Greenhouse gas emissions and Poverty alleviation nexus in the economic commission of west african States

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Chi Aloysius Ngong

University of Nigeria, Cameroon

: Expert Opin Environ Biol

Abstract

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This paper investigates the nexus between greenhouse gas emissions and poverty alleviation in the Economic Commission of West African States between 1985 and 2020 applying autoregressive distributed lag and Granger causality techniques. The results reveal that carbon dioxide non-significantly relates to gross domestic product per capita positively while nitrous oxide and foreign direct investment impacts gross domestic product per capita positively. Methane negatively impacts gross domestic product per capita. The governments should use conventions to regulate greenhouse gas emissions’ effects on environmental degradation regionally and globally. The study underscores that countries should diversify to cleaner energy sources. This would reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere. Massive technological investment is required to mitigate the greenhouse gas emissions’negative impacts on the environment which create poverty. This policy implication ensures environmental sustainability and reverses the ugly trend of greenhouse gas emissions on poverty.

Biography

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Chi Aloysius Ngong has completed his Ph.D at the age of 41 years from the University of Nigeria, Nsuka (UNN). He currently lectures at Heritage Higher Institute of Peace and Development Studies (HEHIPEDS) Yaoundé and the University of Bamenda. He has published more than 15 papers in reputed international journals and has reviewed sixteen (16) papers from different reputed journals. He currently has more than 5 papers under peer review in reputed journals.