Wei Ying, Tao Xiaoyan, Zhu Jiulong, Ma Yuan, Yang Sijia, Ayub Ayesha
School of Fan Li Business, Nanyang Institute of Technology, Nanyang, 473000, China.
Innovative Team for Coordinated Governance of Economic Development and Ecological Security in the Water Source Area of the South to North Water Diversion Project, Nanyang, 473000, China.
Heliyon. 2024 Mar 22;10(7):e28210. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28210. eCollection 2024 Apr 15.
Ensuring preserving a sustainable environment is a crucial concern for individuals worldwide. In previous research, CO emissions have been used to measure environmental deterioration. However, in this study, we have expanded the scope to include carbon emissions and several other gases. This comprehensive measure is referred to as the ecological footprint (EFP). More significant international digital trade (IDT) has the potential to achieve several positive results, including reducing EFP (economic frictions and barriers), stimulating economic growth, and minimizing trade risk and volatility. These benefits can be realized by implementing structural reforms in significant production and development sectors. Green technology innovation (GTI) has the potential to make substantial progress in ecological quality and energy efficiency. Nevertheless, previous studies still need to adequately prioritize examining rising economies in terms of international trade diversification and GTI. This study examined the effects of IDT, GTI, and renewable energy consumption (REC) on EFP in BRICST countries. The study utilized data from the period between 1995 and 2022. The cross-sectionally augmented autoregressive distributed lag (CS-ARDL) model demonstrates that EFP negatively correlates with trade diversification, REC, and GTI in the long and short term. These countries have demonstrated a significant presence of eco-friendly products in their trade portfolios, and their manufacturing processes are shifting towards GTI. The objective is to enhance the REC sources and minimize EFP from consumption. Conversely, the increasing economic growth within this economic group has a compounding impact on the environment's decline since it amplifies the carbon emissions from increased consumption. To reduce the EFP level, the paper suggests increasing investment in GTI, promoting worldwide digital trade, and embracing renewable energy sources.
确保维护可持续环境是全球个人至关重要的关切事项。在先前的研究中，一氧化碳排放已被用于衡量环境恶化情况。然而，在本研究中，我们扩大了范围，将碳排放和其他几种气体纳入其中。这种综合衡量方法被称为生态足迹（EFP）。更重要的国际数字贸易（IDT）有可能取得若干积极成果，包括减少生态足迹（经济摩擦和壁垒）、刺激经济增长以及将贸易风险和波动性降至最低。通过在重要的生产和发展部门实施结构性改革，可以实现这些益处。绿色技术创新（GTI）有潜力在生态质量和能源效率方面取得重大进展。尽管如此，先前的研究在国际贸易多样化和绿色技术创新方面仍未充分重视对新兴经济体的考察。本研究考察了国际数字贸易、绿色技术创新和可再生能源消费（REC）对金砖国家生态足迹的影响。该研究使用了1995年至2022年期间的数据。横截面增强自回归分布滞后（CS - ARDL）模型表明，生态足迹在长期和短期内与贸易多样化、可再生能源消费和绿色技术创新呈负相关。这些国家在其贸易组合中已显示出环保产品的显著存在，并且其制造过程正朝着绿色技术创新转变。目标是增加可再生能源消费来源并将消费产生的生态足迹降至最低。相反，这一经济集团内不断增长的经济增长对环境恶化具有复合影响，因为它加剧了消费增加带来的碳排放。为了降低生态足迹水平，本文建议增加对绿色技术创新的投资、促进全球数字贸易并采用可再生能源。
