Against global sustainable development strategies and China's dual-carbon targets, green ecological governance has become a core driver of high-quality economic growth. Grounded in environmental and institutional economics, this study builds a four-dimensional theoretical framework. Using panel data of 30 Chinese provinces from 2013 to 2024, it takes green total factor productivity (GTFP) as the core indicator to empirically examine the impact and transmission paths of green ecological governance on sustainable economic development.Results show that green ecological governance significantly fosters sustainable economic development. Both green innovation and industrial structure upgrading play partial mediating roles, with green innovation exerting a stronger driving effect. Digital environmental governance produces a positive moderating effect, and the promotion effect is more evident in eastern regions and highly digitalized areas. Targeted strategies are proposed to support coordinated progress between ecological protection and high-quality economic growth.
Yuhao Gu, Hui Zhang· E3S Web of Conferences· 0 citations
Against the background of global carbon neutrality, environmental governance and climate action, energy transition has become a core strategy to balance low-carbon environmental protection and high-quality economic growth. Using panel data of 28 global economies from 2010 to 2024, this paper examines how energy transition (renewable energy development and energy efficiency) drives economic growth and improves environmental quality, with a focus on its environmental benefits, carbon reduction effects and regional heterogeneity. We introduce CO
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emissions per capita and carbon intensity (CO
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/GDP) as direct environmental dependent variables into the panel regression framework. Results show that energy transition significantly promotes economic growth while reducing carbon emissions and improving environmental quality. The effect is stronger in developed economies. Economic complexity and energy financing positively moderate the link, while geopolitical risk negatively moderates it. Emerging green technologies further enhance both economic benefits and environmental performance. This study enriches the theory of energy transition-environment-economy synergy and provides a reference for countries to achieve low-carbon development, environmental governance and sustainable growth.
Yuhao Gu, Han Lai· E3S Web of Conferences· 0 citations
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