Zheng Keyan, Zheng Xiaowei, Yang Yaliu, Chang Jilin
School of Foreign Studies, Suzhou University, Suzhou, 234000, China.
Business School, Suzhou University, Suzhou, 234000, China.
Heliyon. 2023 Sep 9;9(9):e19519. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19519. eCollection 2023 Sep.
Environmental deterioration is one of the major problems the globe is facing in the modern period. On the other hand, several groups around the world have endeavored to launch efforts to protect the planet, such as the Sustainable Development Goals. Therefore, the proposed objectives' primary duty is to strike a balance between development and environmental concerns. This study looked at 65 Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) economies to see how factors, including the economic complexity index, urbanization, ICT, higher education, and green innovation, affected carbon emissions in the presence of sustainable development. Annual time series data from 2000 to 2020 have been used in the analysis. This study employs the CC-EMG to determine the durability of the association between the variables. AMG and quantile GMM regression estimations were used to test the robustness and reproducibility of the results. The results reveal that higher education and green innovation help lower carbon emissions, whereas the economic complexity index and urbanization are beneficial for increasing economic activity and advancing information and communication technologies. The economic complexity index, ICT, and higher education are all negatively impacted by green innovation. Important policy implications of the computed coefficients for the selected and other developing markets in planning a suitable path forward to a sustainable environment are also provided.
环境恶化是当今全球面临的主要问题之一。另一方面，世界各地的一些团体已努力开展保护地球的行动，如可持续发展目标。因此，拟议目标的首要职责是在发展与环境问题之间取得平衡。本研究考察了65个“一带一路”倡议经济体，以了解经济复杂度指数、城市化、信息通信技术、高等教育和绿色创新等因素在可持续发展背景下如何影响碳排放。分析中使用了2000年至2020年的年度时间序列数据。本研究采用CC-EMG来确定变量之间关联的持续性。使用AMG和分位数广义矩回归估计来检验结果的稳健性和可重复性。结果显示，高等教育和绿色创新有助于降低碳排放，而经济复杂度指数和城市化有利于增加经济活动以及推进信息通信技术。绿色创新对经济复杂度指数、信息通信技术和高等教育均产生负面影响。还提供了计算系数对选定市场和其他发展中市场在规划通往可持续环境的合适路径方面的重要政策启示。
