http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-IV).22
10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-IV).22
Published : Dec 2024
Pakistan's Sustainability Quotient: Exploring the Nexus of Green Technology, Renewable Energy, and Ecological Footprint
As a developing country, Pakistan is more dependent on conventional, non-friendly energy sources and technology that increases its ecological footprint and causes environmental degradation. The study's primary goal is to analyze the environmental issues by advocating renewable energy usage and green technological innovation in Pakistan. Using data from 1980 to 2021, the results based on the ARDL model confirm an Environment Kuznet Curve hypothesis in the long and short run. Further, the growing green technological innovation positively relates to improved environmental quality in Pakistan. Environmental quality and renewable energy consumption are also positively associated.
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Green Technology, Renewable Energy, Ecological Footprint, Economic Growth, Pakistan
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(1) Kashif Imran
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Institute of Business Management, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
(2) Ayesha Liaqat
MS Scholar, Department of Economics, Institute of Business Management, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.