The increase in environmental degradation has rapidly enhanced the interest in the main determinants of CO 2 emissions. Although many attempts have been exerted to discover the determinants of CO 2 emissions, the impact of natural resources (NAT), which have significant environmental impacts on CO 2 emissions, has been considerably neglected. To fulfill this gap in the literature, the study analyzes the impact of NAT on CO 2 emissions covering the period 1975–2017 in Turkey. In addition, economic growth, renewable energy consumption, trade openness, and energy consumption are added in the model as explanatory variables. Findings from ARDL, FMOLS, and DOLS estimators indicate that the abundance of NAT is an important catalyst in reducing CO 2 emissions. The results denote that the EKC is valid in Turkey. Furthermore, although the total energy consumption enhances CO 2 emission, renewable energy reduces it. Thus, the increased use of NAT is important to improve the environmental quality in Turkey.

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自然资源能治愈环境吗？来自土耳其的经验证据

环境退化的加剧迅速提高了对 CO 2 排放的主要决定因素的兴趣。尽管已经进行了许多尝试以发现 CO 2 排放的决定因素，但对 CO 2 排放具有显着环境影响的自然资源 (NAT) 的影响却被大大忽视了。为了填补文献中的这一空白，该研究分析了 NAT 对土耳其 1975-2017 年期间 CO 2 排放的影响。此外，模型中还加入了经济增长、可再生能源消费、贸易开放度和能源消费作为解释变量。来自ARDL、FMOLS 和DOLS 估算器的结果表明，大量的NAT 是减少CO 2 排放的重要催化剂。结果表明 EKC 在土耳其有效。此外，虽然能源消耗总量增加了CO 2 排放，但可再生能源减少了它。因此，增加 NAT 的使用对于改善土耳其的环境质量非常重要。