Policy Pathways to Environmental Sustainability: Integrating Green Growth, ICT and Resource Endowment in Emerging Economies

ABSTRACT Amid accelerating digital transformation and the global pursuit of sustainability, understanding how technology, resource use and green growth (GG) interact to shape environmental outcomes has become increasingly vital. This study applies Hansen's threshold regression covering the period 1990–2023 to capture nonlinear and regime‐dependent dynamics within an extended STIRPAT framework. The results reveal that population and economic growth intensify environmental pressure, whereas natural resource dependence continues to amplify CO 2 emissions, reaffirming the resource‐curse hypothesis. Notably, a digital turning point emerges—at higher information and communication technology (ICT) levels, the ecological impact of resource rents shifts from harmful to restorative, indicating that ICT can moderate the environmental costs of resource exploitation. Conversely, GG remains in a transitional stage, exerting weak or adverse ecological effects as investments remain energy‐intensive. Policy priorities should therefore focus on ICT–green integration, sustainable resource governance and technological innovation to advance the transition toward long‐term ecological resilience.