[Doman, 3(6): June, 2014] ISSN: 2277-9655 Scientific Journal Impact Factor: 3.449 (ISRA), Impact Factor: 1.852 http: // www.ijesrt.com(C)International Journal of Engineering Sciences & Research Technology [732-739] IJESRT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES & RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY A Long-Run Relationship Investigation of Energy Consumption and Air Pollution in Togo Doman GNOUFOUGOU 1 , Nadédjo BIGOU-LARE 2 1 Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de l’Université de Kara BP 43 Kara-TOGO 2 Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de l’Université de Lomé BP1515 Lomé- TOGO donclas76@gmail.com Abstract The world is facing the challenge of global warming and climate change issues. Energy use is crucial to human survival and development. Improvements in lifestyles have historically been associated with increases in energy consumption and the access to appropriate energy services has been seen as a necessary precondition for development. This research dealt with the oil and electricity consumption evaluated the impact of energy consumption on air pollution. It is generally focused on the impact of implementing energy planning policies and measures on sector energy demand and pollutants emissions, particularly CO2. Based on panel data techniques using Eviews, the research investigated a long-run relationship between energy consumption and air pollution as CO2 emission through Togolese annual data for the period 1992-2012.This work that is dealt with the oil and electricity consumption evaluated the impact of energy consumption on air pollution. Results overwhelming showed that CO2 emission and energy consumption moved together in the long-run. Findings appeared that first, energy consumption is granger caused the Co2 emission and Co2 emission is granger caused the energy consumption. Findings also suggested that in long-run, energy consumption would impact on the air pollution. Keywords: Energy consumption, oil consumption, electricity consumption, air pollution, CO2emission. Introduction Improvements in lifestyles have historically been associated with increases in energy consumption and the access to appropriate energy services has been seen as a necessary precondition for development. While the development or post- industrialization nations have seen some decoupling of energy and gross domestic product (GDP) growth in recent years at high levels of per capita energy use; nature has endowed sub-Saharan Africa with an array of natural energy resources such as wind, coal, water, oil, wood and solar, a large number of these resources have remained unexploited for decades. Consequently, many African countries faced serious energy deficits due to poor investment in energy infrastructure. The inadequate provision of energy services in Sub-Saharan Africa has been cited by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA, 2010) as a limiting factor to economic growth and poverty alleviation efforts. Predominantly, the rural population and the urban poor are the ones who do not have access to modern energy services; a situation which has resulted in majority of the population to live on less than $1 a day (GNESD, 2012). Theoretical Background Energy use is crucial to human survival and development. While the development or post- industrialization nations have seen some decoupling of energy and gross domestic product (GDP) growth in recent years at high levels of per capita energy use; nature has endowed sub-Saharan Africa with an array of natural energy resources such as wind, coal, water, oil, wood and solar, a large number of these resources have remained unexploited for decades. Research objectives This work dealt with the oil and electricity consumption evaluated the impact of energy consumption on air pollution. The explanatory investigation is to analyze the long-run relationship investigation of energy consumption and air pollution in Togo. To that investigation, we propose the following research questions:  Is there no a long run relationship between Energy consumption and air pollution?  Does energy consumption granger cause the Co2 emission?  Does Co2 emission granger cause the energy consumption?