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    Economic and Environmental Drivers of Carbon Emissions in Asia: Granger Causality Insights From Foreign Investment, Inflation, and Ecological Footprint
    (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2026) Nizar, S; Natkunarasa, A; Divyanjali, H; Jayathilaka, R
    Rising carbon emissions cause critical challenges to sustainable development, particularly in Asia which accounts for a substan-tial share of global emissions. The study investigates the short-run causal relationships between foreign direct investment, infla-tion, ecological footprint, and carbon emissions across 27 Asian countries (final analytical sample) over the period 2000–2023.Utilizing country-specific VAR-based Granger causality analysis, the study captures heterogeneous sustainability economic in-teractions without imposing uniform panel assumptions. The results reveal diverse unidirectional and bidirectional causalitypatterns, highlighting how macroeconomic pressures and environmental constraints jointly shape emission outcomes. Thesefindings underscore the importance of sustainable investment, energy price management, and institutional capacity in sup-porting sustainable communities and enhancing knowledge-driven sustainability transitions. From a managerial and policyperspective, the results provide actionable insights aligning with investment decisions, macroeconomic management, and envi-ronmental governance with the sustainable development goals, particularly SDG 13 (climate action), while recognizing country-specific development pathways.
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    Environmental Degradation and Its Implications for Forestry Resource Efficiency and Total Factor Forestry Productivity in China
    (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2025-07-15) Wu, F; Yasmeen, R; Xu, X; Kankanam Pathiranage, H. M; Shah,W.U.H; Shen, J
    Environmental costs (carbon emissions) have come with China’s economic rise, and its forestry sector now faces difficulties in maintaining both its profit and the health of its ecosystems. This study assesses the impact of carbon emissions on forestry efficiency and total factor productivity (TFFP) in China’s 31 provinces between 2001 and 2021. Using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) model through the slack-based measure (SBM framework) and Malmquist–Luenberger index (MLI), we examine the efficiency and productivity growth of forestry, both with and without accounting for carbon emissions. The study reveals that when carbon emissions are not taken into account, traditional measures of productivity tend to overstate both efficiency and total factor forestry productivity (TFFP) growth, resulting in an average of 7.7 percent higher efficiency and 1.6 percent of additional TFFP growth per year. If we compare the regions, coast provinces with stricter technical regulations have improved efficiency in usage, but places like Tibet and Qinghai, with more vulnerable ecosystems, endure harsher consequences. Regardless of incorporating bad output into the TFFP estimation, China’s growth in forestry productivity primarily depends on efficiency change (EC) rather than technological change (TC).