The impact of biomass consumption on CO₂ emissions: An empirical investigation from Turkey

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to investigate the long-term equilibrium relationship between carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions and total biomass consumption (BC) in Turkey, which has a rich diversity of ecological conditions prevailing throughout its regions.

Design/methodology/approach

Bounds tests and conditional error correction models under the autoregressive distributed lag approach have been applied to annual data that cover the 1980-2010 period.

Findings

Results suggest that CO₂ emissions are in a long-term equilibrium relationship with total BC in Turkey. BC has a negative effect on CO₂ emissions; 1 per cent increase in total BC would lead to 0.029 per cent reduction in CO₂ emissions. Long-term coefficient of fossil fuel consumption for CO₂ emissions is positive and elastic, 1.247. Finally, conditional error correction model of the present study reveals that CO₂ emission in Turkey converges to its economic long-term equilibrium very quickly by 93.7 per cent speed of adjustment through the channel of BC and fossil fuel consumption.

Originality/value

Although there have been a considerable number of studies investigating the link between total energy consumption and CO₂ emissions in the literature, searching the contribution of components of energy to CO₂ emissions deserves attention. Therefore, this study contributes to the literature by investigating the effect of BC on CO₂ emissions in the case of Turkey.

Citation

Katircioglu, S.T. (2015), "The impact of biomass consumption on CO₂ emissions: An empirical investigation from Turkey", International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, Vol. 7 No. 3, pp. 348-358. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCCSM-06-2014-0077