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Article

Towards Achieving Sustainable Development: Role of Technology Innovation, Technology Adoption and CO2 Emission for BRICS

by
Chi-Wei Su
1,*,
Yannong Xie
1,
Sadaf Shahab
2,
Ch. Muhammad Nadeem Faisal
3,
Muhammad Hafeez
4 and
Ghulam Muhammad Qamri
5
1
School of Economics, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
2
Department of Economics, Federal Urdu University of Arts Science and Technology, Islamabad 75300, Pakistan
3
Department of Computer Science, National Textile University, Faisalabad 37610, Pakistan
4
Faculty of Management & Administrative Sciences, University of Sialkot, Punjab 51080, Pakistan
5
School of Economics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(1), 277; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010277
Submission received: 23 October 2020 / Revised: 28 December 2020 / Accepted: 29 December 2020 / Published: 1 January 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Air Pollution and Carbon Dioxide Emissions)
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Abstract

In the digital era, technology innovation and adoption trigger economic growth and enhance CO2 emissions through productivity, which places it in the mainstream policy debate. For BRICS economies, this paper uses the first method proposed in the literature to quantify their information and communication technology (ICT) and innovatively links each country to their information technology adoption rate, as a surrogate indicator for measuring information and communication technology. Environmental Kuznets curve evidence is also examined, using technology innovation, technology adoption, and trade openness as the control variables for sustainable development. The results show that two out of three technology innovation instruments, fixed telephone, and broadband subscriptions increase CO2 emissions. Simultaneously, mobile cellular subscriptions have a lowering effect on CO2 emission in BRICS. The technology adoption indicators, high-technology exports, and electric power consumption also cause an upsurge in CO2 emission. Moreover, trade openness also enriches the level of CO2 emission in the BRICS regions. There is a need to devise technology innovation and adoption policies to better use technology and to ensure a green environment.
Keywords: technology innovation; technology adoption; BRICS; CO2 emission; Driscoll–Kraay panel regression technology innovation; technology adoption; BRICS; CO2 emission; Driscoll–Kraay panel regression

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Su, C.-W.; Xie, Y.; Shahab, S.; Faisal, C.M.N.; Hafeez, M.; Qamri, G.M. Towards Achieving Sustainable Development: Role of Technology Innovation, Technology Adoption and CO2 Emission for BRICS. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 277. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010277

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Su C-W, Xie Y, Shahab S, Faisal CMN, Hafeez M, Qamri GM. Towards Achieving Sustainable Development: Role of Technology Innovation, Technology Adoption and CO2 Emission for BRICS. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(1):277. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010277

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Su, Chi-Wei, Yannong Xie, Sadaf Shahab, Ch. Muhammad Nadeem Faisal, Muhammad Hafeez, and Ghulam Muhammad Qamri. 2021. "Towards Achieving Sustainable Development: Role of Technology Innovation, Technology Adoption and CO2 Emission for BRICS" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 1: 277. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010277

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Su, C.-W., Xie, Y., Shahab, S., Faisal, C. M. N., Hafeez, M., & Qamri, G. M. (2021). Towards Achieving Sustainable Development: Role of Technology Innovation, Technology Adoption and CO2 Emission for BRICS. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(1), 277. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010277

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