Correction: Neagu et al. Could Globalisation and Renewable Energy Contribute to a Decarbonised Economy in the European Union? Sustainability 2023, 15, 15795

The authors would like to make the following corrections to the published paper [1]. The changes are as follows:

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The retracted references (51, 57, 134, and 135) have been deleted from the Reference list.

51.

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Adebayo, T.S.; Adedoyin, F.F.; Kirikkaleli, D. Toward a sustainable environment: Nexus between consumption-based carbon emissions, economic growth, renewable energy and technological innovation in Brazil. Environ. Sci. Poll. Res. 2021, 28, 52272–52282.

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Yang, Y.; Xu, X.; Yin, J.; Zhang, T. An empirical analysis of FDI and institutional quality on environmental quality and economic growth, evidence from the panel of Asian oil-producing and non-oil-producing economies. Front. Environ. Sci. 2023, 10, 1066221.

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The citation of reference 51 has been deleted from the main text:

• In Section 2.1. Globalisation and Pollution:
  as well as in G20 countries in the period from 2005 to 2018, by Tian and Li (2022) [51].
  Should read:
  as well as in G20 countries in the period from 2005 to 2018.
• In Section 2.2. Renewable Energy Consumption and Carbon Emissions:
  and Tian and Li [51] for G20 countries.
  Should be deleted.
• In Section 2.4.2. Urbanisation:
  Urbanisation was revealed to be a stimulating factor of carbon emission in Argentina [51] and Bangladesh [23],
  Should read:
  Urbanisation was revealed to be a stimulating factor of carbon emission in Bangladesh [23],
• In Section 3.2.2. Econometric Strategy:
  The test is currently used in the current literature focusing on the influence of economic and energy variables on pollution [13,30,31,45,51,62,73,79,104,138].
  Should read:
  The test is currently used in the current literature focusing on the influence of economic and energy variables on pollution [13,30,31,45,60,71,77,102,134].

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The citation of reference 57 has been deleted from the main text:

• In Section 2.2. Renewable Energy Consumption and Carbon Emissions:
  in Argentina [41], in Brazil [57], and also in the Nordic countries [58].
  Should read:
  in Argentina [41], and also in the Nordic countries [56].
• In Section 2.3. Economic Growth and Carbon Emissions:
  Economic growth is positively associated with an increase in carbon emissions [11,13,32,42,44,55–57,63,65–71].
  Should read:
  Economic growth is positively associated with an increase in carbon emissions [11,13,32,42,44,54,55,61,63–69].
• In Section 5. Discussion:
  Kirikkaleli and Adebayo [55], Adebayo et al. [57], Wu et al. [58],
  Should read:
  Kirikkaleli and Adebayo [54], Wu et al. [56],
• In Section 5. Discussion:
  This is consistent with the majority of studies focusing on this nexus [11,42,44,47,50,55,57,63,67,69–71,129,147]).
  Should read:
  This is consistent with the majority of studies focusing on this nexus [11,42,44,47,50,54,61,65,67–69,127,143]).

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The citations of references 134 and 135 have been deleted from the main text:

• In Section 3.2.2. Econometric Strategy:
  renewable/non-renewable energy on carbon emissions and environmental quality [104,116–135].
  Should read:
  renewable/non-renewable energy on carbon emissions and environmental quality [102,114–131].

With this correction, the order of some references has been adjusted accordingly.

The authors state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.