Do globalization and renewable energy contribute to carbon emissions mitigation in Sub-Saharan Africa?

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 677; pp. 436 - 446
• Main Authors: Acheampong, Alex O., Adams, Samuel, Boateng, Elliot
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 10.08.2019
• Subjects: carbon; Carbon emissions; economic development; emissions; environmental Kuznets curve; FDI; foreign direct investment; globalization; issues and policy; population growth; Regulation; Renewable energy; renewable energy sources; Sub-Saharan Africa; Trade; Sub-Saharan Africa; Trade; FDI; Regulation; Renewable energy; Carbon emissions

This study examines the impact of globalisation (measured in terms of foreign direct investment and trade openness), and renewable energy on carbon emissions using 46 sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1980–2015. Using fixed and random effect estimation techniques, the study found that ren...