scholarly journals Sustainability in ASEAN: The Roles of Financial Development towards Climate Change

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Vikniswari Vija Kumaran ◽  
Siti Nurul Munawwarah ◽  
Mohd Khairi Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Financial Development

scholarly journals How Does Climate Change Affect Rice Production in Thailand? Assessing the Role of Financial Development

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas Ali Chandio ◽  
Martinson Ankrah Twumasi ◽  
Fayyaz Ahmad ◽  
Ghulam Raza Sargani ◽  
Yuansheng Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Financial Development ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Causal Link ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Domestic Credit

Abstract The study aims to examine the impacts of climate change (CC) and financial development (FD) on rice production (RP) in Thailand from the period 1969 to 2016 by using the ARDL and VECM framework. The empirical results revealed that in the long- run (LR) and short-run (SR) there is a reduction in rice production as temperature increase. The carbon dioxide (CO2) positively affects rice production in the (LR), while this connection is negative in the SR. The empirical results further confirmed that in the LR and SR domestic credit provided by the financial sector positively and significantly improved rice production, while domestic credit to private sector by banks negatively affect rice production. The important input factors including cultivated area, fertilizers use and labor force positively and significantly contributed to rice production in both LR and SR. The LR causal link of all variables with rice production is validated. The SR causal association is unidirectional among temperature, CO2 emissions, financial development, labor force and rice production. Additionally, the IRF and VDM outcomes also confirm that both climate change and socioeconomic development are crucial for rice production in Thailand. The study offers important policy implications to improve rice production with the help of improved financial system and climate controls.

scholarly journals Assessing the effect of climate change and financial development on agricultural production in ASEAN-4: The role of renewable energy, institutional quality and human capital as moderators

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas Ali Chandio ◽  
Muhammad Ibrahim Shah ◽  
Narayan Sethi ◽  
Zulqarnain Mushtaq
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Financial Development ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Distributed Lag ◽  
Long Run

Abstract This study utilizes the data of ASEAN-4 nations, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand, to examine how climate change, renewable energy, human capital, institutional quality as well as financial development affect the agricultural production. Since shocks in one country can easily affect another country of this region, the second generation modelling techniques are utilized to prove the relationship among the variables of interest. Findings from the Westerlund (2007) cointegration test confirms long run relationship among the variables. The result from Cross-sectionally augmented autoregressive distributed lag (CS-ARDL) model reveals that climate change negatively affects the agricultural production, renewable energy, human capital, institutional quality positively affects the agricultural production. Moreover, renewable energy use, human capital and intuitional quality moderates the effect of carbon emission on agricultural production. In addition, a U shaped relationship between financial development and agricultural production is discovered, suggesting that financial development can promote production in the agricultural sector only after reaching a certain threshold. Finally, some policy recommendations are provided for the ASEAN-4 countries.

Averting robo-bees: why free-flying robotic bees are a bad idea

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 723-729
Author(s):  
Roslyn Gleadow ◽  
Jim Hanan ◽  
Alan Dorin
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Computer Simulation ◽  
Food Security ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Plant Interactions ◽  
Plant Insect Interactions ◽  
Native Habitat ◽  
Insect Pollinators ◽  
Insect Interactions

Food security and the sustainability of native ecosystems depends on plant-insect interactions in countless ways. Recently reported rapid and immense declines in insect numbers due to climate change, the use of pesticides and herbicides, the introduction of agricultural monocultures, and the destruction of insect native habitat, are all potential contributors to this grave situation. Some researchers are working towards a future where natural insect pollinators might be replaced with free-flying robotic bees, an ecologically problematic proposal. We argue instead that creating environments that are friendly to bees and exploring the use of other species for pollination and bio-control, particularly in non-European countries, are more ecologically sound approaches. The computer simulation of insect-plant interactions is a far more measured application of technology that may assist in managing, or averting, ‘Insect Armageddon' from both practical and ethical viewpoints.

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