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ArticleHeliyon2024

Exploring the impact of renewable energy, green taxes and trade openness on carbon neutrality: New insights from BRICS countries.

Yanfeng Li, Jingru Liu, Yanlei Li

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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  • Retraction · 2025-08-15Concerns/Issues about Referencing/Attributions · Investigation by Journal/Publisher · Plagiarism of/in Article · Unreliable Results and/or Conclusions ·
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yanfeng LiState Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
Jingru LiuShandong Electric Power Engineering Consulting Institute Corp., Ltd., Jinan 250013, China.
Yanlei LiMOE Key Laboratory of Regional Energy and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The world faces two significant challenges: promoting sustainable economic growth and reaching carbon neutrality. In BRICS countries, these challenges are shaped by renewable energy, green taxes, and trade openness. These countries were selected for their strategic location and the abundance of relevant data collected over the period of 1990-2021, providing a distinctive window into the energy and economic dynamics of the area. The link between renewable energy consumption, green taxes, trade openness, and natural resources and their effects on carbon emissions in BRICS countries is examined in this study using the Fully Modified Ordinary Least Square Method (FMOLS) estimator and the Drisc Kraay estimator for the robustness test. The findings indicate that using renewable energy and green taxes primarily contribute to reducing emissions, particularly at higher emissions levels. The study reveals that various factors, namely financial globalization, trade openness, efficient resource management, and population growth, substantially impact carbon neutrality. Population growth positively impacts carbon neutrality, while using renewable energy sources mitigates it. Furthermore, the empirical findings show a statistically significant positive association between financial globalization, efficient resource management, and carbon neutrality in BRICS nations. Therefore, it is necessary to implement an integrated ecological governance strategy to control and direct financial resources towards sustainable development and green energy.

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BRICS countriesCarbon neutralityGreen taxesRenewable energyTrade openness

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PMID39315208
PMCPMC11417214

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