Frontiers in Environmental Science (Jan 2022)

The Fiscal Hedging and Green Financing: Sustainability Challenges for Developing World

  • Leng Chunyu,
  • Syed Ahtsham Ali,
  • Ci Tan,
  • Weihua Yin,
  • Robina Kouser,
  • Fatima Gulzar,
  • Fatima Gulzar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.807220
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9

Abstract

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The global community has set intensive targets in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to better people’s lives after closing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It corresponds to the 2030 aspirations of the United Nations to enhance and promote the sustainable development of human society. The current paper explores the impact of fiscal hedging and R&D in energy Using a green-energy system in SDGs. To do this, we used TOPSIS and QARDL methodologies on a 21-year dataset of South and Southeast Asian economies from 2000 to 2020. The study results show that fiscal hedging contributes favourably to the environmental degradation of the underlying economy. Research and development (R&D) in renewables has contributed negatively to ecological degradation and SDGs in the economies of South & Southeast Asia. This study suggests policy guidelines for advanced and developing economies based on fiscal stability and technical innovation through R&D to meet SDG.

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