Department of Economics, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, 31230, Hatay, Turkey; Department of Trade and Finance, Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamycka 129, Praha 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic; Department of Economics, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Türkiye; Department of Economics, College of Political Science and Economics, Korea University, Seoul, 02481, South Korea.
Department of Economics, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, 31230, Hatay, Turkey; Clinic of Economics, Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC), Baku, Azerbaijan.
J Environ Manage. 2024 Nov;370:122608. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122608. Epub 2024 Sep 20.
The world is turning to renewable energy sources to combat environmental degradation. This is part of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-7, which envisions affordable and clean energy. However, achieving the SDG-7 targets and spreading clean energy requires extracting and utilizing various minerals. Russia is one of the leading countries in the world in terms of cobalt, graphite, and rare elements used for renewable energy production. Russia must increase the production of minerals for renewable energy production to achieve SDG-7. In this context, the study aims to investigate the impact of energy policy uncertainty (ENPU), environmental policy stringency (EPS), environmental patents (ETEC), and information and communication technologies (ICT) on renewable energy minerals in Russia. To this end, the study uses novel multivariate quantile-on-quantile regression (M-QQR) and cross-quantilogram (CQ) approaches for the period from 2002m9-2020m12. The M-QQR results show that EPS, ICT, and ETEC increase the extraction of renewable energy minerals, while ENPU inhibits the extraction of cobalt, graphite, and rare elements. The main results indicate that technological progress supports the extraction of renewable energy minerals in Russia and that a strict environmental fiscal policy contributes to the achievement of SDG-7. Based on the findings, Russia needs to support technological progress in the ecological field, implement strict environmental policies, and reduce uncertainties related to energy policies to extract renewable energy minerals and advance the achievement of SDG-7.
世界正在转向可再生能源，以应对环境恶化。这是可持续发展目标 (SDG)-7 的一部分，该目标设想了负担得起和清洁的能源。然而，要实现 SDG-7 的目标并推广清洁能源，就需要提取和利用各种矿物质。俄罗斯是世界上钴、石墨和用于可再生能源生产的稀有元素的主要生产国之一。俄罗斯必须增加可再生能源生产所需矿物质的产量，以实现 SDG-7。在这种情况下，本研究旨在调查能源政策不确定性 (ENPU)、环境政策严格性 (EPS)、环境专利 (ETEC) 和信息通信技术 (ICT) 对俄罗斯可再生能源矿物的影响。为此，本研究使用了新颖的多元分位数-分位数回归 (M-QQR) 和交叉分位数 (CQ) 方法，时间范围为 2002 年 9 月至 2020 年 12 月。M-QQR 结果表明，EPS、ICT 和 ETEC 增加了可再生能源矿物的开采，而 ENPU 抑制了钴、石墨和稀有元素的开采。主要结果表明，技术进步支持了俄罗斯可再生能源矿物的开采，严格的环境财政政策有助于实现 SDG-7。基于这些发现，俄罗斯需要支持生态领域的技术进步，实施严格的环境政策，并减少与能源政策相关的不确定性，以提取可再生能源矿物并推进 SDG-7 的实现。
