Natural Resources Consumption, Renewable Energy Investments and Digital Infrastructure: Analyzing Climate Change in Top‐10 Resource Consuming Economies
ABSTRACT The continuous industrial developments mean global economies are under heightened pressure to enact pro‐environmental policies and solve climate change and global warming. In order to examine the sustainable development transition, the current study articulates natural resources, digital infrastructure, renewable energy investments, institutional governance, and economic growth to study climate change in top‐10 resource‐consuming economies. The empirical analysis analyzes the empirical dataset from 1996 to 2022 to report that renewable energy investments, digital infrastructure, and institutional governance lower climate change challenges. In contrast, dependency on natural resources and economic growth endanger ecological sustainability. Our robust theoretical and econometric analysis helps us suggest sustainable development policy frameworks to help achieve sustainable development goals.
Authors
- Fouad Jamaani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4500-6396)
- Siman Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4349-2044)
- Muhammad Farhan Bashir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5103-4639)
Institutions
- Taif University (SA)
- Chengdu University of Technology (CN)
- University of Business and Technology (SA)
- Changsha University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sustainable Development
- Published
- 2025-04-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.3483
- Citations
- 14
- Primary Topic
- Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 43.84
Funders
- Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province
- National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences
- National Science and Technology Major Project
- National Social Science Fund of China