Open AccessDoes Technological Innovation Advance Environmental Sustainability in ASEAN Countries?
Author(s) -
Tabish Nawab,
Muhammad Azhar Bhatti,
Muhammad Atif Nawaz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pakistan journal of humanities and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2709-801X
pISSN - 2415-007X
DOI - 10.52131/pjhss.2021.0903.0148
Subject(s) - environmental degradation , renewable energy , sustainability , population growth , economics , developing country , natural resource economics , energy consumption , consumption (sociology) , sustainable development , clean technology , environmental economics , business , economic growth , population , engineering , electrical engineering , biology , ecology , social science , demography , sociology , political science , law
Environment degradation is a very important issue in developing nations and a lot of research had done to examine the factors of environmental degradation but these studies were missed some important factors which are covered by this study. By examining the effect of economic growth and energy in the presence of renewable energy consumption and technology innovation on environment degradation for ASEAN nations. Panel ARDL (which is PMG and MG) is used to estimate the model, and the advantage of this model is it gives both the long and short-run estimates of the model which helps to understand the situation in both short as well as long run. The results confirm that economic growth, Population, trade, and renewable energy increase the carbon emission level in ASEAN nations. While technology innovation decreased carbon emission levels which means technology innovation helps to keep the environment healthy and clean. Hence, economic growth helps the nations to improve their energy mode from non-renewable to renewable energy, which meets the energy demand by keeping the environment clean.