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Connecting higher education and renewable energy to attain sustainability for BRICS countries: A climate Kuznets curve perspective

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  • Mubasher Iqbal
  • Shajara Ul-Durar
  • Noman Arshed
  • Khuram Shahzad
  • Umer Ayub

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Purpose - Increased trapped heat in the atmosphere leads to global warming and economic activity is the primary culprit. This study proposes the nonlinear impact of economic activity on cooling degree days to develop a climate Kuznets curve (CKC). Further, this study explores the moderating role of higher education and renewable energy in diminishing the climate-altering effects of economic activity. Design/methodology/approach - All the selected BRICS economies range from 1992 to 2020. The CKC analysis uses a distribution and outlier robust panel quantile autoregressive distributed lagged model. Findings - Results confirmed a U-shaped CKC, controlling for population density, renewable energy, tertiary education enrollment and innovation. The moderating role of renewable energy and education can be exploited to tackle the progressively expanding climate challenges. Hence, education and renewable energy intervention can help in reducing CKC-based global warming. Research limitations/implications - This study highlighted the incorporation of climate change mitigating curriculum in education, so that the upcoming economic agents are well equipped to reduce global warming which must be addressed globally. Originality/value - This study is instrumental in developing the climate change-based economic activity Kuznets curve and assessing the potential of higher education and renewable energy policy intervention.

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  • Mubasher Iqbal & Shajara Ul-Durar & Noman Arshed & Khuram Shahzad & Umer Ayub, 2023. "Connecting higher education and renewable energy to attain sustainability for BRICS countries: A climate Kuznets curve perspective," International Journal of Emerging Markets, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 20(5), pages 2042-2060, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:ijoemp:ijoem-04-2023-0555
    DOI: 10.1108/IJOEM-04-2023-0555
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    1. Kakar, Shayan Khan & Wang, Jing & Arshed, Noman & Abdullahi, Nazir Muhammad & Ali, Javid, 2025. "Navigating the nexus of renewable energy, industrialization, financial technology, and carbon emissions: An in-depth analysis and policy framework," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    2. Qamar Abbas & Yao HongXing & Muhammad Ramzan & Sumbal Fatima, 2026. "Total factor productivity and environmental quality: measuring the role of financial stability in BRICS countries," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 28(4), pages 10097-10122, April.
    3. Peiying Luo & Tim Lenton, 2026. "Opening the Black Box of Financial Innovation and Sustainability Transitions: Unveiling the Roles of Green Entrepreneurship and Carbon Finance in G20 Countries," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 34(2), pages 1952-1980, April.
    4. Ul-Durar, Shajara & De Sisto, Marco & Arshed, Noman & Yasin, Naveed & Reynolds, Kae, 2025. "Natural capital productivity as a decoupler of energy and emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 145(C).
    5. Altaf, Asma & Anwar, Muhammad Awais & Shahzad, U. & Bilan, Yuriy, 2025. "Exploring the nexus among green finance, renewable energy and environmental sustainability: Evidence from OECD economies," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 244(C).

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    JEL classification:

    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
    • Q2 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation
    • Q3 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation

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