Navigating carbon neutrality pathway beyond energy and economic agents: the influence of media liberty across the OECD countries
Press freedom is a fundamental aspect of democratic societies, playing a critical role in shaping public discourse, fostering transparency, and holding institutions accountable. Furthermore, its impact extends beyond political and social realms to encompass environmental sustainability, particularly...
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| description | Press freedom is a fundamental aspect of democratic societies, playing a critical role in shaping public discourse, fostering transparency, and holding institutions accountable. Furthermore, its impact extends beyond political and social realms to encompass environmental sustainability, particularly in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. While extensive research has been conducted on the economic, social, and institutional factors that influence environmental outcomes, the role of press freedom in shaping ecological footprint remains underexplored. However, this study aims to address this gap by examining the relationship between press freedom and ecological footprint across 36 OECD countries from 2013 to 2022. Utilizing a system generalized method of moments (GMM) analysis and controlling for economic growth, trade openness, and energy consumption, this research reveals significant findings. Specifically, it demonstrates that press freedom serves as a catalyst for reducing ecological footprint, presenting OECD countries with a unique opportunity for environmental gains and potentially achieving carbon neutrality. In contrast, we find indicators such as economic growth, energy consumption, and trade openness have negative impact on environmental quality. Overall, this study underscores the importance of promoting press freedom as a key strategy for advancing environmental sustainability and calls for concerted efforts to harness its potential for mitigating ecological footprint in OECD countries and beyond. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3845838992d345108f14c22eae14197a2025-01-20T12:08:48ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Communications2515-76202025-01-017101502310.1088/2515-7620/ad898dNavigating carbon neutrality pathway beyond energy and economic agents: the influence of media liberty across the OECD countriesUmut Uzar0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3438-1422Kemal Eyuboglu1Andrew Adewale Alola2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5355-3707Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Karadeniz Technical University , TRABZON, TurkeyDepartment of Finance and Banking, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Tarsus University , MERSIN, TurkeyCREDS-Centre for Research on Digitalization and Sustainability, University of Inland Norway , 2418 Elverum, Norway; Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Nisantasi University , Istanbul, TurkeyPress freedom is a fundamental aspect of democratic societies, playing a critical role in shaping public discourse, fostering transparency, and holding institutions accountable. Furthermore, its impact extends beyond political and social realms to encompass environmental sustainability, particularly in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. While extensive research has been conducted on the economic, social, and institutional factors that influence environmental outcomes, the role of press freedom in shaping ecological footprint remains underexplored. However, this study aims to address this gap by examining the relationship between press freedom and ecological footprint across 36 OECD countries from 2013 to 2022. Utilizing a system generalized method of moments (GMM) analysis and controlling for economic growth, trade openness, and energy consumption, this research reveals significant findings. Specifically, it demonstrates that press freedom serves as a catalyst for reducing ecological footprint, presenting OECD countries with a unique opportunity for environmental gains and potentially achieving carbon neutrality. In contrast, we find indicators such as economic growth, energy consumption, and trade openness have negative impact on environmental quality. Overall, this study underscores the importance of promoting press freedom as a key strategy for advancing environmental sustainability and calls for concerted efforts to harness its potential for mitigating ecological footprint in OECD countries and beyond.https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ad898dpress freedomecological footprintseconomic growthtrade opennessenergy consumptionOECD countries |
| spellingShingle | Umut Uzar Kemal Eyuboglu Andrew Adewale Alola Navigating carbon neutrality pathway beyond energy and economic agents: the influence of media liberty across the OECD countries Environmental Research Communications press freedom ecological footprints economic growth trade openness energy consumption OECD countries |
| title | Navigating carbon neutrality pathway beyond energy and economic agents: the influence of media liberty across the OECD countries |
| title_full | Navigating carbon neutrality pathway beyond energy and economic agents: the influence of media liberty across the OECD countries |
| title_fullStr | Navigating carbon neutrality pathway beyond energy and economic agents: the influence of media liberty across the OECD countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Navigating carbon neutrality pathway beyond energy and economic agents: the influence of media liberty across the OECD countries |
| title_short | Navigating carbon neutrality pathway beyond energy and economic agents: the influence of media liberty across the OECD countries |
| title_sort | navigating carbon neutrality pathway beyond energy and economic agents the influence of media liberty across the oecd countries |
| topic | press freedom ecological footprints economic growth trade openness energy consumption OECD countries |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ad898d |
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