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Environmental treaties’ impact on the environment in resource-rich and non-resource-rich countries

  • Azadeh Pazouki
    ,
  • Abdulrasheed Zakari
    ,
  • Festus Fatai Adedoyin
    ,
  • Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary
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Abstract

This paper examines the impact of environmental treaties on the environment across 74 countries: 50 resource-rich and 24 non-resource-rich countries. Using data spanning over 35 years, we find a negative and significant association between environmental treaties and environmental quality in resource-rich countries. On the contrary, we find environmental treaties positively and significantly affect the environment in non-resource-rich countries. Our results suggest that the environmental treaties signed by resource-rich countries may lead them to achieve sustainable development growth by 2030. Therefore, our results extend the environment literature and inform policymakers of the need to pay attention to the effects of signing environmental treaties on environmental protection.

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Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 33108-33119 (12 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Volume 28, Issue 25)

Publication milestones

  • Accepted/In press - 26/01/2021
  • Published - 26/02/2021

Publication status

Published - 26/02/2021

ISSN

0944-1344

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/625581
  • Scopus: 85101740954

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