Nükleer Enerji Tüketimi, Yenilenebilir Enerji Tüketimi ve Karbon Emisyonlarının Sağlık Harcamaları Üzerindeki Etkileri

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2, 493 - 513

Buket Aydın Serhat Çamkaya

Öz

Son yıllarda sürdürülebilir kalkınma amaçları çerçevesinde iklim değişikliği ile mücadele politikaları birçok ülkenin temel motivasyonu olmuştur. Bu nedenle çevre ile ilgili araştırmalar literatürde sıkça tartışılmaktadır. Özellikle fosil yakıt tüketiminin çevre ve insan sağlığı üzerindeki zararları bu araştırmalarda dikkat çekmektedir. Bu amaçla küresel anlamda yenilenemez enerji kaynaklarının tüketiminin azaltılması ve yenilenebilir enerji kaynaklarının tüketimine yönelim başlamıştır. Çalışmada 1973-2021 dönemi için İngiltere’de sağlık harcamaları üzerinde, CO2 emisyonu, ekonomik büyüme, nüfus, nükleer enerji tüketimi ve yenilenebilir enerji tüketiminin uzun ve kısa dönemli etkisi ARDL analizi ile test edilmiştir. Hem uzun hem de kısa dönemli sonuçlar birlikte değerlendirildiğinde özellikle yenilenebilir enerjinin sağlık harcamaları üzerindeki negatif etkisi göze çarpmaktadır. Bu etki yenilenebilir enerji kaynaklarının kullanımındaki artışın çevreye ve insan sağlığına olumlu etkisini göstermektedir. Bu noktada çevresel tahribatın insan sağlığına zararlarının en aza indirilmesi ve sürdürülebilirliğin sağlanması temiz enerji kaynaklarının kullanımının ve temiz enerji yatırımlarının arttırılması yönündeki politikalar önemlidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Ekonomik Büyüme, Sağlık Harcamaları, Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma, Yenilenebilir Enerji

The Effects of Nuclear Energy Consumption, Renewable Energy Consumption and Carbon Emissions on Health Expenditures

Öz

In recent years, policies to combat climate change within the framework of sustainable development goals have been the main motivation of many countries. For this reason, environmental research is frequently discussed in the literature. Especially the damages of fossil fuel consumption on the environment and human health draw attention in these studies. For this purpose, there has been a global trend towards reducing the consumption of non-renewable energy resources and shifting towards the consumption of renewable energy resources. In this study, the long-run and short-run effects of CO2 emissions, economic growth, population, nuclear energy consumption and renewable energy consumption on health expenditures in the UK for the period 1973-2021 are tested with ARDL analysis. When both long-run and short-run results are evaluated together, the negative effect of renewable energy on health expenditures is particularly striking. This effect shows the positive impact of the increase in the use of renewable energy resources on the environment and human health. At this point, policies to increase the use of clean energy resources and clean energy investments are important to minimize the damages of environmental destruction to human health and to ensure sustainability.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Economic Growth, Health Expenditures, Sustainable Development, Renewable Energy

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