Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/262076 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/22/006
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
The struggle to combat climate change remains complex and challenging. Currently, two climate change approaches, namely, mitigation and adaptation, have been widely supported. These are empirical, requiring further explanation of the main drivers of carbon emissions. This research seeks to tackle this problem by providing a strategy to reduce climate change impacts. This study contributes to the existing empirical literature in several ways. It investigates whether education and information and communication technology (ICT) matter to promote environmental sustainability in the Eastern and Southern Africa. The empirical evidence is based on the third-generation panel unit root test and panel cointegration tests that account for the potential issue of structural breaks in the series. We further dissect the long and short run dynamics using the panel Granger causality approach. Our findings show the possibility of using education and clean technology investment in a complementary strategy for mitigating carbon emissions and promoting environmental sustainability in the sampled countries.
Subjects: 
Environmental Sustainability
ICT
Education
Eastern Africa
Southern Africa
JEL: 
C52
O38
O40
O55
P37
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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