Department of Economics, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, 80000, MerkezOsmaniye, Turkey.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Aug;30(40):92224-92237. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-28641-3. Epub 2023 Jul 24.
Minimizing carbon pollution and fossil fuels is among the most crucial issues in the sustainable development goals (SDGs). However, global environmental concerns have increased since India did not sign the global coal pledge at COP 26. It is therefore a question mark how India will achieve the 2070 carbon-free target with the increasing use of coal and oil. In this contenxt, this work examines the impact of fossil fuel efficiency, structural change, renewable energy consumption, technological innovation, and urbanization on carbon efficiency in India from 1980 to 2019. Employing the dynamic autoregressive distributed lag approach; the study reveals that fossil fuel efficiency, structural change, renewable energy, and technological innovation improve carbon efficiency, while urbanization worsens environmental quality. Based on the study's findings, the Indian government should invest more and incentivize technological innovation that supports fossil fuel efficiency and renewable energy deployment to achieve the SDGs.
减少碳排放和化石燃料是可持续发展目标（SDGs）中最关键的问题之一。然而，自印度在 COP26 上没有签署全球煤炭承诺以来，全球环境问题日益加剧。因此，印度如何在增加煤炭和石油使用的情况下实现 2070 年无碳目标是一个未知数。在这种情况下，这项工作研究了从 1980 年到 2019 年，化石燃料效率、结构变化、可再生能源消费、技术创新和城市化对印度碳效率的影响。该研究采用动态自回归分布滞后方法，结果表明化石燃料效率、结构变化、可再生能源和技术创新提高了碳效率，而城市化则恶化了环境质量。根据研究结果，印度政府应该加大投资力度，激励支持化石燃料效率和可再生能源部署的技术创新，以实现可持续发展目标。
