The making-or-breaking of material and resource efficiency in the Nordics

IF 3.7 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Cleaner and Responsible Consumption Pub Date : 2023-11-07 DOI:10.1016/j.clrc.2023.100151
Andrew Adewale Alola , Ali Celik , Hephzibah Onyeje Obekpa , Ojonugwa Usman , Chukwuemeka Echebiri
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The relevance of efficient direct material input through both export market and domestic material sources offers useful material and resource productivity guidelines from both economic and environmental sustainability dimensions. In the current context, the drivers of material and resource efficiency in the Nordic region are examined by utilizing requisite empirical approaches over the period 1995–2020. The investigation revealed that economic activities which are characterized by Gross domestic product (GDP) alongside the growth of urban population and utilization of oil energy are all detrimental to the region's resource efficiency. It implies that material utilization efficiency cannot be optimized with the current trend of the region's GDP, urban population growth and the use of dirty energy. Contrarily, the findings, further revealed that alternative energy utilization vis-à-vis renewables are key indicators to spur material and resource efficiency in the region, thus throwing more support for the region's unavoidable energy transition goal. These highlighted results alongside the Granger causality inference offer sustainable development measures that are specifically motivated through the improvement of efficient and optimization of output.

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北欧国家材料和资源效率的成败
通过出口市场和国内材料来源进行有效的直接材料投入的相关性从经济和环境可持续性两个方面提供了有用的材料和资源生产力指导方针。在目前的情况下,在1995-2020年期间利用必要的经验方法审查了北欧区域材料和资源效率的驱动因素。调查显示,以国内生产总值(GDP)为特征的经济活动与城市人口的增长和石油能源的利用都不利于该地区的资源效率。这意味着在当前区域GDP、城市人口增长和肮脏能源使用的趋势下,材料利用效率无法优化。相反,研究结果进一步表明,替代能源利用相对于-à-vis可再生能源是提高该地区物质和资源效率的关键指标,从而为该地区不可避免的能源转型目标提供了更多支持。这些突出的结果与格兰杰因果推理一起,提供了通过提高效率和优化产出来具体激励的可持续发展措施。
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Cleaner and Responsible Consumption
Cleaner and Responsible Consumption Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
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