Conclusions but goals The parallel pursuit of “pollution and carbon reduction” alongside “economic growth” not only aligns

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Sourced from the recommendations of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2026, all from Frontiers in Environmental Science. Those papers have been cited 15 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Effects of environmental policy stringency and clean energy use on life expectancy: empirical insights from E7 countries (2026) · Frontiers in Environmental Science · doi

  There is significant heterogeneity in terms of life expectancy among different nations despite the global increase in life expectancy. Further, improved life expectancy is a meaningful in terms of sustainable development. indicator of progress Therefore, our influences of environmental policy stringency and clean energy utilization on LEB because only one study (Prokop et al., 2023) has reported the effects of environmental policy stringency index on quality of life in select OECD countries to date. The present work is also a pioneering study concentrates on the effort at analyzing the link between environmental policy stringency and LEB in the sample of E7 economies, which include global leaders in CO2 emissions such as China and India, through robust cointegration and AMG estimator assessments along with a causality test. The main limitations of our study are as follows: The study duration was identified as 1992–2020 because data on the environmental policy stringency are available only for this period. The study sample consists of only the E7 countries, so the findings presented herein are mostly useful for policymaking in the E7 countries or countries with similar socioeconomic characteristics. The environmental policy stringency index was calculated using data from international organizations such as the International Energy Agency and OECD countries; hence, there may be measurement errors owing to the variety of data sources or specifying missing values through interpolation.

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  Keywords: environmental policy stringency countries life expectancy there terms global energy index oecd sample international significant
• Does industrialization promote the emission mitigation agenda of East Africa? a pathway toward environmental sustainability (2024) · Frontiers in Environmental Science · cited 9× · doi

  5.1 Conclusions the resilient between association parameters industrialization Environmental pollution in East Africa has been on an ascending trend. This has called for more studies to be conducted to help raise policy options to reverse the situation. To help in fulfilling this goal, we examined and environmental quality (measured by CO2 emissions) in East Africa over the period from 1990 to 2019. The study employed second- generation econometric techniques to cross-sectional correlations, heterogeneity, and endogeneity. From the findings, there were heterogeneity and cross-sectional correlations in the studied panel. In addition, the studied series were integrated in I(1) and were flanked by a long-term co-integration order financial association. The development, foreign direct investment, urbanization, and energy consumption were estimated via the CS-ARDL, AMG, and CS-DL techniques. According to the results, industrialization had a positive effect on CO2 emissions. This suggests that industrialization harmed in East Africa. Moreover, financial environmental quality development positively predicted CO2 emissions in the region, in the financial sector deteriorated implying that development ecological sustainability in East Africa. Moreover, foreign direct investment positively explained CO2 emissions in the region. This means that the inflow of foreign investments worsened environmental safety in East Africa. Finally, urbanization and energy consumption spurred CO2 emissions in the studied countries. This suggests that the rise in urbanization and energy utilization harmed the environmental quality in the region. On the causalities between the variables, industrialization, of 5.2 Policy implications According to the results, industrialization escalates CO2 emissions in East Africa. This means that industrial activities undertaken in the region harm environmental sustainability. Therefore, serious industrial restructuring should be considered if the region is to attain energy conservation (SDG 7), sustainable development (SDG 8), and emission mitigation (SDG 13) targets. This supports the postulation of Zhou and Li (2020), stating that the implementation of industrial restructuring policies is beneficial for the economic advancement and emission minimization goals of different economies. Additionally, national policies promoting energy conservation at the industrial level and transitioning the industrial structure of East Africa from carbon-intensive to low carbon-intensive should be formulated. In other words, green and sustainable industrial policies should be embraced by all nations in the bloc (Majeed and Tauqir, 2020). To curb the adverse effects of industrialization, the level of green energy should be raised in the countries. This goal could be attained by channeling more investments for in renewable energy production. infrastructural developments required In addition, financial development promotes CO2 emissions in East Africa. This suggests that advancement in the financial sector worsens environmental quality in the bloc. Hence, financial institutions in the region should channel their investments into activities that are friendly to the environment. For instance, financing renewable energy generation and consumption, energy efficiency, innovations, and ecologically harmless research and development projects the In addition, financial environmental quality in East Africa. regulatory bodies should identify means of directing financial growth into environmentally frameworks. This supports the opinion of Gokmenoglu and Sadeghieh (2019). can help improve technological sustainable Likewise, foreign direct investment promoted CO2 emissions in East Africa. This implies that the inflows of foreign investments harmed environmental safety in the region. Therefore, governments in East Africa should encourage ecologically harmless foreign direct investments into the bloc. In addition, the influxes of foreign investments should be used to promote clean energy generation, green technological innovations, energy efficiency, and research and development initiatives that are useful to the environment. In addition, good governance should be exhibited in East Africa. This will reduce the corruption that arises when authorities trade off environmental quality for carbon-intensive influxes of FDI. Moreover, when good governance is displayed, appropriate legislation that could encourage the consumption of clean energy with minimal environmental complications will be formulated for the populace and the business community in the region. Furthermore, imposing dumping duties on entities in East Africa would deter the importation of dangerous goods that could damage and environment. Through improved human capital the

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  Keywords: east africa energy environmental emissions nancial region development foreign industrialization quality investments industrial addition direct
• Assessing the synergistic effect of “pollution and carbon reduction” and “economic growth”: a perspective from bilateral trade between China and RCEP countries (2024) · Frontiers in Environmental Science · cited 6× · doi

  5.1 Conclusions but goals The parallel pursuit of “pollution and carbon reduction” alongside “economic growth” not only aligns with sustainable development economic also transformation, enhancing resource efficiency, innovation, and international competitiveness. Employing panel data from China and RCEP member countries, this study examines the intricate interplay and environmental quality. The key conclusions are: between bilateral economic growth, fosters trade, green (1) Bilateral trade significantly boosts economic growth and environmental quality in RCEP nations, yet its impact on carbon emissions is nuanced. It curbs emissions through technological innovation and information infrastructure improvements but exacerbates them via industrialization. the net “carbon reduction” effect hinges on the Thus, balance of these competing forces. (2) The effects of bilateral trade vary across RCEP regions. Trade with ASEAN nations more robustly drives economic growth, while environmental benefits are concentrated in ASEAN, with non-ASEAN countries experiencing deterioration. Both regions show minimal direct impact on carbon emissions from trade. (3) The PVAR model reveals inertia in bilateral trade’s growth- enhancing and environmental quality-improving effects.

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  Keywords: trade economic growth carbon environmental bilateral rcep quality emissions asean conclusions reduction enhancing innovation countries

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