Signifying the Imperative nexus among Co2 Emissions, ICT’s and Economic Growth: A case study of Pakistan

Abstract

Pakistan is facing the problem of environmental pollution. Environmental Pollution is caused by the use of coal energy consumptions, infrastructure proxy as transport, for economic growth but the concerns of environmental pollution cannot be ignored. The purpose of this study to investigate the impact of information and communication technology, gross domestic product, (GDP) with CO2 emission in Pakistan for a long-run by using annual time series data from 1990 to 2020. Using Augmented Dickey-Fuller Unit Root and Phillips Perron Test for stationary, Autocorrelation and ARDL Bound technique. The estimated results of ARDL indicate that economic growth (GDP), increase the CO2 emission in Pakistan both in short run and long run. While Information and communication technology decrease the CO2 emission Based on the estimated results it is recommended that policy maker in Pakistan should install advance technology and convert traditional energy sources such as coal energy consumption to solar energy that can reduce the CO2 emission and also ensure sustainable economic development of Pakistan.