This study explores whether increasing renewable energy consumption can alleviate environmental pressures (per capita carbon emissions and per capita ecological footprint) and the heterogeneity of the effects of increasing renewable energy consumption on the environmental pressures of countries...

Rising industrialization, urbanization, and the vast economic size of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) are generating CO2 emissions, and these countries are struggling to deal with environmental degradation. Before it is too late, the BRICS need to identify variables that...