Longitudinal trajectory of technological growth in Sub-Sahara Africa: new insights for achieving carbon dioxide emissions reduction and environmental sustainability.
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| Title: | Longitudinal trajectory of technological growth in Sub-Sahara Africa: new insights for achieving carbon dioxide emissions reduction and environmental sustainability. |
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| Authors: | Jamatutu, Seidu Abdulai1 (AUTHOR) sasajamat78@gmail.com, Abbass, Kashif1 (AUTHOR) kashifabbass@njust.edu.cn, Song, Huaming1 (AUTHOR) huaming@njust.edu.cn, Gawusu, Sidique2 (AUTHOR) gawususidique@gmail.com, Yeboah, Kyei Emmanuel1 (AUTHOR) emma556@live.com |
| Source: | Environment, Development & Sustainability. Jun2026, Vol. 28 Issue 6, p13353-13381. 29p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Carbon emissions, *Urbanization, *Sustainability, *Industrialization, *Technological innovations, *Economic expansion, *Sub-Saharan Africans, *Energy consumption |
| Geographic Terms: | Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa |
| Abstract: | Across the world, technological adoption has demonstrated capacity towards improving economic production, efficient exploration and consumption of natural resources as well as reduce CO2 emissions. Though with significant impact on CO2 emissions, technological growth has remained relatively low across countries in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). With positive projected economic growth, rising populations, urbanization and the rapid industrialization of economies, the countries in SSA are expected to witness corresponding increase in CO2 emissions. Considering the size of the sub-region, these projections remain a threat to global efforts towards decarbonizing the world. Based on trend and predictive analysis, we explored the synergies of technologies growth, and CO2 emissions in Sub Sahara Africa. The results reveal inconsistent upswing trends of technological growth and CO2 emissions across SSA. As a novel contribution, the FE model exhibits superior correspondence with the actual data trends signaling higher CO2 emission for countries in SSA. The results edify the pivotal role of country-specific peculiarities in shaping technological growth, energy consumption and environmental sustainability efforts in SSA. The study concludes that while global trends provide overarching narratives, individual countries carry their own weight of unique narratives that can spindle advance model predictions. The recommendations thus highlight the urgent need for tailored and context-specific strategies towards addressing environment and sustainability issues in Africa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Database: | Energy & Power Source |
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| Abstract: | Across the world, technological adoption has demonstrated capacity towards improving economic production, efficient exploration and consumption of natural resources as well as reduce CO2 emissions. Though with significant impact on CO2 emissions, technological growth has remained relatively low across countries in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). With positive projected economic growth, rising populations, urbanization and the rapid industrialization of economies, the countries in SSA are expected to witness corresponding increase in CO2 emissions. Considering the size of the sub-region, these projections remain a threat to global efforts towards decarbonizing the world. Based on trend and predictive analysis, we explored the synergies of technologies growth, and CO2 emissions in Sub Sahara Africa. The results reveal inconsistent upswing trends of technological growth and CO2 emissions across SSA. As a novel contribution, the FE model exhibits superior correspondence with the actual data trends signaling higher CO2 emission for countries in SSA. The results edify the pivotal role of country-specific peculiarities in shaping technological growth, energy consumption and environmental sustainability efforts in SSA. The study concludes that while global trends provide overarching narratives, individual countries carry their own weight of unique narratives that can spindle advance model predictions. The recommendations thus highlight the urgent need for tailored and context-specific strategies towards addressing environment and sustainability issues in Africa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 1387585X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10668-024-05467-8 |
