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Impact of Digital Finance on Global Climate Change: Sectoral Evidence

In: Digital Banking and Finance A Handbook

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  • Muhammad Shahzad Ijaz
  • Mushtaq Hussain Khan
  • Ujala Siddique

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Concerning the issue of global climate change, an urgent response is required to decrease carbon emissions in alignment with the Paris Agreement (12 December 2015), particularly in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Over the past few decades, the mining of cryptocurrencies has emerged as a significant contributor to carbon emissions due to the rapid growth of the cryptocurrency market, resulting in a substantial increase in the computational demands of mining machines and energy consumption associated with generating digital tokens. This chapter aims to investigate the impact of digital currency trading activities (digital finance) on climate change. To achieve this objective, this study employs the DCC-GARCH model using daily trading data of five major cryptocurrencies based on market capitalization (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether, BNB and Ripple) and global climate change (CO2 emissions). Climate change data from five different sectors (power, ground transportation, residential, domestic aviation and international aviation) are used. The findings show that cryptocurrency mining (trading activity) leads to higher CO2 emissions, particularly in the power sector, which, in turn, adversely impacts global climate change.

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  • Muhammad Shahzad Ijaz & Mushtaq Hussain Khan & Ujala Siddique, 2025. "Impact of Digital Finance on Global Climate Change: Sectoral Evidence," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Christopher E C Gan & Nirosha Hewa-Wellalage & Ahmed Imran Hunjra (ed.), Digital Banking and Finance A Handbook, chapter 3, pages 63-88, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9781800616257_0003
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    Keywords

    FinTech; Digital Era; Financial Industry; Digital Technology; Digital Financial Industry; Digital Finance; Financial Inclusion; Bank Stability; Emerging Economies; Bibliometric Analysis; Digital Finance Revolution; Global Impacts; Digital Innovation; Insurance; Big Data Applications; Digital Assets in Disarray; Forecasting Bitcoin; Machine Learning Approach; Economic Policy Uncertainty; Cryptocurrency; Bank Shares; Digital Age; Corporate Governance; Risks; Rewards; Assets Tokenization; Future of Money; Central Bank Digital Currencies; Bank Innovation; Risk-Taking Perspective;
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    JEL classification:

    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets
    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
    • G24 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage
    • M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting

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