The Relationship of Energy and CO2 Emissions with GDP per Capita in Colombia

Atmosphere

Vicent Alcántara¹  Emilio Padilla¹  JosepLluís Raymond²  LourdesIsabel Patiño³ 

[1] Department of Applied Economics, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain;Department of Economics and Economic History, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain;Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales, Universidad Castro Carazo, Avenida Primera, 5–7,San José 10104, Costa Rica;

关键词: CO₂ emissions;    environmental Kuznets curve;    partial adjustment model;    primary energy;    seemingly unrelated regression equations;   

DOI  :  10.3390/atmos11080778

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

We analyze the relationship of CO₂ emissions per capita and primary energy per capita with gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and other relevant variables in Colombia for the period 1971–2017. Two partial adjustment models are estimated through the seemingly unrelated regression equations method. There is a decrease in these environmental pressures during some years of the period. However, the results reject the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis and indicate that economic growth is still linked to an increase in these environmental pressures in Colombia. Moreover, a linear relationship between both indicators and GDP per capita is not rejected. Several factors explain the changes in energy consumption and emissions over time, the policies applied being crucial. Some determinants that helped to control these environmental pressures are the change in primary energy source composition, which entailed primary energy savings and a reduction in CO₂ emissions, as well as the regulations aimed at controlling CO₂ emissions from the transport and industrial sectors.

【 授权许可】

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