After the approval of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the United Nations, all the countries have tried to achieve these goals. But unfortunately, the emerging economies are still far away from this ideal track. Because, mostly, the prime focus of emerging economies is just to increase the economic growth, while ignoring its environment-related negative externalities. Following this, the present study highlights the importance of designing the SDG framework for seven emerging (E7) economies, which can be used as a benchmark for other developing and emerging economies. For this purpose, this study uses quantile regression to scrutinize the heterogeneous impact of technological innovation, institutional quality, per capita income, trade openness and population on CO ₂ emission by using the data of E7 countries from 1996 to 2018. The empirical outcomes confirm that technological innovation and institutional quality have performed a major role in reducing CO ₂ emissions. Results also reveal that the current patterns of economic growth in E7 countries are environmentally unsustainable. Based on the results, this study suggests a comprehensive policy framework for attaining SDG 8, SDG 9, SDG 16 and SDG13.

The success of a construction project is a widely discussed topic, even today, and there exists a difference of opinion. The impact of communication and conflict on project success is an important, but least addressed, issue in literature, especially in the case of underdeveloped countries. Miscommunication and conflict not only hinder the success of a project but also may lead to conflicts. The focus of this paper was to examine the impact of communication on project success with the mediating role of conflict. By using SPSS, demographics, descriptive statistics and correlation were determined. Smart PLS version 3.0 was used for confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), internal accuracy and validity estimates, hypothesis checking and mediation testing. The results showed that formal communication has a negative impact on the success of a construction project, resulting in conflicts among project team members, whereas informal communication and communication willingness have a positive impact on project success because people tend to know each other, and trust is developed. Task, process and relationship conflicts were used as mediating variables. It was found that task conflict effects the relations positively because project team members suggest different ways to do a certain task, and, hence, project success is achieved. On the contrary, process conflict and relationship conflict have a negative impact on communication and project success. Both of these conflicts lead to miscommunication, and project success is compromised. Hence, it is the responsibility of the project manager to enhance communication among project team members and to reduce the detrimental effects of process and relationship conflict on project success.