Does information and communication technology impede environmental degradation? fresh insights from non-parametric approaches
Although ICT has played a critical role in the socio-economic growth of human cultures, it has also brought with it significant environmental risks. Nevertheless, scholars remain divided on this topic; some believe that ICT has had a positive influence on the quality of the environment, while others...
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| author | Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo Ephraim Bonah Agyekum Mehmet Altuntaş Sadriddin Khudoyqulov Hossam M. Zawbaa Salah Kamel |
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| description | Although ICT has played a critical role in the socio-economic growth of human cultures, it has also brought with it significant environmental risks. Nevertheless, scholars remain divided on this topic; some believe that ICT has had a positive influence on the quality of the environment, while others believe that ICT has created major environmental issues. Hence, this research is another effort to assess the effects of ICT on CO2 emissions in the top 10 ICT nations (Denmark, Japan, Luxemburg, South Korea, Netherlands, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom) using a dataset from the period between 1986Q1 and 2019Q4. All prior studies have established symmetric association between ICT and CO2. As a result, we applied the novel non-parametric approaches (quantile-on-quantile regression and Granger causality in quantile) to assess this association. The findings from the QQR uncovered that in the majority of the quantiles, for Denmark, Japan, Luxemburg, Netherland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom and Switzerland, the effect of ICT on CO2 emissions is negative, while in the majority of the quantiles, the effect of ICT on CO2 emissions is positive for the Netherlands, South Korea, and Iceland. Furthermore, we applied the novel Granger causality in the quantiles approach and the outcomes provided evidence of bidirectional causality between CO2 emissions and ICT in all the selected nations. The study proposes that sustainable ICT should be used to improve carbon reduction and energy savings potential by optimizing other industries, including managing and monitoring energy usage. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a4c035cc95c44812ae12c4b8e0ca26a32022-12-21T18:13:35ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402022-03-0183e09108Does information and communication technology impede environmental degradation? fresh insights from non-parametric approachesTomiwa Sunday Adebayo0Ephraim Bonah Agyekum1Mehmet Altuntaş2Sadriddin Khudoyqulov3Hossam M. Zawbaa4Salah Kamel5Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Science, Cyprus International University, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus, TR-10 Mersin, TurkeyDepartment of Nuclear and Renewable Energy, Ural Federal University Named After the First President of Russia Boris, 19 Mira Street, Ekaterinburg, 620002 Yeltsin, RussiaFaculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Department of Economics, Nisantasi University, TurkeyTashkent State University of Economics, UzbekistanFaculty of Computers and Artificial Intelligence, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt; Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; Corresponding author.Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Aswan University, 81542 Aswan, EgyptAlthough ICT has played a critical role in the socio-economic growth of human cultures, it has also brought with it significant environmental risks. Nevertheless, scholars remain divided on this topic; some believe that ICT has had a positive influence on the quality of the environment, while others believe that ICT has created major environmental issues. Hence, this research is another effort to assess the effects of ICT on CO2 emissions in the top 10 ICT nations (Denmark, Japan, Luxemburg, South Korea, Netherlands, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom) using a dataset from the period between 1986Q1 and 2019Q4. All prior studies have established symmetric association between ICT and CO2. As a result, we applied the novel non-parametric approaches (quantile-on-quantile regression and Granger causality in quantile) to assess this association. The findings from the QQR uncovered that in the majority of the quantiles, for Denmark, Japan, Luxemburg, Netherland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom and Switzerland, the effect of ICT on CO2 emissions is negative, while in the majority of the quantiles, the effect of ICT on CO2 emissions is positive for the Netherlands, South Korea, and Iceland. Furthermore, we applied the novel Granger causality in the quantiles approach and the outcomes provided evidence of bidirectional causality between CO2 emissions and ICT in all the selected nations. The study proposes that sustainable ICT should be used to improve carbon reduction and energy savings potential by optimizing other industries, including managing and monitoring energy usage.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022003966Information and communication technologyCO2 emissionsQuantile-on-Quantile regressionGranger causality in quantiles |
| spellingShingle | Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo Ephraim Bonah Agyekum Mehmet Altuntaş Sadriddin Khudoyqulov Hossam M. Zawbaa Salah Kamel Does information and communication technology impede environmental degradation? fresh insights from non-parametric approaches Heliyon Information and communication technology CO2 emissions Quantile-on-Quantile regression Granger causality in quantiles |
| title | Does information and communication technology impede environmental degradation? fresh insights from non-parametric approaches |
| title_full | Does information and communication technology impede environmental degradation? fresh insights from non-parametric approaches |
| title_fullStr | Does information and communication technology impede environmental degradation? fresh insights from non-parametric approaches |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does information and communication technology impede environmental degradation? fresh insights from non-parametric approaches |
| title_short | Does information and communication technology impede environmental degradation? fresh insights from non-parametric approaches |
| title_sort | does information and communication technology impede environmental degradation fresh insights from non parametric approaches |
| topic | Information and communication technology CO2 emissions Quantile-on-Quantile regression Granger causality in quantiles |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022003966 |
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