ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Environ. Sci.
Sec. Environmental Economics and Management
This article is part of the Research TopicEnergy Transition: Opportunities and Barriers in Technology, Economics, and PolicyView all 11 articles
The Effect of the Energy Poverty Reduction and Renewable Energy Use on the CO2 Emissions: Empirical Evidence from ASEAN Countries
Provisionally accepted
- 1Istanbul Commerce University, Fatih, Türkiye
- 2Bandirma Onyedi Eylul Universitesi, Bandirma, Türkiye
- 3Rossijskij ekonomiceskij universitet imeni G V Plehanova, Moscow, Russia
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Access to affordable and clean energy and increasing CO2 emissions have been amongst the leading global challenges. Energy is one of the fundamental requirements of life and in turn problems in access to energy include many negative educational, health, environmental, and economic implications for the nations. On the other hand, increasing CO2 emissions can negatively impact societies through global warming, climate change, and air pollution. For this reason, this research investigates the influence of energy poverty, use of renewables, and per capita GDP on CO2 emissions in the ASEAN states for the years of 2000-2021 through causality and cointegration methods. The outcomes of causality test uncover a significant effect of per capita GDP and energy poverty indicators on CO2 emissions and a bidirectional causal relation between CO2 emissions and use of renewable energy. In addition, the outcomes of the cointegration analysis unveil that effect of energy poverty indicators on CO2 emissions differs amongst the ASEAN countries. In conclusion, advancement in access to energy through clean energy sources and energy efficient technologies is beneficial for improvements in the environmental quality.
Keywords: energy poverty reduction, Renewable energy use, Per capita GDP, ASEAN countries, Panel econometrics
Received: 31 Aug 2025; Accepted: 24 Oct 2025.
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* Correspondence: Betül Gür, bgur@ticaret.edu.tr
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