Growth, Emission, and Mitigation Aid in Developing Countries

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the relationship between growth and pollution, especially in developing countries that struggle with adverse effects caused by the climate crisis. By using the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) framework, the effect of GDP on four air pollutants was investigated with a panel data of 91 countries for 10 years. Only carbon dioxide without control variables showed EKC and climate change mitigation aid was significantly negative to only greenhouse gas emission.