Reassessing the Linkage between Economic Growth and Environment through the Lens of Deforestation, Pollution and Carbon Emission

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Ramsha Anwer(1) Ramsha Anwer Corresponding author Affiliation PhD Scholar Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan Email addressramshaanwer04@gmail.com Other articles by this author , Muhammad Ramzan Sheikh(2) Muhammad Ramzan Sheikh Affiliation Professor, School of Economics Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan Other articles by this author , Tayyaba Naveed(3) Tayyaba Naveed Affiliation PhD Scholar School of Economics Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan Other articles by this author , Muhammad Imran Mushtaq(4) Muhammad Imran Mushtaq Affiliation PhD Scholar, Department of Statistics, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan Pakistan Other articles by this author

  1. PhD Scholar Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan
  2. Professor, School of Economics Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan
  3. PhD Scholar School of Economics Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan
  4. PhD Scholar, Department of Statistics, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan Pakistan

https://doi.org/10.36923/jcmi.v4i1.549

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Abstract

Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 established by the United Nations aim, on the one hand, to achieve sustained growth and the eradication of poverty, and, on the other, to safeguard the environment. The relationship between development and the environment has been the subject of a substantial amount of research since the 1990s. This study has found that the link between economic growth and environmental degradation indicators in SAARC countries by modelling these connections utilising linear as well as non-linear regressions. The results show that economic growth leads to steadily improved efficiency of consuming the planet's nonrenewable resources; but, higher efficiency is not sufficient to counteract the expansion in scale. The study's findings show that economic growth and deforestation, air pollution, carbon emissions, and human capital are significantly related.

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Keywords
Economic growth environment deforestationpollutioncarbon emission
Section
Articles
Issue
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2023)
Submitted
June 23, 2023
Accepted
September 4, 2023
Published
June 30, 2023
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Ramsha Anwer
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