The role of technologies, finance, and green energies in transforming Middle East and North African environmental sustainability
This paper contributes to the empirical literature on environmentally sustainable policies. To this end, the study explores the crucial role of information and communication technologies (ICT), foreign direct investment (FDI), and renewable energy intensity (REI) in enhancing environmental quality i...
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| description | This paper contributes to the empirical literature on environmentally sustainable policies. To this end, the study explores the crucial role of information and communication technologies (ICT), foreign direct investment (FDI), and renewable energy intensity (REI) in enhancing environmental quality in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. This paper extends the STIRPAT model by incorporating three variables of interest namely ICT, FDI, and REI. The proposed framework is empirically tested using a panel VAR model for a sample of 13 selected MENA countries from 1995 to 2018. The empirical findings indicate that ICT reduces the level of CO2 emissions, while its effects on the ecological footprint provide mixed results. Moreover, the outcomes further confirm that FDI degrades the environmental quality of the region. However, relatively a more pronounced impact was found for oil-exporting economies compared to oil-importing economies. On the other hand, the impact of REI on environmental degradation is found mixed. The analysis, based on impulse response functions, variance decomposition, and causality analysis, provides strong evidence for the importance of these factors in explaining environmental degradation. Several tailored policies have been proposed and discussed for transforming environmental sustainability in the MENA region. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d86656bfd75643ee9664e128c90e8eb32025-08-20T03:45:34ZengElsevierSustainable Futures2666-18882025-06-01910057410.1016/j.sftr.2025.100574The role of technologies, finance, and green energies in transforming Middle East and North African environmental sustainabilityLanouar Charfeddine0Montassar Kahia1Abdul Rahman2College of Business and Economics, Qatar University, P.O.Box 2713, Doha, QatarDepartment of Economics, College of Business and Economics, Qassim University, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Management Sciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan; Corresponding author.This paper contributes to the empirical literature on environmentally sustainable policies. To this end, the study explores the crucial role of information and communication technologies (ICT), foreign direct investment (FDI), and renewable energy intensity (REI) in enhancing environmental quality in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. This paper extends the STIRPAT model by incorporating three variables of interest namely ICT, FDI, and REI. The proposed framework is empirically tested using a panel VAR model for a sample of 13 selected MENA countries from 1995 to 2018. The empirical findings indicate that ICT reduces the level of CO2 emissions, while its effects on the ecological footprint provide mixed results. Moreover, the outcomes further confirm that FDI degrades the environmental quality of the region. However, relatively a more pronounced impact was found for oil-exporting economies compared to oil-importing economies. On the other hand, the impact of REI on environmental degradation is found mixed. The analysis, based on impulse response functions, variance decomposition, and causality analysis, provides strong evidence for the importance of these factors in explaining environmental degradation. Several tailored policies have been proposed and discussed for transforming environmental sustainability in the MENA region.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666188825001443F21F64L86Q43Q48R11 |
| spellingShingle | Lanouar Charfeddine Montassar Kahia Abdul Rahman The role of technologies, finance, and green energies in transforming Middle East and North African environmental sustainability Sustainable Futures F21 F64 L86 Q43 Q48 R11 |
| title | The role of technologies, finance, and green energies in transforming Middle East and North African environmental sustainability |
| title_full | The role of technologies, finance, and green energies in transforming Middle East and North African environmental sustainability |
| title_fullStr | The role of technologies, finance, and green energies in transforming Middle East and North African environmental sustainability |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of technologies, finance, and green energies in transforming Middle East and North African environmental sustainability |
| title_short | The role of technologies, finance, and green energies in transforming Middle East and North African environmental sustainability |
| title_sort | role of technologies finance and green energies in transforming middle east and north african environmental sustainability |
| topic | F21 F64 L86 Q43 Q48 R11 |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666188825001443 |
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