Does convergence contribute to reshaping sustainable development policies? Insights from Sub-Saharan Africa
| Autor: | Halil Altintaş, Recep Ulucak, Aweng Peter Majok Garang, Salih Çağrı İlkay, Yacouba Kassouri |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0106 biological sciences
Sustainable development Ecological footprint Sub saharan Ecology Natural resource economics Global climate General Decision Sciences Public policy 010501 environmental sciences 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Economics Convergence (relationship) Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Popis: | This study examines environmental convergence in ecological footprint and its sub-components in a region subjected to rapid degradation of environmental conditions and, where environmental conservation significantly remains unpopular in both government policy priorities and academic literature. This is expected to contribute to policy-shaping in the region in terms of sustainable development goals and global climate protocols. To this end, the study employs a sophisticated methodological approach (log t regression) that accounts for slope heterogeneity using a pool of inclusive environmental parameters to test convergence among different sub-components. Results show that ecological footprint and its sub-components do not converge as a whole and several clubs are determined for each sub-component except forest-land and built-up-land footprints. Given the importance of achieving sustainable development goals and struggling with environmental threats collectively, this study highlights the importance of differentiated liabilities for countries. |
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