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Measuring Low Carbon Energy, Economic And Environmental Sustainability Performance Of Brics

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  • HAO LI

    (Business School, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China)

  • ZOBIA BHATTI

    (��Quaid e Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan)

  • QAISER ABBAS

    (��Department of Economics, Ghazi University, D. G. Khan, Pakistan)

  • ISHTIAQ AHMAD

    (�Department of Economics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan)

  • NADEEM IQBAL

    (�Department of Business Administration, Ghazi University, D. G. Khan, Pakistan)

  • BABAR AZIZ

    (��Department of Economics, Government College University Lahore, Pakistan)

Abstract

Formulating a robust low-carbon strategy has now been critical to achieving sustainable economic development amid broad carbon emissions across the BRIC region thanks to rapid industrialization and international trade growth. Developing such a strategy requires measuring actual sustainability performance from the energy, economy and ecological perspectives in this region. Therefore, this study explores the relationship among BRIC countries’ energy, economic and environmental sustainability performance by applying a common weight data envelopment analysis (DEA)-like composite indicator approach. The indicators encompass a comprehensive, latest, appropriate and applicable set of indicators. The results reveal that China and Brazil outperform against other underlined countries of the region in achieving sustainability with an overall index score of 0.96. India stands in ranking on second with a steady and unchanged score in the region, followed by South Africa and Russia, standing in ranking on fourth and fifth, respectively, in this study. Inclusive scores of both countries indicate the actual and robust possible potential for better sustainability performances in the region. This study proposes a policy by lifting the cross-border trade for renewable energy to achieve long-term environmental sustainability in the BRICS region.

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  • Hao Li & Zobia Bhatti & Qaiser Abbas & Ishtiaq Ahmad & Nadeem Iqbal & Babar Aziz, 2024. "Measuring Low Carbon Energy, Economic And Environmental Sustainability Performance Of Brics," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 69(01), pages 357-376, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:serxxx:v:69:y:2024:i:01:n:s0217590820500617
    DOI: 10.1142/S0217590820500617
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    Keywords

    Economic; BRICS; sustainable indicator; low carbon economy; sustainability index climate change;
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    JEL classification:

    • O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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