To what extent does renewable energy deployment reduce pollution indicators? the moderating role of research and development expenditure: Evidence from the top three ranked countries
Climate change, pollution, drought, and rising seas impede the achievement of the seventh sustainable development goal SDG#7 “affordable and clean energies”. To counter these threats, the use of Renewable Energy (RE) as an alternative to conventional energy plays an important role in sustainable dev...
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| author | Inés Gharbi Aïda Kammoun Mohamed Karim Kefi |
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| description | Climate change, pollution, drought, and rising seas impede the achievement of the seventh sustainable development goal SDG#7 “affordable and clean energies”. To counter these threats, the use of Renewable Energy (RE) as an alternative to conventional energy plays an important role in sustainable development. In this context, the purpose of our paper is to investigate the effect of Renewable Energy deployment on environmental protection in China, The United States of America (USA), and Germany: the top three ranked countries in terms of REs production, according to RENEWABLE 2021 GLOBAL STATUSREPORT. To achieve this objective, the paper adopts a Panel fully modified OLS (FMOLS) method. Results declare that renewable energy significantly reduce pollution indicators; furthermore, we find that Research and development fully moderate this relationship. The findings of this study emphasize the importance of increasing spending on Research and development activities in the RE sector. In addition, the countries studied and countries around the world should pay greater attention to investment in research and development to support the long-term plan for advancing sustainable energy sources for feasible energy and economic development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d98c0862dd94272812a7043f62287f12023-02-13T05:28:11ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Environmental Science2296-665X2023-02-011110.3389/fenvs.2023.10968851096885To what extent does renewable energy deployment reduce pollution indicators? the moderating role of research and development expenditure: Evidence from the top three ranked countriesInés Gharbi0Aïda Kammoun1Mohamed Karim Kefi2Faculty of Economics and Management of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, TunisiaHigher Institute of Business Administration, University of Sfax, Tunisia. BESTMOD Laboratory, University of Tunis, Tunis, TunisiaEDC Paris Business School, OCRE Laboratory, Paris, FranceClimate change, pollution, drought, and rising seas impede the achievement of the seventh sustainable development goal SDG#7 “affordable and clean energies”. To counter these threats, the use of Renewable Energy (RE) as an alternative to conventional energy plays an important role in sustainable development. In this context, the purpose of our paper is to investigate the effect of Renewable Energy deployment on environmental protection in China, The United States of America (USA), and Germany: the top three ranked countries in terms of REs production, according to RENEWABLE 2021 GLOBAL STATUSREPORT. To achieve this objective, the paper adopts a Panel fully modified OLS (FMOLS) method. Results declare that renewable energy significantly reduce pollution indicators; furthermore, we find that Research and development fully moderate this relationship. The findings of this study emphasize the importance of increasing spending on Research and development activities in the RE sector. In addition, the countries studied and countries around the world should pay greater attention to investment in research and development to support the long-term plan for advancing sustainable energy sources for feasible energy and economic development.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1096885/fullrenewable energiespollution indicatorsChinaGermanyUSAresearch and development (R & D) |
| spellingShingle | Inés Gharbi Aïda Kammoun Mohamed Karim Kefi To what extent does renewable energy deployment reduce pollution indicators? the moderating role of research and development expenditure: Evidence from the top three ranked countries Frontiers in Environmental Science renewable energies pollution indicators China Germany USA research and development (R & D) |
| title | To what extent does renewable energy deployment reduce pollution indicators? the moderating role of research and development expenditure: Evidence from the top three ranked countries |
| title_full | To what extent does renewable energy deployment reduce pollution indicators? the moderating role of research and development expenditure: Evidence from the top three ranked countries |
| title_fullStr | To what extent does renewable energy deployment reduce pollution indicators? the moderating role of research and development expenditure: Evidence from the top three ranked countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | To what extent does renewable energy deployment reduce pollution indicators? the moderating role of research and development expenditure: Evidence from the top three ranked countries |
| title_short | To what extent does renewable energy deployment reduce pollution indicators? the moderating role of research and development expenditure: Evidence from the top three ranked countries |
| title_sort | to what extent does renewable energy deployment reduce pollution indicators the moderating role of research and development expenditure evidence from the top three ranked countries |
| topic | renewable energies pollution indicators China Germany USA research and development (R & D) |
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