Study on Factors Affecting Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Iran; With Emphasis on the Effects of 21th Rio Statement

The purpose of this study is investigation of the correlation between carbon dioxide emissions per capita as an indicator of environmental pollution with value added agriculture to industry, value added services to industry, urban population density and power consumption in Iran with an emphasis on effects of 21th Rio Declaration for 1978-2014. Therefore in this study, relations between the short and long term models and variables by using the model Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) were analyzed. The results showed that in both short and long run, with increasing one unit in energy consumption, carbon dioxide emissions will be increased equal to 0.002 units. So it is suggested development supports of renewable energy, particularly solar energy, wind and water in order to improve air quality and environmental indicators. Also according to the dummy variable of Rio conference and its significant with plus sign, this variable shows that in the long-run pattern, Iran has acted for protecting the environment.