Opportunities for Post−COP26 Governance to Facilitate the Deployment of Low−Carbon Energy Infrastructure: An Open Door Policy

Temperatures worldwide continue to climb, while carbon emissions have exceeded previous records. To achieve environmental sustainability, countries with the Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement (COP26) demonstrate sophisticated technical expertise deploy environmentally driven technologies, such as greenfield investment renewable energy infrastructure. This proposal presents an intriguing opportunity for policymakers identify distinct characteristics of institutional reforms green sources that may be used mitigate emissions. Governance regulatory factors, foreign direct (FDI), consumption (REC), research development expenditures, urbanization, are examined in Pakistan. The study estimated short- long-run association between variables using ARDL bounds testing method 1996Q1 2020Q4. In short run, terms economic output, country has upturned cord Kuznets curve (EKC). race-to-the-bottom concept holds U-shaped EKCs long term. negative correlation overseas damage supports halo hypothesis. Investment technology reduce emissions, even though urbanization increases them. Future present REC often intertwined footprints. Carbon also strongly connected indicators quality (IQ), procedural efficiency, administrative effectiveness, political unrest. findings demonstrated unidirectional Granger causality running from government growth, R&D expenditures validate urban-led institutional-led growth-led innovation-led a country. Furthermore, expenditure was linked inbound FDI, effectiveness expenditures. Following COP26 guidelines achieving shared prosperity, concluded good governance reforms, investment, promote sustainability maintain air quality.