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Examining the role of BRICS countries at the global economic and environmental resources nexus.
Tian, Xu; Sarkis, Joseph; Geng, Yong; Bleischwitz, Raimund; Qian, Yiying; Xu, Liquan; Wu, Rui.
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  • Tian X; School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China; Institute for Sustainable Resources, Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources, University College London, Central House, 14 Upper Woburn Place, London, WC1H 0NN, United Kingdom. Electronic
  • Sarkis J; Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 01609-2280, USA; Humlog Institute, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland. Electronic address: jsarkis@wpi.edu.
  • Geng Y; School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China; China Institute of Urban Governance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai, 200092, China. Electronic addres
  • Bleischwitz R; Institute for Sustainable Resources, Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources, University College London, Central House, 14 Upper Woburn Place, London, WC1H 0NN, United Kingdom.
  • Qian Y; Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP), Faculty of Engineering Sciences, University College London, Shropshire House, 11-20 Capper Street, London, WC1E 6JA, United Kingdom.
  • Xu L; China-UK Low Carbon College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
  • Wu R; School of Business, Nanjing Normal University, No. 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China.
J Environ Manage ; 262: 110330, 2020 May 15.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32250809
The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are central to future global economic development. However, they are facing both environmental and natural resource stresses due to their rapid economic growth. This study examines the balance between economic benefits and cost of environmental emissions and resource usage in BRICS countries so that future sustainable development insights can be provided. The historical trends of carbon dioxide (CO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), water, land, energy and material footprints of these countries from 1995 to 2015 are evaluated with a multi-regional input-output model. Also, whether a decoupling relationship exists between economic development, environmental emissions and resources consumption, is examined. In addition, whether environmental emissions and resource usage costs to obtain identical economic gains of these countries in global trade are explored. The major results show that in congruence with economic development, the average annual growth rates of footprint indicators ranged from 0.2% in 1995 to 9.8% in 2015. A decoupling effect did not occur for CO2 emissions or water consumption but did exist for other indicators. Global trade across the supply chain shows to achieve a unit of USD economic benefit from trade, BRICS countries tend to use relatively greater environmental emissions and resource consumption to high income countries, when compared to other income level countries. These emergent economies did receive relatively greater benefits per environmental emissions and resource usage cost from lower-middle and low-income countries.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Dióxido de Carbono / Desenvolvimento Econômico Tipo de estudo: Health_economic_evaluation / Prognostic_studies Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude País/Região como assunto: Africa / America do sul / Asia / Brasil / Europa Idioma: En Revista: J Environ Manage Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Dióxido de Carbono / Desenvolvimento Econômico Tipo de estudo: Health_economic_evaluation / Prognostic_studies Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude País/Região como assunto: Africa / America do sul / Asia / Brasil / Europa Idioma: En Revista: J Environ Manage Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Reino Unido