College of Public Administration, Huazhong University of Science and Technology-Main Campus, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Oct;28(40):56808-56821. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-14650-7. Epub 2021 Jun 2.
The theme of the environmental upgrades and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations is "Better Environment, Better tomorrow." This study uses regulatory quality (RgQ) and energy consumption per capita (EC) as explanatory variables and foreign direct investment (FDI) as an integrating variable with RgQ and EC and examines their impacts on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from 2001 to 2018 in panel Asian economies. The findings indicate that EC negatively impacts GHG emissions, while RgQ positively promotes the reduction of GHG emissions in Asia. In addition, FDI has an integrating role, as sufficient FDI inflows significantly enhance clean energy use and EC efficiency. Such inflows also support and improve Asia's regulation quality by upgrading standardization investments and technology deployment to enhance institutional quality and achieve SDGs. FDI inflows have thus been vital in environment upgrading in Asia and regional sustainable environmental development.
环境升级和联合国可持续发展目标（SDGs）的主题是“更好的环境，更美好的明天”。本研究以监管质量（RgQ）和人均能源消费（EC）为解释变量，以外国直接投资（FDI）为整合变量，利用 RgQ 和 EC 检验了它们对 2001 年至 2018 年面板亚洲经济体温室气体（GHG）排放的影响。研究结果表明，EC 对 GHG 排放有负面影响，而 RgQ 则对亚洲 GHG 减排有积极的促进作用。此外，FDI 具有整合作用，因为充足的 FDI 流入显著提高了清洁能源的使用效率和 EC 效率。这种流入还通过升级标准化投资和技术部署来支持和改善亚洲的监管质量，提高制度质量，实现 SDGs。因此，FDI 流入在亚洲的环境升级和区域可持续环境发展中至关重要。
