the central and local Chinese government, which are exhibited in the “Conclusions” section.
Abbas Ali Chandio; Waqar Akram; Ilhan Ozturk; Munir Ahmad; Fayyaz Ahmad. Towards long-term sustainable environment: does agriculture and renewable energy consumption matter? Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2021, 1 -20.
AMA StyleAbbas Ali Chandio, Waqar Akram, Ilhan Ozturk, Munir Ahmad, Fayyaz Ahmad. Towards long-term sustainable environment: does agriculture and renewable energy consumption matter? Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2021; ():1-20.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAbbas Ali Chandio; Waqar Akram; Ilhan Ozturk; Munir Ahmad; Fayyaz Ahmad. 2021. "Towards long-term sustainable environment: does agriculture and renewable energy consumption matter?" Environmental Science and Pollution Research , no. : 1-20.
Since renewable energy has the paramount importance of achieving environmental sustainability, developing countries like Pakistan have been facing numerous renewable energy generation (REG) development challenges. Thus, the REG development in any country can be attributed to its crucial drivers as well as crucial barriers. This work aims to identify crucial influence factors of REG development by conducting multi-facet content analysis as well as partial least square–based structural equation modeling analysis on data collected through a questionnaire survey. It has been conducted based on academicians from four Pakistani universities as well as professionals from Islamabad Electric Supply Company. The key outcomes are as follows: First, through multi-facet content analysis, ten crucial influence factors are identified. Among those factors, lack of good governance, renewable energy adaptation, and governmental energy policies are revealed to be the crucial barriers to REG development, whereas endowed resources, power production approach, renewable energy demand, investment environment for renewable energy projects, economic returns of renewable energy projects, environmental effects, and public acceptance are found to be the crucial drivers of REG development. Based on relative significance, the lack of good governance is unveiled to be the most significant factor, while environmental effects is found to be the least significant one. Moreover, among the drivers of REG development, public acceptance is found to be the prime contributor. At the same time, among crucial barriers, lack of good governance has shown the largest contribution to REG development.
Nousheen Fatima; Yanbin Li; Munir Ahmad; Gul Jabeen; Xiaoyu Li. Factors influencing renewable energy generation development: a way to environmental sustainability. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2021, 1 -19.
AMA StyleNousheen Fatima, Yanbin Li, Munir Ahmad, Gul Jabeen, Xiaoyu Li. Factors influencing renewable energy generation development: a way to environmental sustainability. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2021; ():1-19.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNousheen Fatima; Yanbin Li; Munir Ahmad; Gul Jabeen; Xiaoyu Li. 2021. "Factors influencing renewable energy generation development: a way to environmental sustainability." Environmental Science and Pollution Research , no. : 1-19.
The present study aims to investigate the effects of information and communication technology, foreign direct investment, trade and renewable energy use with GDP growth in Pakistan using time series data ranging from 1985 to 2017. Stationarity of data was verified by using unit root tests including ADF and P-P, while an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model was used to check the dynamic association amid prescribed variables with long- and short-run analysis. Furthermore, cointegrating regression analysis with FMOLS, DOLS and CCR was applied to validate the variables causality. The outcomes during long-run analysis show that ICTE, trade and renewable energy have constructive linkage to GDP growth, while foreign direct investment has adverse influence to GDP growth in Pakistan. Similarly, the outcomes from cointegrating regression technique exposed that all variables including foreign direct investment, ICTE and trade have positive and constructive association with GDP growth except renewable energy that causes the adverse association to GDP growth in Pakistan. On the basis of outcomes, we will discuss the policy recommendations.
Abdul Rehman; Hengyun Ma; Munir Ahmad; Ilhan Ozturk; Cem Işık. Estimating the connection of information technology, foreign direct investment, trade, renewable energy and economic progress in Pakistan: evidence from ARDL approach and cointegrating regression analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2021, 1 -13.
AMA StyleAbdul Rehman, Hengyun Ma, Munir Ahmad, Ilhan Ozturk, Cem Işık. Estimating the connection of information technology, foreign direct investment, trade, renewable energy and economic progress in Pakistan: evidence from ARDL approach and cointegrating regression analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2021; ():1-13.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAbdul Rehman; Hengyun Ma; Munir Ahmad; Ilhan Ozturk; Cem Işık. 2021. "Estimating the connection of information technology, foreign direct investment, trade, renewable energy and economic progress in Pakistan: evidence from ARDL approach and cointegrating regression analysis." Environmental Science and Pollution Research , no. : 1-13.
As an important production factor, land resources significantly impact green technology innovation. However, the misallocation of land resources caused by the government's "second-hand" land supply strategy has become increasingly prominent, which will adversely affect green technology innovation by affecting the allocation of innovative elements. Based on the research data of 252 cities in China from 2008 to 2017, this paper uses panel space measurement estimation and panel threshold estimation empirical methods to test the theoretical hypothesis of the impact of misallocation of land resources on green technology innovation. The study finds that local or neighboring land resources' misallocation has a hindering effect on local green technology innovation. Furthermore, the misallocation of land resources has a threshold effect on the impact of green technology innovation. The relatively high level of local economic development and environmental regulation reduces the restraining effect of the misallocation of land resources on green technology innovation, and vice versa. Therefore, local governments should optimize the allocation of innovative elements, accelerate the construction of an efficient and market-oriented green technology innovation system, reduce the excessive intervention in land resources, and enhance the vitality of innovation entities to improve the level of green technology innovation.
Xincai Gao; Shuai Wang; Fayyaz Ahmad; Abbas Ali Chandio; Munir Ahmad; Dan Xue. The nexus between misallocation of land resources and green technological innovation: a novel investigation of Chinese cities. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy 2021, 1 -15.
AMA StyleXincai Gao, Shuai Wang, Fayyaz Ahmad, Abbas Ali Chandio, Munir Ahmad, Dan Xue. The nexus between misallocation of land resources and green technological innovation: a novel investigation of Chinese cities. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. 2021; ():1-15.
Chicago/Turabian StyleXincai Gao; Shuai Wang; Fayyaz Ahmad; Abbas Ali Chandio; Munir Ahmad; Dan Xue. 2021. "The nexus between misallocation of land resources and green technological innovation: a novel investigation of Chinese cities." Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy , no. : 1-15.
Achieving carbon neutrality is of great importance to many developed and developing countries around the globe. Global warming is one of the leading issues caused by human activities. To cope with environmental challenges, and to achieve carbon neutrality, fiscal decentralization and eco-innovation are promising strategies that can also enable countries and local governments to pursue visible economic growth. This study investigates the role of export diversification, environment-related technological innovation, and fiscal decentralization in effectively achieving carbon neutrality target for 37 OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) economies from 1970 to 2019. For empirical analysis, it uses second-generation tests that deal with heterogeneity and cross-sectional dependence issues. To this end, this study employs updated cointegration techniques. The augmented mean group (AMG) approach is used to examine the long-run dynamic equilibrium among the variables of interest. The findings indicate that export diversification and fiscal decentralization followed by GDP growth affect carbon dioxide emission positively. While renewable energy consumption and environment-related technological innovation assure environmental improvement. Additionally, short-run causal and unidirectional links are found running from fiscal decentralization, export diversification, and environment-related technological innovation to carbon emissions. Our findings suggest that OECD partner countries need to be careful while devising fiscal decentralization and export diversification policies. They should increase the share of renewable energy, and expand environment-related technological innovation. Such strategic efforts would direct the OECD countries to meet the climate change mitigation agenda of sustainable development goals.
Najaf Iqbal; Kashif Raza Abbasi; Riazullah Shinwari; Wan Guangcai; Munir Ahmad; Kai Tang. Does exports diversification and environmental innovation achieve carbon neutrality target of OECD economies? Journal of Environmental Management 2021, 291, 112648 .
AMA StyleNajaf Iqbal, Kashif Raza Abbasi, Riazullah Shinwari, Wan Guangcai, Munir Ahmad, Kai Tang. Does exports diversification and environmental innovation achieve carbon neutrality target of OECD economies? Journal of Environmental Management. 2021; 291 ():112648.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNajaf Iqbal; Kashif Raza Abbasi; Riazullah Shinwari; Wan Guangcai; Munir Ahmad; Kai Tang. 2021. "Does exports diversification and environmental innovation achieve carbon neutrality target of OECD economies?" Journal of Environmental Management 291, no. : 112648.
Face masks are considered an effective intervention in controlling the spread of airborne viruses, as evidenced by the 2009′s H1N1 swine flu and 2003′s severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreaks. However, research aiming to examine public willingness to wear (WTW) face masks in Pakistan are scarce. The current research aims to overcome this research void and contributes by expanding the theoretical mechanism of theory of planned behavior (TPB) to include three novel dimensions (risk perceptions of the pandemic, perceived benefits of face masks, and unavailability of face masks) to comprehensively analyze the factors that motivate people to, or inhibit people from, wearing face masks. The study is based on an inclusive questionnaire survey of a sample of 738 respondents in the provincial capitals of Pakistan, namely, Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi, Gilgit, and Quetta. Structural equation modeling (SEM) is used to analyze the proposed hypotheses. The results show that attitude, social norms, risk perceptions of the pandemic, and perceived benefits of face masks are the major influencing factors that positively affect public WTW face masks, whereas the cost of face masks and unavailability of face masks tend to have opposite effects. The results emphasize the need to enhance risk perceptions by publicizing the deadly effects of COVID-19 on the environment and society, ensure the availability of face masks at an affordable price, and make integrated and coherent efforts to highlight the benefits that face masks offer.
Muhammad Irfan; Nadeem Akhtar; Munir Ahmad; Farrukh Shahzad; Rajvikram Elavarasan; Haitao Wu; Chuxiao Yang. Assessing Public Willingness to Wear Face Masks during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Fresh Insights from the Theory of Planned Behavior. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 4577 .
AMA StyleMuhammad Irfan, Nadeem Akhtar, Munir Ahmad, Farrukh Shahzad, Rajvikram Elavarasan, Haitao Wu, Chuxiao Yang. Assessing Public Willingness to Wear Face Masks during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Fresh Insights from the Theory of Planned Behavior. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (9):4577.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMuhammad Irfan; Nadeem Akhtar; Munir Ahmad; Farrukh Shahzad; Rajvikram Elavarasan; Haitao Wu; Chuxiao Yang. 2021. "Assessing Public Willingness to Wear Face Masks during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Fresh Insights from the Theory of Planned Behavior." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 9: 4577.
Tacit knowledge sharing is an essential intellectual capital for frontline employees in hotel enterprises. While the relationship of knowledge sharing with team culture (TC) and innovative work behavior (IWB) was investigated in the extant literature, little is known about the extent to which tacit knowledge sharing affects TC and IWB. In this regard, the purpose of this study is to investigate the role of tacit knowledge sharing in the relationship between TC and IWB. For this purpose, data were gathered from 360 department managers of Turkish 4–5 star hotels. The results were analyzed utilizing Smart PLS 3 using bootstrapping to determine the level of significance of the relationships between tacit knowledge sharing, TC and IWB. The results show statistically significant relationships between tacit knowledge sharing, TC and IWB. Moreover, tacit knowledge sharing has a mediating role in the relationship between team culture and innovative work behavior.
Cem Işık; Ekrem Aydın; Tarik Dogru; Abdul Rehman; Rafael Alvarado; Munir Ahmad; Muhammad Irfan. The Nexus between Team Culture, Innovative Work Behaviour and Tacit Knowledge Sharing: Theory and Evidence. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4333 .
AMA StyleCem Işık, Ekrem Aydın, Tarik Dogru, Abdul Rehman, Rafael Alvarado, Munir Ahmad, Muhammad Irfan. The Nexus between Team Culture, Innovative Work Behaviour and Tacit Knowledge Sharing: Theory and Evidence. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (8):4333.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCem Işık; Ekrem Aydın; Tarik Dogru; Abdul Rehman; Rafael Alvarado; Munir Ahmad; Muhammad Irfan. 2021. "The Nexus between Team Culture, Innovative Work Behaviour and Tacit Knowledge Sharing: Theory and Evidence." Sustainability 13, no. 8: 4333.
This empirical work aims to investigate the long-run impact of climatic factors (i.e., CO2 emissions, precipitation, and temperature), and non-climatic factors (i.e., cultivated area, fertilizer consumption, and rural labor force) on rice production in selected major Asian rice-producing countries over the period 1961–2016. The results of the heterogeneous panel cointegration test show the existence of a long-term equilibrium relationship among the variables. The results of DOLS reveal that climatic factors such as CO2 emissions and temperature significantly reduced rice production in the long-run, while precipitation increased rice production in the long-run. Further findings show that non-climatic factors including cultivated area, fertilizer consumption, and rural labor force significantly enhanced rice production in the long run. It is evident from the findings that precipitation and production factors such as cultivated area, fertilizer consumption, and rural labor force played a vital role in increasing rice production and secure food security in major Asian rice-producing countries. Based on the present findings, this study suggests that to reduce the adverse effects of climate change and ensure food security, there is a need to improve adaptation strategies.
Abbas Ali Chandio; Korhan K. Gokmenoglu; Munir Ahmad; Yuansheng Jiang. Towards Sustainable Rice Production in Asia: The Role of Climatic Factors. Earth Systems and Environment 2021, 1 -14.
AMA StyleAbbas Ali Chandio, Korhan K. Gokmenoglu, Munir Ahmad, Yuansheng Jiang. Towards Sustainable Rice Production in Asia: The Role of Climatic Factors. Earth Systems and Environment. 2021; ():1-14.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAbbas Ali Chandio; Korhan K. Gokmenoglu; Munir Ahmad; Yuansheng Jiang. 2021. "Towards Sustainable Rice Production in Asia: The Role of Climatic Factors." Earth Systems and Environment , no. : 1-14.