In an era where economic progress and environmental sustainability must go hand in hand, this book offers an essential exploration of how renewable energy can drive both growth and sustainability. It delves into the pivotal role of green energy investments in achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7)ensuring access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy for all. With 25 well-researched chapters, the book provides a comprehensive analysis of green energy's impact on economic development, circular economy principles, and productivity of energy resource. Through theoretical models and empirical studies, it presents a cross-country analysis, offering valuable insights for policymakers, researchers, economists, and environmentalists. It highlights the necessity of transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy and explores strategies for mitigating climate change through public and private sector collaborations.
As nations strive to balance industrial growth with environmental responsibility, this book serves as a vital resource for scholars and decision-makers looking to implement sustainable energy solutions. Whether you are a researcher in economics, environmental science, or social sciences, or a policymaker shaping the future of green development, this book equips you with the knowledge and tools to drive impactful changes.
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part I: Global Perspectives of Green Energy
Investment and Economic Developmen.
Chapter 2: Chemical tools for green
energy development and environmental prospects.
Chapter 3: Bioeconomy and
Role of Green Energy in Economic Development.
Chapter 4: Environmental
Emission, Total Factor Productivity and Green Technology: A Growth-theoretic
Study.
Chapter 5: Exploring the Causal Nexus of the Circular Economy
Indicators in Europe.
Chapter 6: Role of Green Finance in Green Growth in
Global South.
Chapter 7: A study on the interrelationships among energy
transition, green capital and carbon emission: Insights from the panel data
analysis.
Chapter 8: Green Investments and Economic Development: Insights
from across the South Asian Countries.
Chapter 9: Environmental
Competitiveness, Green Energy, and Global Sustainability.
Chapter 10: Green
Energy and Economic Development: The Experience of Selected South Asian
Countries.
Chapter 11: Renewable Energy, Development, and Peace: Does
Renewable Energy Have Pacifying Effects on Civil Wars?.
Chapter 12:
Climate-Induced Migration in the Indo-Pacific Regions.- Part II: Green Energy
Investment and Economic Development from Countries Perspectives.
Chapter
13: Macroeconomic Implications of Global Energy Transition Landscape with
special reference to India and China.
Chapter 14: Green Energy,
Environmental Quality, Economic Growth, Economic Security Nexus in Ghana.-
Chapter 15: Indias Energy System: An Assessment and Way Forward.
Chapter
16: Climate Stress Testing in the Indian Atmosphere: A Theoretical
Exploration for Sustainable Growth.
Chapter 17: Revolutionizing Green
Transportation: Unleashing the Power of Public and Private Collaboration for
Sustainable Mobility in India.
Chapter 18: Strategies to Improve Energy
Efficiency for Sustainable Energy Management.
Chapter 19: Dynamics between
Renewable Energy Consumption, Economic Growth, Financial Development and CO2
Emissions: An Empirical Study in India.
Chapter 20: Sustainable Artificial
Intelligence-Based Renewable Energy in the Construction 5.0 to Support the
Pollution Halo Hypothesis and Sustainable Economic Development.
Chapter 21:
Energy Use Convergence and Economic Development: Case Study of India.-
Chapter 22: Impact of Environmental Emission on Total Factor Productivity
Growth in Indian Manufacturing Industries: A State Level Analysis for 1980-81
to 2016-17.
Chapter 23: Conservation and Sustainable Use of Forestry:
Dynamic Evidences from Major Forest Areas in West Bengal, India.
Chapter 24:
Italian Architecture, Green Initiatives and Well-Being of Human Beings.-
Chapter 25: Accepting the Fate: A Study on Water-Induced Disaster Affected
People Living in Slums.
Ramesh Chandra Das is Professor at the Department of Economics of Vidyasagar University in the state of West Bengal, India. He has obtained Masters, M. Phil and Ph. D Degree in Economics from the University of Calcutta. He has teaching and research experience of more than twenty-five years in his credit.