The impact of climate aid on carbon emissions reduction and the role of renewable energy: evidence from the Belt and Road countries

doi:10.1007/s11356-022-21185-y

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	The impact of climate aid on carbon emissions reduction and the role of renewable energy: evidence from the Belt and Road countries
	Zeng, An ; Sheng, Yuhui ; Gu, Baihe; Wang, Zhengzao 1; Wang, Mingyue
发表期刊	ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
关键词	Climate aid Climate finance Carbon emissions Mediating effect Renewable energy Carbon neutrality Climate change Belt and Road Initiative
摘要	Full mobilization and effective use of climate aid is of great importance for the low carbon transition of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries. This study utilizes the two-step system generalized method of moments model to evaluate the effects of climate aid on carbon emissions reduction and the impact mechanism through energy structure optimization. The panel data of 93 Belt and Road countries from 2000 to 2018 were used for empirical analysis. Results show that climate aid has a significant reduction effect on the carbon emissions intensity of BRI countries, and the dominant component of climate aid, i.e., mitigation aid, corresponds to better carbon emissions reduction benefits than adaptation aid. The impact mechanism demonstrates that the climate aid has dual carbon emissions reduction effects in BRI countries which have an intermediate energy structure. It indicates that climate aid not only directly reduces carbon emissions by increasing carbon reduction resources, but also indirectly reduces carbon emissions by promoting renewable energy and optimizing the energy structure. The results evidence the theory of environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis and channels of climate aid effects. Practical implications from the current study include that more climate finance support should be provided to BRI countries by developed countries, the effectiveness of climate aid should be improved by investing in projects with significant carbon reduction like renewable energy, data monitoring and performance evaluation of climate aid should be strengthened, and China should take its role and make more contributions to the low carbon transition especially energy transition of BRI countries.
	2022
卷号	29 期号:51 页码:77401
ISSN	0944-1344
文章类型	Article
DOI	10.1007/s11356-022-21185-y
关键词[WOS]	OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE ; UNIT-ROOT TESTS ; ECONOMIC-GROWTH ; PANEL-DATA ; INITIATIVE COUNTRIES ; FOREIGN-AID ; CONSUMPTION ; COINTEGRATION ; ELECTRICITY ; EMPLOYMENT
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000809716100002
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.casisd.cn/handle/190111/12023
专题	可持续发展战略研究所
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Sci & Dev, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China 2.Beijing Univ Technol, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 100124, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zeng, An,Sheng, Yuhui,Gu, Baihe,et al. The impact of climate aid on carbon emissions reduction and the role of renewable energy: evidence from the Belt and Road countries[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH,2022,29(51):77401.
APA	Zeng, An,Sheng, Yuhui,Gu, Baihe,Wang, Zhengzao,&Wang, Mingyue.(2022).The impact of climate aid on carbon emissions reduction and the role of renewable energy: evidence from the Belt and Road countries.ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH,29(51),77401.
MLA	Zeng, An,et al."The impact of climate aid on carbon emissions reduction and the role of renewable energy: evidence from the Belt and Road countries".ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH 29.51(2022):77401.