• Global effect of urban sprawl, industrialization, trade and economic development on carbon dioxide emissions 

      Sarkodie, Samuel Asumadu; Owusu, Phebe Asantewaa; Leirvik, Thomas (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-05)
      Significant progress has been made towards mitigating climate change and its impacts across countries. However, the transboundary effect of CO<sub>2</sub> emissions means that excluding the actions and inactions of certain countries and territories that escalate emissions is alarming. On this note, we examined the heterogeneous contribution of immediate and underlying drivers of emissions across 206 ...
    • Mitigating degradation and emissions in China: The role of environmental sustainability, human capital and renewable energy 

      Sarkodie, Samuel Asumadu; Adams, Samuel; Owusu, Phebe Asantewaa; Leirvik, Thomas; Ozturk, Ilhan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-24)
      China's carbon-embedded growth trajectory is gradually becoming a burden to environmental sustainability, hence, requires much attention. The complexity of human capital attributed emissions coupled with fossil fuel inclined energy utilization for industrialization underscores the failure of China to meet its mitigation target. We developed a policy-driven conceptual tool based on disaggregate energy ...