非洲撒哈拉以南地区的绿色未来:电力供应和公共债务是否推动了环境进步?
Stephen Kelechi Dimnwobi1,2, Kingsley Ikechukwu Okere3,4, Chukwuebuka Bernard Azolibe5,6
1Department of Economics, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. stephenkcdim@gmail.com.
Environmental science and pollution research international
|August 5, 2023
概括
撒哈拉以南非洲 (SSA) 的公共债务上升和有限的电力供应威胁着环境可持续性. 虽然获得电力有潜力,但公共债务对生态足迹和二氧化碳排放产生负面影响,阻碍了可持续发展目标.
科学领域:
- 环境经济学环境经济学
- 可持续发展研究 可持续发展研究
- 非洲经济研究 非洲经济研究
背景情况:
- 全球可持续发展目标 (SDGs) 受到债务增加,电力供应不足和环境退化等相互关联的挑战的威胁.
- 撒哈拉以南非洲 (SSA) 面临着独特的压力,这些因素极大地影响了环境可持续性,这是一个研究不足的领域.
- 生态足迹 (ECOL) 和二氧化碳 (CO2) 排放是该地区环境健康的主要指标.
研究的目的:
- 研究撒哈拉以南非洲地区公共借贷,电力获取和环境可持续性之间的复杂关系.
- 分析SSA经济体对生态足迹和二氧化碳排放的具体影响.
- 为决策者提供基于证据的建议,以促进环境保护和实现可持续发展目标.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自39个撒哈拉以南非洲经济体的年度数据,涵盖了2005-2018年期间.
- 采用仪表变量通用时刻方法 (IV-GMM) 方法进行可靠的分析.
- 进行预估,诊断和可靠性检查,以确保发现的有效性.
主要成果:
- 公共债务被发现对SSA的环境可持续性产生负面影响,超过了特定的门.
- 获得电力证明了改善环境可持续性的潜力,但目前还不足以减轻严重的环境损害.
- 综合效应凸显了实现该地区环境目标的关键挑战.
结论:
- 迫切需要采取政策干预措施来管理公共债务并改善电力供应,以保障南非地区的环境可持续性.
- 目前的电力供应水平不足以抵消公共债务对环境的负面影响.
- 解决这些问题对于成功实现撒哈拉以南非洲的可持续发展目标至关重要.
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