The higher economic growth of China intensifies the consumption of fossil fuel, such as coal and oil, for electricity generation, transportation etc., which is responsible for environmental degradation through the emissions of carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen etc. The objectives of this study are to investigate the impact of greenhouse gas emission on health issues and provide the effective solution to overcome health-related issues, caused by carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen emission. For this purpose, we propose that higher afforestation activities can help to mitigate the carbon emission and can help to reduce the health diseases. The findings of quantile regressions reported that an increase in carbon emission causes significantly higher health issues. On the contrary, afforestation activities reported a negative coefficient, suggesting that growth of forests can be useful measure in control of health issues. The findings of the current study can be utilized in policy making and to explore the nexus between greenhouse gas emission, afforestation, and health issues.
1.Govt Coll Univ Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan 2.Shandong Univ, Ctr Econ & Res, 27 Shanda Nanl Lu, Jinan, Shandong, Peoples R China 3.Shandong Univ, Sch Econ, 27 Shanda Nanl Lu, Jinan, Shandong, Peoples R China 4.Univ Jeddah, Finance & Insurance Dept, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 5.Yangzhou Univ, Res Inst Cent Jiangsu Dev, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
Recommended Citation:
Farooq, Muhammad Umar,Shahzad, Umer,Sarwar, Suleman,et al. The impact of carbon emission and forest activities on health outcomes: empirical evidence from China[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH,2019-01-01,26(13):12894-12906