The impact of energy, agriculture, macroeconomic and human-induced indicators on environmental pollution: evidence from Ghana

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2017-03-01

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Asumadu-Sarkodie, Samuel
Owusu, Phebe Asantewaa

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In this study, the impact of energy, agriculture, macroeconomic and human-induced indicators on environmental pollution from 1971 to 2011 is investigated using the statistically inspired modification of partial least squares (SIMPLS) regression model. There was evidence of a linear relationship between energy, agriculture, macroeconomic and humaninduced indicators and carbon dioxide emissions. Evidence from the SIMPLS regression shows that a 1% increase in crop production index will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 0.71%. Economic growth increased by 1% will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 0.46%, which means that an increase in Ghana's economic growth may lead to a reduction in environmental pollution. The increase in electricity production from hydroelectric sources by 1% will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 0.30%; thus, increasing renewable energy sources in Ghana's energy portfolio will help mitigate carbon dioxide emissions. Increasing enteric emissions by 1% will increase carbon dioxide emissions by 4.22%, and a 1% increase in the nitrogen content of manure management will increase carbon dioxide emissions by 6.69%. The SIMPLS regression forecasting exhibited a 5% MAPE from the prediction of carbon dioxide emissions.

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SIMPLS, Energy economics, Econometrics, Carbon dioxide emissions, Ghana

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/66097

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-8321-6

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Engineering, Article

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S. Asumadu-Sarkodie and P. A. Owusu, “The impact of energy, agriculture, macroeconomic and human-induced indicators on environmental pollution: evidence from Ghana,” ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH, pp. 6622–6633, 2017, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/66097.