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Onifade, Stephen Taiwo and Musah, Mohammed and Gyamfi, Bright Akwasi and Agozie, Divine Q. and Opoku‐Mensah, Evans (2024) Quest for SDG‐13: The Aptness of Green Investments and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to Emission Mitigation Among Central‐African States. Sustainable Development. ISSN 0968-0802

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Abstract

The Sustainable Development Goal 13 (SDG-13) enunciates the need to combat climate change by encouraging necessary actionsto reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and this laudable goal was re-echoed at COP-28 in the UAE. Although negativelyimpacted by climate change, the vast literature is silent on the Central Africa (CA) region. Thus, we empirically dissect theemission-mitigating roles of green investment while integrating the moderating influences of ICT, foreign capitals (FDI), andnon-renewable energy intake, within the region's economic expansion and population growth. We observe that economic ex-pansion has a non-linear impact on emissions (an inverted U-Shaped pattern); with initial emission-inducing effects from non-renewable energy, financial development, population, and foreign capitals while green investment and ICT mitigate regionalemissions. Subsequent expansion in indicators (green investments, FDI, and ICT) significantly mitigates emissions except fornon-renewable energy intake. Green investments' interactive impacts with overall financial development trends also enhanceregional environmental goals. Overall, the study posits that CA states can potentially mitigate environmental degradation byleveraging ICT and green investments towards the realization of SDG-13.JEL Classification: F64, F65, Q40, Q55, O55

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Communications Technology, greenhouse
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD1401-2210 Agriculture
Divisions:	Faculty of Management (FOM)
Depositing User:	Ms Nurul Iqtiani Ahmad
Date Deposited:	03 Jan 2025 06:03
Last Modified:	03 Jan 2025 06:03
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/13301

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