Groupe Ecole de Commerce de Lyon, Lyon, France.
School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Jan;30(1):1949-1965. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-22334-z. Epub 2022 Aug 4.
The global community is concerned about several environmental changes. Climate change, desertification, destruction of tropical rainforests, erosion of coastal ecosystems, soil resource loss, overfishing, species extinction, and loss of biodiversity are all contributing factors. Many commentators contend that these issues make up a cumulative, sustained human impact on the environment that has profoundly changed the surface of the Earth. We explore the effects of alternative energy sources, natural resources, and government consumption expenditures on French environmental sustainability from 1990 through 2018 under the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) framework. We apply advanced econometric methodologies for empirical analysis. Our long-run estimates indicate that alternative and nuclear energy, natural resources, and government final consumption expenditures are negatively associated with CO emissions, while economic growth is positively related to CO emissions. CO emissions are negatively correlated with the square root of economic growth (EKC), thereby supporting EKC. As economic growth increases, environmental sustainability deteriorates. Eventually, EKC will make a positive contribution to environmental improvement. Future research directions, research limitations, and policy implications are discussed.
全球社会关注着若干环境变化。气候变化、荒漠化、热带雨林破坏、沿海生态系统侵蚀、土壤资源流失、过度捕捞、物种灭绝以及生物多样性丧失，都是造成这些问题的因素。许多评论家认为，这些问题构成了人类对环境的累积性、持续性影响，深刻地改变了地球表面。我们在环境库兹涅茨曲线（EKC）框架下，研究了替代能源、自然资源和政府消费支出对法国环境可持续性的影响，研究时间跨度为 1990 年至 2018 年。我们运用了先进的计量经济学方法进行实证分析。我们的长期估计表明，替代能源和核能、自然资源以及政府最终消费支出与 CO2 排放呈负相关，而经济增长与 CO2 排放呈正相关。CO2 排放与经济增长的平方根（EKC）呈负相关，从而支持 EKC。随着经济增长的增加，环境可持续性会恶化。最终，EKC 将对环境改善做出积极贡献。讨论了未来的研究方向、研究限制和政策含义。
