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This paper investigates the relationship between Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) and other factors such as Financial Development (FD), Energy Consumption (ENG), Economic Expansion (GDP) and Trade Openness (TO) in Malaysia. Annual time series data for the 1975 to 2014 period, the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) and Unit Root Test such as Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) and Phillips Perron (PP) are used for the analysis. The results reveal that among the factors of GDP and TO have a positive significant impact on GDP growth. However, FD and ENG are the only variables that do not have significant bearings to CO2 emissions in Malaysia. The study ultimately analyzes the short-run and long-run elasticities of the model of sustainable development. These findings could asists policymakers in planning urbanization development by emphasizing clean investment for limiting CO2 emissions, which can save people from natural disasters.
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In-Text Citation: (Zainal et al., 2020)
To Cite this Article: Zainal, N. I. H. N., Ridzuan, A. R., & Ab Rahman, Z. (2020). The Driving Prospects of Sustainable Environment in Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Economics and Managment and Sciences, 9(1), 32–41.
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