Unpacking How Natural Gas, Digital Growth, and Hydro-Based Energy Sources Impact Ecological Sustainability in Egypt
Egypt, as a nation, is committed to achieving ecological sustainability, which helps to protect the environment for future generations, thereby ensuring a balance between energy production, environmental health, and economic development. With regard to this vision, this research utilized the autoreg...
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| author | Hala Mohamed Sh Elmanaei Wagdi M. S. Khalifa Ayşen Berberoğlu |
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| description | Egypt, as a nation, is committed to achieving ecological sustainability, which helps to protect the environment for future generations, thereby ensuring a balance between energy production, environmental health, and economic development. With regard to this vision, this research utilized the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) estimator to probe how hydroelectricity, digitalization, and natural gas affect ecological degradation within the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) in Egypt. This study further used two distinct environmental proxies, namely, CO<sub>2</sub> emissions and the ecological footprint. The result of the ARDL estimator indicates that there is an inverted U-shaped association between economic growth and environmental sustainability, while urbanization does not affect environmental sustainability. Moreover, hydroelectricity, digitalization, and natural gas negatively impact environmental sustainability in Egypt. Furthermore, the frequency domain causality approach showed that there is a two-way causality pathway between environmental sustainability and its regressors. Based on this outcome, policymakers should prioritize decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation by investing in green infrastructure, sustainable industries, and circular economy models. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5912533982f04ff39d5953027b98e1302024-12-27T14:23:10ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732024-12-011724623010.3390/en17246230Unpacking How Natural Gas, Digital Growth, and Hydro-Based Energy Sources Impact Ecological Sustainability in EgyptHala Mohamed Sh Elmanaei0Wagdi M. S. Khalifa1Ayşen Berberoğlu2Department of Business Administration, University Mediterranean Karpasis, Northern Cyprus, Mersin 10, TurkeyDepartment of Business Administration, University Mediterranean Karpasis, Northern Cyprus, Mersin 10, TurkeyInstitute of Social Sciences, University Mediterranean Karpasis, Northern Cyprus, Mersin 10, TurkeyEgypt, as a nation, is committed to achieving ecological sustainability, which helps to protect the environment for future generations, thereby ensuring a balance between energy production, environmental health, and economic development. With regard to this vision, this research utilized the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) estimator to probe how hydroelectricity, digitalization, and natural gas affect ecological degradation within the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) in Egypt. This study further used two distinct environmental proxies, namely, CO<sub>2</sub> emissions and the ecological footprint. The result of the ARDL estimator indicates that there is an inverted U-shaped association between economic growth and environmental sustainability, while urbanization does not affect environmental sustainability. Moreover, hydroelectricity, digitalization, and natural gas negatively impact environmental sustainability in Egypt. Furthermore, the frequency domain causality approach showed that there is a two-way causality pathway between environmental sustainability and its regressors. Based on this outcome, policymakers should prioritize decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation by investing in green infrastructure, sustainable industries, and circular economy models.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/24/6230natural gashydroelectricityurbanizationdigitalizationenvironmental kuznets hypothesis |
| spellingShingle | Hala Mohamed Sh Elmanaei Wagdi M. S. Khalifa Ayşen Berberoğlu Unpacking How Natural Gas, Digital Growth, and Hydro-Based Energy Sources Impact Ecological Sustainability in Egypt Energies natural gas hydroelectricity urbanization digitalization environmental kuznets hypothesis |
| title | Unpacking How Natural Gas, Digital Growth, and Hydro-Based Energy Sources Impact Ecological Sustainability in Egypt |
| title_full | Unpacking How Natural Gas, Digital Growth, and Hydro-Based Energy Sources Impact Ecological Sustainability in Egypt |
| title_fullStr | Unpacking How Natural Gas, Digital Growth, and Hydro-Based Energy Sources Impact Ecological Sustainability in Egypt |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unpacking How Natural Gas, Digital Growth, and Hydro-Based Energy Sources Impact Ecological Sustainability in Egypt |
| title_short | Unpacking How Natural Gas, Digital Growth, and Hydro-Based Energy Sources Impact Ecological Sustainability in Egypt |
| title_sort | unpacking how natural gas digital growth and hydro based energy sources impact ecological sustainability in egypt |
| topic | natural gas hydroelectricity urbanization digitalization environmental kuznets hypothesis |
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