Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.51680/ev.35.1.8
Is there any relationship between geopolitical risk and climate change?
Orhan Cengiz
; Çukurova University, Pozantı Vocational School Department of Accounting and Taxation, Pozantı/Adana, Turkey
Müge Manga
; Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University Department of Economics, Erzincan, Turkey
Abstract
Purpose: The aim of this study is to point out the impact of geopolitical risk on climate change. The CO2 emissions per capita is used as a proxy for climate change.
Methodology: In this study, the data sample covers annual data from 1990 to 2015 for 12 selected Latin American and Asian countries. After standard preliminary tests (Cross-sectional dependence tests, CIPS unit root test, and slope homogeneity test), we employ the second-generation estimator – the AMG (Augmented Mean Group) method to explore the long-run relationship between geopolitical risk and CO2 emissions per capita.
Results: The AMG findings document that a 1% rise in geopolitical risk escalates CO2 emissions per capita by 0.001%. In addition, economic growth and fossil energy consumption foster CO2 emissions per capita, whereas renewable energy contributes to decreasing CO2 emissions per capita.
Conclusion: In recent years, scholars have attempted to explore the impact of geopolitical risk on environmental degradation. According to our results, in Latin American and Asian countries, decreasing geopolitical risk and conflict can impede environmental degradation. In the long run, a robust clean energy policy should be considered in case of geopolitical conflict by the government. Besides, the government should focus on renewable energy policy and substitute non-renewable energy resources with more technology-intensive resources.
Keywords
geopolitical risk; climate change; environmental degradation; CO2 emissions
Hrčak ID:
280669
URI
Publication date:
10.6.2022.
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