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Energy and Emissions Conflicts in a Globalized World: The Asian and BRICS Case Studies

Touria Abdelkader-Benmesaud Conde1,*, Fernando Barreiro-Pereira2

1Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED University), Madrid, Spain.

2Department of Analisis Economico, Universidad Nacional de Education a Distancia (UNED University), Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, 11 Paseo Senda del Rey, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

*Corresponding author: Touria Abdelkader-Benmesaud Conde

Published: February 4,2021

Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to observe the environmental behavior in some countries of the world, focusing the study on the Asian case, by analyzing the trend of the energy consumption and emissions indicators in each country.The pollutants that contribute most to environmental degradation are carbon dioxide emissions and PM10 suspended particles. In 41 years, from 1971 to 2012, greenhouse gas emissions have doubled, with CO2 accounting for two thirds of greenhouse gas emissions. The aim of this research is to analyse to what extent the excess of CO2 emissions is directly associated with energy consumption or are due to imperfections in production processes. In order to carry out this analysis, a microeconomic specification has been carried out, which has been applied by using econometric techniques across some Asian countries and also some metropolitan areas, considering IEA (2016) annual data. Only carbon dioxide emissions are addressed in this paper, but it does not address other emissions such as NOx or SOx. The paper relates issues to central questions of international politics and theoretical debates concerning to the levels of energy consumption, carbon dioxide emissions and the role of the renewable energies on the climate change and the wellbeing of the consumers. The paper also examines some conflicts coming from competition for energy resources, energy dependence and the spillover effects of the emissions on the proper and neighboring areas.

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How to cite this paper

Energy and Emissions Conflicts in a Globalized World: The Asian and BRICS Case Studies

How to cite this paper: Touria Abdelkader-Benmesaud Conde, Fernando Barreiro-Pereira. (2021) Energy and Emissions Conflicts in a Globalized World: The Asian and BRICS Case Studies. Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Science5(1), 23-34.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2021.01.004