The impact of trade openness on environmental pollution IN COMESA countries for the period (1980-2010)

Abstract

This study aims to exam the nature of the relationship between trade openness and the quality of the environment by estimating a model with two variables: the level of trade openness and GDP per capita and the dependent variable per capita carbon dioxide emissions of the sixteen member states in the African Common Market for the Union for Eastern and Southern Africa for the period 1980-2010.

        The results confirmed the negative impact of trade openness on environmental quality in the short and long run which confirms the absence of the application of environmental regulation in the various economic activities in these countries, which would impose the creation of a new environment show integrated standards in order to preserve the environment and promote environmental awareness