School of Business, Nanjing Normal University, No. 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China.
Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 May;30(22):61290-61303. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-17092-3. Epub 2021 Nov 24.
The study aims to test the nexus of green financing with renewable electricity generation and energy efficiency. The study used data envelopment analysis (DEA) technique during the year of 2016 to 2020 in developed and developing countries. The findings show that there is a 24% possibility of worldwide rise in expenditures in renewable energy through energy efficiency projects and probably could fall around 17% much further in 2017 and 2018. This may jeopardize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris climate change agreement. Lack of access to private financing slows the development of green initiatives. Now that sustainable energy is not about science and technology, it is all about getting financing in developed and developing countries. As policy measure, the study suggested to value environmental initiatives, like other infrastructure initiatives, for greater electricity generation and energy efficiency in developed and developing countries. Such infrastructural projects need long-term financing and capital intensiveness. It is further suggested to sustain growth, development, and energy poverty reduction, and around $26 trillion would be required, in terms of green financing, in the developed and developing countries alone by the year 2030 to enhance energy efficiency. To achieve energy sustainability goals in developed and developing countries, recent research suggested some policy implication considering the post COVID-19 time. If such policy implications are implemented successfully, there are chances that green financing would make energy generation and energy efficiency effective.
本研究旨在测试绿色融资与可再生发电和能源效率的关系。本研究在 2016 年至 2020 年期间使用了数据包络分析（DEA）技术，对发达国家和发展中国家进行了研究。研究结果表明，通过能效项目，全球可再生能源支出可能会增加 24%，而在 2017 年和 2018 年，这一数字可能会进一步下降约 17%。这可能会危及可持续发展目标（SDGs）和巴黎气候变化协定。缺乏获得私人融资的机会减缓了绿色倡议的发展。现在，可持续能源不仅仅关乎科学和技术，还关乎在发达国家和发展中国家获得融资。作为政策措施，该研究建议重视环境倡议，将其视为其他基础设施倡议，以在发达国家和发展中国家实现更大的发电和能源效率。这些基础设施项目需要长期融资和资本密集度。此外，研究还建议维持增长、发展和减少能源贫困，仅在发达国家和发展中国家，到 2030 年就需要 26 万亿美元的绿色融资，以提高能源效率。为了实现发达国家和发展中国家的能源可持续性目标，最近的研究考虑到了后 COVID-19 时期，提出了一些政策影响。如果这些政策影响得到成功实施，绿色融资将有可能使能源生产和能源效率更加有效。
