Powering a sustainable future

Does economic structure influence the ecological footprint

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ID12307447
AuthorsMalayaranjan Sahoo (0000-0002-6651-6195, Institute of Energy Policy and Research, Putrajaya Campus Universiti Tenaga Nasional Kajang Malaysia, corresponding author), Shreyasee Kaushik (0009-0004-6560-5040, Delhi School of Economics University of Delhi Delhi India), Mohini Gupta (0000-0002-4411-7337, Center for Management Studies (CMS) Jain (Deemed‐to‐be University) Bangalore India), Muhummad Khairul Islam (0000-0001-8399-209X, Institute of Energy Policy and Research, Putrajaya Campus Universiti Tenaga Nasional Kajang Malaysia), Priyanka Nayak (0009-0000-9296-6600, Department of Economics Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University Baripada India)
Year2024
Volume32
Issue4
Pages3809-3823
Publication date2024-01-02
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSustainable Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0968-0802 • E-ISSN: 1099-1719
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/sd.2874
OpenAlexW4390520190
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited75

To achieve sustainable development goal (SDG) 7 the world needs a lot of catching up. India has been at the forefront of renewable and clean energy missions and its ecological footprint of 0.8 global hectares fares quite well vis‐à‐vis the world average. This study, spanning from 1990 to 2021, investigates the impact of structural changes, technological innovation, and renewable energy adoption on India's ecological footprint, utilizing a novel dynamic Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) simulation for both short and long‐term analysis. We find that agriculture exerts a significant increase in the ecological footprint, both in the long run and the short run. Similarly, industry value added has a positive and statistically related to the ecological footprint. However, the result of the service sector indicates negative influence on ecological footprint in the long run, but a positive and significant relation with ecological footprint in the short run. Technological innovation has shown a favorable effect on the environment by reducing ecological footprint. Renewable energy consumption has also enhanced environmental quality by reducing ecological footprint in both short run and long run. To reach SDG 7 goals and lower India's ecological footprint, policy implications include promoting renewable energy, sustainable practices in agriculture and industry, and encouraging technological innovation

Agriculture · Business · Distributed lag · Ecological footprint · Economics · Environmental degradation · Environmental economics · Environmental resource management · Footprint · Geography · Natural resource economics · Renewable energy · Sustainable development · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Environmental Impact and Sustainability · Ecology

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