Environmental problems are immensely increasing and have a significant impact on eco-system. The growing concerns about the reserves of resources for future generation and strategies to mitigate environmental degradation have been the premise for decision-making. The present study estimated the impact of eco-efficiency and carbon footprints on the environment by incorporating the consumption and production patterns of resource utilization of 19 Asia-Pacific Countries by populations as it is directly proportional to energy intensity. Westerlund co-integration test and panel co-integration techniques to the data sets covering the time of 1990–2018 for different models are applied in the study. At a panel level, the findings show the relationship of eco-efficiency as the proportion of resource utilization with the urban population. Further, results depicted that the greater the consumption and production patterns, the greater will be the carbon footprints. The study opens up a new dimension for policymakers to design policies as a limited consumption per person for sustainable long-run efficiency.

环境问题正在急剧增加，并对生态系统产生重大影响。对子孙后代的资源储备和减轻环境退化的战略的日益关注已成为决策的前提。本研究通过将19个亚太国家按人口比例划分的资源利用消费和生产模式与能源强度成正比，从而估算了生态效率和碳足迹对环境的影响。这项研究采用了Westerlund协整检验和面板协整技术，以涵盖1990-2018年不同模型的数据集。在小组层面上，研究结果表明了生态效率与资源利用比例与城市人口之间的关系。进一步，结果表明，消费和生产方式越大，碳足迹就越大。该研究为政策制定者开辟了一个新的维度，将政策设计为每人有限的消费量以实现可持续的长期效率。