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How institutional quality, and energy production sources, affect the environmental sustainability of bri countries: A comparison of different income groups
Institutions and energy production sources shape environmental policies and practices. Institutions establish frameworks for renewable energy and enforce environmental protection measures. Conventional energy sources cause pollution and climate change, while green energy sources have lower environme...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10497143/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37699037 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291144 |
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author | Sheng, Weiyan Meng, Fei Akbar, Muhammad Waqas |
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description | Institutions and energy production sources shape environmental policies and practices. Institutions establish frameworks for renewable energy and enforce environmental protection measures. Conventional energy sources cause pollution and climate change, while green energy sources have lower environmental impacts. In this study we analyzed how quality institutions, along with different types of energy production sources affect the quality of environment in 101 countries that are part of the BRI, a global development project. We used a statistical method called panel quantile regression to analyze data from 2000 to 2020. We found that producing energy from renewable sources, such as wind and solar, reduces CO(2) emissions by 0.003% in BRI countries. However, producing energy from non-renewable sources, such as gas and coal, harms the environment more in high-income and middle-income countries. We also found that having better institutional quality reduces CO(2) emissions by 3.421%, 2.710%, and 0.006% in different groups of BRI countries. This means that having stronger and fairer institutions can help protect the environment by limiting the use of non-renewable energy sources and encouraging the use of renewable ones. Our study suggests that improving institutional quality is a key factor for achieving green energy and environmental sustainability in BRI countries. |
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spelling | pubmed-104971432023-09-13 How institutional quality, and energy production sources, affect the environmental sustainability of bri countries: A comparison of different income groups Sheng, Weiyan Meng, Fei Akbar, Muhammad Waqas PLoS One Research Article Institutions and energy production sources shape environmental policies and practices. Institutions establish frameworks for renewable energy and enforce environmental protection measures. Conventional energy sources cause pollution and climate change, while green energy sources have lower environmental impacts. In this study we analyzed how quality institutions, along with different types of energy production sources affect the quality of environment in 101 countries that are part of the BRI, a global development project. We used a statistical method called panel quantile regression to analyze data from 2000 to 2020. We found that producing energy from renewable sources, such as wind and solar, reduces CO(2) emissions by 0.003% in BRI countries. However, producing energy from non-renewable sources, such as gas and coal, harms the environment more in high-income and middle-income countries. We also found that having better institutional quality reduces CO(2) emissions by 3.421%, 2.710%, and 0.006% in different groups of BRI countries. This means that having stronger and fairer institutions can help protect the environment by limiting the use of non-renewable energy sources and encouraging the use of renewable ones. Our study suggests that improving institutional quality is a key factor for achieving green energy and environmental sustainability in BRI countries. Public Library of Science 2023-09-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10497143/ /pubmed/37699037 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291144 Text en © 2023 Sheng et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Sheng, Weiyan Meng, Fei Akbar, Muhammad Waqas How institutional quality, and energy production sources, affect the environmental sustainability of bri countries: A comparison of different income groups |
title | How institutional quality, and energy production sources, affect the environmental sustainability of bri countries: A comparison of different income groups |
title_full | How institutional quality, and energy production sources, affect the environmental sustainability of bri countries: A comparison of different income groups |
title_fullStr | How institutional quality, and energy production sources, affect the environmental sustainability of bri countries: A comparison of different income groups |
title_full_unstemmed | How institutional quality, and energy production sources, affect the environmental sustainability of bri countries: A comparison of different income groups |
title_short | How institutional quality, and energy production sources, affect the environmental sustainability of bri countries: A comparison of different income groups |
title_sort | how institutional quality, and energy production sources, affect the environmental sustainability of bri countries: a comparison of different income groups |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10497143/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37699037 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291144 |
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