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Decomposition of the decoupling of CO(2) emissions from economic growth in Ghana
The study analysed the relationship between CO2 emissions and economic growth in Ghana, specifically by analysing Ghana's decoupling status from 1990 to 2018. The Tapio elasticity method and the logarithmic mean Divisia index decomposition technique were used in the study to find out what cause...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9362612/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43093-022-00138-4 |
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author | Oteng-Abayie, Eric Fosu Asaki, Foster Awindolla Eshun, Maame Esi Abokyi, Eric |
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description | The study analysed the relationship between CO2 emissions and economic growth in Ghana, specifically by analysing Ghana's decoupling status from 1990 to 2018. The Tapio elasticity method and the logarithmic mean Divisia index decomposition technique were used in the study to find out what causes CO2 emissions in Ghana to change over time. The analysis revealed that CO2 emissions and economic growth have increased over the study period, with economic growth driven mostly by the services and industrial sectors in the last decade. The decoupling index analysis shows that weak decoupling status dominated the period 1990–2018, interspersed with strong decoupling and expansive negative decoupling status. Economic structure and energy intensity, instead, were found to promote the decoupling of CO2 emissions and economic growth. From the decomposition analysis, CO2 emissions in Ghana are driven on the average by economic activities, emission factors, and population growth. To achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 13, the study suggests that policies to cut CO2 emissions should focus on economic activities, factors that affect emissions, and population growth. Also, to decouple CO2 emissions from economic growth, the implementation of policies that change the structure of the economy and energy intensity towards renewable sources should be intensified in Ghana. |
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spelling | pubmed-93626122022-08-10 Decomposition of the decoupling of CO(2) emissions from economic growth in Ghana Oteng-Abayie, Eric Fosu Asaki, Foster Awindolla Eshun, Maame Esi Abokyi, Eric Futur Bus J Research The study analysed the relationship between CO2 emissions and economic growth in Ghana, specifically by analysing Ghana's decoupling status from 1990 to 2018. The Tapio elasticity method and the logarithmic mean Divisia index decomposition technique were used in the study to find out what causes CO2 emissions in Ghana to change over time. The analysis revealed that CO2 emissions and economic growth have increased over the study period, with economic growth driven mostly by the services and industrial sectors in the last decade. The decoupling index analysis shows that weak decoupling status dominated the period 1990–2018, interspersed with strong decoupling and expansive negative decoupling status. Economic structure and energy intensity, instead, were found to promote the decoupling of CO2 emissions and economic growth. From the decomposition analysis, CO2 emissions in Ghana are driven on the average by economic activities, emission factors, and population growth. To achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 13, the study suggests that policies to cut CO2 emissions should focus on economic activities, factors that affect emissions, and population growth. Also, to decouple CO2 emissions from economic growth, the implementation of policies that change the structure of the economy and energy intensity towards renewable sources should be intensified in Ghana. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022-08-06 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9362612/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43093-022-00138-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Research Oteng-Abayie, Eric Fosu Asaki, Foster Awindolla Eshun, Maame Esi Abokyi, Eric Decomposition of the decoupling of CO(2) emissions from economic growth in Ghana |
title | Decomposition of the decoupling of CO(2) emissions from economic growth in Ghana |
title_full | Decomposition of the decoupling of CO(2) emissions from economic growth in Ghana |
title_fullStr | Decomposition of the decoupling of CO(2) emissions from economic growth in Ghana |
title_full_unstemmed | Decomposition of the decoupling of CO(2) emissions from economic growth in Ghana |
title_short | Decomposition of the decoupling of CO(2) emissions from economic growth in Ghana |
title_sort | decomposition of the decoupling of co(2) emissions from economic growth in ghana |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9362612/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43093-022-00138-4 |
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