IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/renene/v247y2025ics096014812500521x.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Response of energy transition and education in promoting the ecological balance in the BRICS countries

Author

Listed:
  • Manzoor, Shahid
  • Abbas, Ali
  • Chen, Songsheng
  • Zhang, Guoqing
  • Khan, Anwar

Abstract

Climate challenges and environmental degradation are obvious threats that disturb the ecological balance. To confront this situation, researchers are on high alert to identify the indicators affecting ecological sustainability. Accordingly, this study investigates the long-term impact of energy transition and education on maintaining ecological balance in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South African economies by constructing an energy transition index using data between 2000 and 2021. The study employs Feasible Generalized Least Squares as the primary analytical tool, and the main outcomes are re-confirmed through the Driscoll-Kraay model and quantile regression across multiple quantiles. Findings indicate that energy transition plays a positive role in maintaining ecological balance. Conversely, education negatively impacts ecological balance driven by industrial growth and heightened consumption linked to higher income levels. Policy recommendations include intensifying investment in renewable energy and incorporating sustainability-focused content in educational frameworks to mitigate its environmental downsides.

Suggested Citation

  • Manzoor, Shahid & Abbas, Ali & Chen, Songsheng & Zhang, Guoqing & Khan, Anwar, 2025. "Response of energy transition and education in promoting the ecological balance in the BRICS countries," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 247(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:247:y:2025:i:c:s096014812500521x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2025.122859
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096014812500521X
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.renene.2025.122859?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:247:y:2025:i:c:s096014812500521x. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/renewable-energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.