Does information and communication technology impede environmental degradation? fresh insights from non-parametric approaches
Although ICT has played a critical role in the socio-economic growth of human cultures, it has also brought with it significant environmental risks. Nevertheless, scholars remain divided on this topic; some believe that ICT has had a positive influence on the quality of the environment, while others...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:8933682 2023-05-15T16:48:34+02:00 Does information and communication technology impede environmental degradation? fresh insights from non-parametric approaches Adebayo, Tomiwa Sunday Agyekum, Ephraim Bonah Altuntaş, Mehmet Khudoyqulov, Sadriddin Zawbaa, Hossam M. Kamel, Salah 2022-03-15 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8933682/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35313485 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09108 en eng Elsevier http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8933682/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35313485 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09108 © 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). CC-BY-NC-ND Heliyon Research Article Text 2022 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09108 2022-03-27T01:37:44Z Although ICT has played a critical role in the socio-economic growth of human cultures, it has also brought with it significant environmental risks. Nevertheless, scholars remain divided on this topic; some believe that ICT has had a positive influence on the quality of the environment, while others believe that ICT has created major environmental issues. Hence, this research is another effort to assess the effects of ICT on CO(2) emissions in the top 10 ICT nations (Denmark, Japan, Luxemburg, South Korea, Netherlands, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom) using a dataset from the period between 1986Q1 and 2019Q4. All prior studies have established symmetric association between ICT and CO(2). As a result, we applied the novel non-parametric approaches (quantile-on-quantile regression and Granger causality in quantile) to assess this association. The findings from the QQR uncovered that in the majority of the quantiles, for Denmark, Japan, Luxemburg, Netherland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom and Switzerland, the effect of ICT on CO(2) emissions is negative, while in the majority of the quantiles, the effect of ICT on CO(2) emissions is positive for the Netherlands, South Korea, and Iceland. Furthermore, we applied the novel Granger causality in the quantiles approach and the outcomes provided evidence of bidirectional causality between CO(2) emissions and ICT in all the selected nations. The study proposes that sustainable ICT should be used to improve carbon reduction and energy savings potential by optimizing other industries, including managing and monitoring energy usage. Text Iceland PubMed Central (PMC) Norway Heliyon 8 3 e09108 |
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Although ICT has played a critical role in the socio-economic growth of human cultures, it has also brought with it significant environmental risks. Nevertheless, scholars remain divided on this topic; some believe that ICT has had a positive influence on the quality of the environment, while others believe that ICT has created major environmental issues. Hence, this research is another effort to assess the effects of ICT on CO(2) emissions in the top 10 ICT nations (Denmark, Japan, Luxemburg, South Korea, Netherlands, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom) using a dataset from the period between 1986Q1 and 2019Q4. All prior studies have established symmetric association between ICT and CO(2). As a result, we applied the novel non-parametric approaches (quantile-on-quantile regression and Granger causality in quantile) to assess this association. The findings from the QQR uncovered that in the majority of the quantiles, for Denmark, Japan, Luxemburg, Netherland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom and Switzerland, the effect of ICT on CO(2) emissions is negative, while in the majority of the quantiles, the effect of ICT on CO(2) emissions is positive for the Netherlands, South Korea, and Iceland. Furthermore, we applied the novel Granger causality in the quantiles approach and the outcomes provided evidence of bidirectional causality between CO(2) emissions and ICT in all the selected nations. The study proposes that sustainable ICT should be used to improve carbon reduction and energy savings potential by optimizing other industries, including managing and monitoring energy usage. |
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