*Article* **Evaluating the Influences of Natural Resources and Ageing People on CO<sup>2</sup> Emissions in G-11 Nations: Application of CS-ARDL Approach**

**Usman Mehmood 1,2,\* , Ephraim Bonah Agyekum <sup>3</sup> , Solomon Eghosa Uhunamure <sup>4</sup> , Karabo Shale <sup>4</sup> and Ayesha Mariam <sup>2</sup>**


**Abstract:** Globalization as well as the ratio of ageing people in the group of 11 (G-11) countries has seen a rapid increase in recent years. Therefore, this study aims to provide effective policy recommendations for sustainable development goals 13, 8, and 7, for the G-11 countries. This work estimates the impact of natural resources and the ageing population on the emission of carbon dioxide (CO<sup>2</sup> ) in G-11 countries using panel data from 1990–2020. For empirical results, secondgeneration methods were applied. The Westerlund co-integration test that assesses co-integration confirms the firm association among the parameters, and the values of coefficient of the cross-sectional autoregressive distributed lag (CS-ARDL) approach show that a 1% increase in the ageing population will lower the emissions of CO<sup>2</sup> by 13.41% among G-11 countries. Moreover, the findings show that there exists an environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) among natural resources, globalization, economic growth, ageing people, and the emission of CO<sup>2</sup> . Based on the findings, this work presents some important policy implications for achieving sustainable growth in the G-11 countries. These countries need to lower the amount of energy obtained from fossil fuels to improve air quality.

**Keywords:** G-11 countries; ageing population; natural resources; globalization; CS-ARDL
