Clean energy and healthy lives: Understanding the energy–environment–health nexus in brics using a non-parametric approach
摘要
Across the globe, rising public health risks are inextricably linked to air pollution. As a result, countries have begun to minimise public health risks by accelerating the energy transition, increasing health expenditure, and strengthening environmental regulations. Therefore, the study goal is to examine the impact of energy transition, health expenditure and environmental regulations on health status, considering the important role of R&D investments and public health risk in BRICS nations from 2000 to 2022 by employing the Method of Moments Quantile Regression (MMQR) and Driscoll–Kraay Standard Error approach. The study findings confirm that healthcare spending, environmental regulations, and energy transition can improve healthcare services by fostering infrastructure development, implementing stringent laws, and increasing energy accessibility, ultimately enhancing health status. Research and development expenditure and public health risks reduce health status due to a lack of strategic funding and air pollution. Subsequently, the study found health status has a bi-directional causality with health expenditure, energy transition, environmental regulations, research and development and public health risk. Therefore, the government and policymakers should encourage strategic allocation of healthcare and research expenditures to improve health status by strengthening medical and preventive care services.