气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Recent scenario and nexus between natural resource dependence, energy use and pollution cycles in BRICS region: Does the mediating role of human capital exist?

CCPortal

DOI	10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.103382
	Recent scenario and nexus between natural resource dependence, energy use and pollution cycles in BRICS region: Does the mediating role of human capital exist?
	Jahanger, Atif; Hossain, Mohammad Razib; Usman, Muhammad; Onwe, Joshua Chukwuma
发表日期	2023
ISSN	0301-4207
EISSN	1873-7641
卷号	81
英文摘要	One of the most distressing global problems in this era is climate change caused by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This global issue affects both developed and emerging economies. The alarming news is that much of this problem is materializing due to manufactured actions, strongly linked to an economy's productive sector that has been expanding incessantly in recent years. This event has led to an increase in energy consumption, especially in BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) territories, which are rich in natural resources and production capabilities. Energy consumption-led pollution is burgeoning even after these nations' eye-catching progress in human capital. Thus, the present study aims to determine whether natural resource rent (NRR), energy use, and human capital (HC) matter in restoring environmental quality in BRICS economies from 1990 to 2018. The study's findings based on the panel quantile regression delineate that economic growth and non-renewable energy usage surge GHG emissions across all quantiles. Contrarily, renewable energy reduces emissions and restores environmental sustainability. The authors note heterogeneous effects of natural resource rent on GHG emissions (i.e., a significant positive relationship in the lower quantiles (10th to 40th) and a negative relationship in the upper quantiles (70th to 90th). Furthermore, human capital appears to help lower GHG emissions. Notably, human capital significantly supports mediating the negative environmental external-ities from natural resource rent (i.e., the interaction term of LNRR*LHC is negative across all quantiles) in the BRICS economies. Thus, BRICS territories can benefit more by investing in human capital development and adopting mining principles that are scientific and help restore biocapacity surplus with less environmental costs. Phase-by-phase decoupling is also recommended for these nations through more dependence on renewables. Further policies have been discussed in the ultimate section.
英文关键词	Natural resources; Renewable energy; Non-renewable energy; Human capital; Panel quantile regression; BRICS countries
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Studies
WOS类目	Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
WOS记录号	WOS:000945833500001
来源期刊	RESOURCES POLICY
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/281577
作者单位	Hainan University; University of Adelaide; Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU); Wuhan University; Wuhan University
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jahanger, Atif,Hossain, Mohammad Razib,Usman, Muhammad,et al. Recent scenario and nexus between natural resource dependence, energy use and pollution cycles in BRICS region: Does the mediating role of human capital exist?[J],2023,81.
APA	Jahanger, Atif,Hossain, Mohammad Razib,Usman, Muhammad,&Onwe, Joshua Chukwuma.(2023).Recent scenario and nexus between natural resource dependence, energy use and pollution cycles in BRICS region: Does the mediating role of human capital exist?.RESOURCES POLICY,81.
MLA	Jahanger, Atif,et al."Recent scenario and nexus between natural resource dependence, energy use and pollution cycles in BRICS region: Does the mediating role of human capital exist?".RESOURCES POLICY 81(2023).