Majed D. AlharthiEyup DoganDilvin TaşkınTaskin, DilvinDogan, EyupAlharthi, Majed2025-10-06202109441344, 161474990944-13441614-749910.1007/s11356-021-13356-02-s2.0-85103164130https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85103164130&doi=10.1007%2Fs11356-021-13356-0&partnerID=40&md5=1791c469f318b1a2ff2a8b9e67945b35https://gcris.yasar.edu.tr/handle/123456789/8935https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13356-0The development of economies and energy usage can significantly impact the carbon dioxide (CO<inf>2</inf>) emissions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries. Therefore this study aims to analyze the factors that determine CO<inf>2</inf> emissions in MENA under the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) framework by applying novel quantile techniques on data for CO<inf>2</inf> emissions real income renewable and non-renewable energy consumption and urbanization over the period from 1990 to 2015. The results from the estimations suggest that renewable energy consumption significantly reduces the level of emissions, furthermore its impact increases with higher quantiles. In addition non-renewable energy consumption increases CO<inf>2</inf> emissions while its magnitude decreases with higher quantiles. The empirical results also confirm the validity of EKC hypothesis for the panel of MENA economies. Policymakers in the region should implement policies and regulations to promote the adoption and use of renewable energy to mitigate carbon emissions. © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Englishinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCarbon Dioxide emissions, Mena Countries, Non-renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Emission, Environmental Economics, Kuznets Curve, Regression Analysis, Spatiotemporal Analysis, Urbanization, Middle East, North Africa, Africa, Economic Development, Renewable Energy, Africa Northern, Carbon Dioxide, Economic Development, Renewable Energycarbon dioxide, carbon emission, environmental economics, Kuznets curve, regression analysis, spatiotemporal analysis, urbanization, Middle East, North Africa, Africa, economic development, renewable energy, Africa Northern, Carbon Dioxide, Economic Development, Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergyMENA CountriesCarbon Dioxide EmissionsCarbon Dioxide EmissionsNon-Renewable EnergyArticle