Tourism, urbanization and natural resources rents matter for environmental sustainability: The leading role of AI and ICT on sustainable development goals in the digital era

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作者
Balsalobre-Lorente, Daniel [1 ,4 ]
Abbas, Jaffar [2 ]
He, Chang [3 ]
Pilar, Ladislav [4 ]
Shah, Syed Ale Raza [5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Castilla La Mancha, Dept Appl Econ, Ciudad Real, Spain
[2] Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Media & Commun, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[3] Shandong Jianzhu Univ, Business Sch, Jinan, Shandong, Peoples R China
[4] Czech Univ Life Sci Prague, Fac Econ & Management, Dept Management, Prague 16500, Czech Republic
[5] Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Econ & Finance, Xian 710061, Peoples R China
关键词
Natural resources economy; Digital era; ICT; Natural resources; Urbanization; OECD economies; GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS; ECONOMIC-GROWTH; CO2; EMISSIONS; ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY-CONSUMPTION; CARBON EMISSIONS; PANEL; IMPACT; CHINA; COUNTRIES;
D O I
10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.103445
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
In the era of development, the world is facing severe challenges, and environmental degradation is one of them. However, the globe has tried to introduce several initiatives to fight for environmental sustainability, such as the Sustainable Development Goals. The leading role of the proposed goals is to balance development and environmental anxiety. Therefore, to these issues, artificial intelligence and technological advancements play a vital role in the natural resource economy in the digital age. Policy analysts are always looking for solutions and have come up with several viable remedies to this problem. Consequently, information & communication technology (ICT) plays a significant role in sustainability in the digital era. However, under the theme of natural resource sustainability, the effectiveness of ICT has a significant impact on sustainability. Accordingly, the current study investigates the long-run effect of income per capita, tourism, natural resources rents, urbanization, and ICT on environmental sustainability in 36 OECD economies from 2000 to 2018. The current research employs an Augmented Mean Group (AMG) and two-step GMM to investigate the study's objectives. Results show the positive contribution of urbanization, natural resources, and tourism to CO2 emissions, while ICT reduces emissions. Besides, an inverted EKC curve is also validated for selected economies. In addition, the moderate effect of ICT on urbanization, natural resources, and tourism shows a significant decline in CO2 emissions. In light of the findings, this study recommends several crucial measures for environmental sustainability.
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