Li Biao, Chang Jilin, Guo Jianxun, Zhou Chen, Ren Xiaofei, Liu Jing
School of Foreign Languages, Tianjin University of Technology and Education, Tianjin, 300222, China.
Human Resources Department, Tianjin University of Technology and Education, Tianjin, 300222, China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Apr;30(20):57833-57849. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-26405-7. Epub 2023 Mar 27.
The research intends to enlarge the environmental economics literature by displaying the probable mechanisms between green innovation, higher education, and sustainable development. In the context of a new era, sustainability faces challenging obstacles. Many studies have looked at fundamental factors affecting CO emissions, while the impact of green innovation and higher education is essential but mostly ignored. This study looked at 60 Belt and Road Initiative (B.R.I.) economies to see how factors, including green innovation, economic complexity index, I.C.T., and higher education, affect carbon emissions in the presence of sustainable development using annual data from 2000-2020. In order to calculate the persistence of the connection between the factors, this research uses the CS-ARDL. The results' robustness and reliability were examined using PMG estimation. The results indicate that the economic complexity index and urbanization positively impact carbon emission (CO). Higher education (E.D.U.) has a significant positive impact in the short run and a negative effect in the long run-on carbon emissions. Similarly, information and communication technology (I.C.T.) and green innovation have a negative impact on carbon emission (CO). Moreover, the results indicate that the moderate effect of green innovation with economic complexity index, information and communication technology, and higher education has a negative impact on carbon emission. The estimated coefficients also provide significant policy implications for the chosen and the other developing markets in designing an adequate route ahead to a sustainable environment.
该研究旨在通过揭示绿色创新、高等教育和可持续发展之间可能存在的机制，来丰富环境经济学文献。在新时代背景下，可持续发展面临着诸多具有挑战性的障碍。许多研究关注了影响碳排放的基本因素，而绿色创新和高等教育的影响虽至关重要却大多被忽视。本研究考察了60个“一带一路”经济体，利用2000 - 2020年的年度数据，探究在可持续发展背景下，包括绿色创新、经济复杂度指数、信息通信技术和高等教育等因素如何影响碳排放。为了计算各因素之间联系的持续性，本研究采用了CS - ARDL方法。使用PMG估计对结果的稳健性和可靠性进行了检验。结果表明，经济复杂度指数和城市化对碳排放（CO）有正向影响。高等教育（E.D.U.）在短期内对碳排放有显著正向影响，而在长期则有负向影响。同样，信息通信技术（I.C.T.）和绿色创新对碳排放有负向影响。此外，结果表明绿色创新与经济复杂度指数、信息通信技术和高等教育的适度作用对碳排放有负向影响。估计系数也为所选及其他发展中市场在设计通往可持续环境的适当路径方面提供了重要的政策启示。
