Abstract: This study investigated the relationship between CO2 emission, energy consumption, population growth, urban population growth, trade openness, gross domestic product and industrial activities in Kenya over the period 1970-2017 using autoregressive distributor lag approach to cointergration. The objective of the study was to investigate the relationship between Economic growth, CO2 emission and whether the Environmental Kuznets Hypothesis holds in Kenya. The study was based on secondary time series data which was obtained from the World Development Index (WDI) World Bank database. The study used descriptive and inferential statistics in the data analysis. The results proved that the Environmental Kuznets Hypothesis does not hold in Kenya and therefore policy makers have to look for cleaner ways to develop the country rather than following the environmentally degrading patterns in which the developed countries followed in the process of developing.
KEY WORDS: Economic Growth, Environmental Kuznets, Ardl Bounds, Cointergration
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