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<p>This study examines the interplay between political corruption, energy security risks, and greenhouse gas emissions across sectors and pollutant types, offering new insights for climate policy. Using a comprehensive cross-country sectoral dataset, we find that while political corruption reduces emissions in energy and industrial processes, it simultaneously shifts emissions toward more harmful pollutants, such as nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases, leading to greater environmental damage. Energy security risks significantly increase emissions in high-emission sectors like electricity and heat, exacerbating overall greenhouse gas levels. The interaction between political corruption and energy security risk further amplifies emissions, particularly in lower-income, politically corrupt nations, intensifying environmental harm. These findings highlight the need to integrate anti-corruption measures into climate governance and strengthen institutional frameworks to mitigate the adverse effects of corruption and energy security risks on emissions and climate change.&#xa0;</p>

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Corruption, energy security, and greenhouse gas emissions: Sectoral and pollutant-level implications for the energy transition

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    2026年2月25日

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  • Kris Ivanovski,
  • Bernard Njindan Iyke

摘要

This study examines the interplay between political corruption, energy security risks, and greenhouse gas emissions across sectors and pollutant types, offering new insights for climate policy. Using a comprehensive cross-country sectoral dataset, we find that while political corruption reduces emissions in energy and industrial processes, it simultaneously shifts emissions toward more harmful pollutants, such as nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases, leading to greater environmental damage. Energy security risks significantly increase emissions in high-emission sectors like electricity and heat, exacerbating overall greenhouse gas levels. The interaction between political corruption and energy security risk further amplifies emissions, particularly in lower-income, politically corrupt nations, intensifying environmental harm. These findings highlight the need to integrate anti-corruption measures into climate governance and strengthen institutional frameworks to mitigate the adverse effects of corruption and energy security risks on emissions and climate change.