Title : Clean energy, conventional energy consumption and ecological footprint in emerging countries
Abstract:
Ecological footprint gained attention in the past decades. Ecological footprint damage is via consumption of clean energy/conventional energy. It has been observed that the two energy sources impact the ecological footprint positively or negatively per extant researchers. To uncover the clear effect cause by clean and conventional energy, this study sought to uncover the collective impact of clean energy conventional energy on ecological footprint in developing countries. Our study will employ panel ADF panel IPS approach for stationarity checks. Pairwise cointegration test and Granger causality will be utilized in the study. A diagnostic test will be done via the AR approach. The variable will either be cointegration or not, and our diagnostic test will indicate whether all the variables are stable or unstable. Results from the ganger causality test will indicate either unidirectional or bidirectional causality between clean and ecological footprint. Findings from the granger causality test will attest whether clean energy, conventional energy reduce or damaged ecological footprint levels. The study will prompt many policy directions for the countries
