Sustainable environmental quality is in an unstable condition as after COVID-19 the economic effects have transformed global public and policy dialogues that leads to high levels of uncertainties that are macroeconomic. An event that ensured that environmental quality was implemented through the mitigation of greenhouse gases in policies and for the global warming levels to remain below 1.5 degrees is COP27. Another framework that helps achieve the development goals is the Sustainable Development Goals. Moreover, economic development has caused an increase in pollutants, which makes it challenging to achieve environmental sustainability. In the research there has been a question that has been proposed, “whether the SSA economies should continue to depend on their abundant resources for survival (growth and development) at the expense of environmental sustainability. Given this concern, this study explores the empirical connection between natural resources and environmental sustainability (or quality) in SSA while considering the complementary role of environmental regulatory quality.”