The growing focus on regional and international environmental cooperation has helped further discussions about environmental sustainability. This study evaluates agricultural economic productivity and how it is affected ...

Figuring out the convergence and persistence of per capita CO2 emissions matters much for environmental policy makers in both developed and developing countries. The Kyoto Protocol aims at avoiding threat from climate ...

This paper empirically analyses the causal linkages between coal consumption and economic growth in the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) using annual data from 1985 to 2009. Due to the ...

Looking at the recent nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, the consequences were not just environmental or economic. The accident was a big hit to the reputation and trust in nuclear power generation making a number of ...

G7 countries and China are considered not only the biggest energy producers globally but also the largest CO2 emission groups of countries among the world. In this study, we apply the Fourier quantile unit root test to ...

Greener alternatives for fuelling automobiles, such as hydrogen transport and electric vehicles, have shown considerable promise in transportation. Many others are sceptical of the growing enthusiasm for these new technologies, ...

This paper employs an LMDI decomposition exercise to investigate the main factors that affect changes in CO2 emissions of South Africa at national level within the BRICS group of countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, ...

The Bretton Woods institutions and the G20 have undertaken the initiative to promote financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to reduce the high rate of economic poverty. Due to advanced technology in ...

The pollution haven hypo thesis (PHH) postulates that foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows can increase environmental deterioration in developing countries as multinational firms tend to transfer their dirty industries ...

This paper investigates the role that the building of two new power stations, Medupi and Kusile, will play in facilitating future economic activity in South Africa. We use a dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) ...