The Relationship between Renewable Energy and Green Employment in the Framework of Combating Climate Change: A Qualitative Choice Model for Turkey

Abstract

1. With the rapid development in industrialization after World War II, urbanization and the use of electrical energy have increased considerably. The unconscious consumption of fossil energy such as coal, oil and natural gas used for electricity generation has increased CO2 emissions, one of the most important greenhouse gas emissions. As a result of the accumulation of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere with a chain effect, global warming has increased, biodiversity losses have arisen, ocean levels have increased, environmental destructions have increased, and the carbon footprint, which is expressed by the amount of carbon dioxide created by human activities in nature, has increased, and most importantly, climate changes have occurred. In this context, sustainable economic growth, built on the basis of reducing the negative effects of greenhouse gas emissions on the environment, has become more important day by day. This study examines the impact of renewable energy, population and patent on employment in terms of Turkey, considering the qualitative preference models for the 1990q1:2020q4 quarter. One of the important results of the study is that the increase in patent applications increases the probability of increasing employment. In addition, the increase in renewable energy consumption and the increase in population also increase employment. In our article, unlike the studies in the literature, population and patent application data were used.