Objective: The present study investigates in detail the relationship between good governance variables and renewable energy, as well as the moderating role of good governance, which is obtained from the product of the good governance index and the variable of renewable energy consumption. The dependent variable of ecological footprint (environmental destruction) was studied for a selection of countries with a high level of development, including Iran as a sample size, so that the data required for the study were considered for the years 2000-2022.Methods: The present research method is descriptive-analytical and applied. The statistical population of the research was the countries with high level of human development as well as the country of Iran. The data required for the study was annual time series that were extracted from the databases of the UN World Bank and the International Energy Agency and the World Footprint Network for the years 2000-2022. Statistical analysis of data was done using Eviews 13 software. In the following, the root tests of the data panel, M. Pesaran and Shin, as well as Levin, Lin and Chu were used to investigate the reliability of the variables, and finally, after investigating the reliability of the variables, the econometric method of autoregression with ARDL distribution lags was used.Results: The results of the model estimation indicate that increasing the consumption of renewable energy and improving the good governance index can reduce environmental degradation.