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Asymmetric impacts of natural gas consumption on renewable energy and economic growth in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

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  • Md Shabbir Alam
  • Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo
  • Radwa Radwan Said
  • Naushad Alam
  • Cosimo Magazzino
  • Uzma Khan

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The globe is now in ecological turmoil as a result of the unrelenting increase in global warming. As a result, governments worldwide are committing to decarbonizing the environment, with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) playing an important role in this effort. Hence, this paper evaluates the nonlinear (asymmetric) impact of natural gas consumption on renewable energy consumption and economic growth in the KSA and the UAE utilizing data stretching from 1990 to 2020. The study also considers other drivers of renewable energy consumption and economic growth, such as trade openness and CO 2 emissions. The study utilizes nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) to evaluate these associations. The outcomes of bounds nonlinear ARDL (NARDL), affirm the long-run association between the variables in both countries. The nonlinear results show that positive and negative shocks in natural gas consumption have a negative impact on renewable energy in both UAE and KSA. In contrast, positive and negative shocks in natural gas consumption impact economic growth positively. The study proposed vital policy recommendations based on these results.

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  • Md Shabbir Alam & Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo & Radwa Radwan Said & Naushad Alam & Cosimo Magazzino & Uzma Khan, 2024. "Asymmetric impacts of natural gas consumption on renewable energy and economic growth in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates," Energy & Environment, , vol. 35(3), pages 1359-1373, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:engenv:v:35:y:2024:i:3:p:1359-1373
    DOI: 10.1177/0958305X221140580
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