With the graduation of time, the desire for enhanced production and consumption scales motivated the global economies to opt for the race to the bottom approach, leading to environmental unsustainability. On the one hand, economies focused on escalated production levels proliferating non-renewable energy consumption and reducing energy productivity, leading to production-based carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. On the other hand, international trade of high CO2 emissions-embedded goods has skyrocketed the consumption-based CO2 emissions.
Since production and consumption-based CO2 emissions challenge environmental sustainability, there is an urgent need to pursue sustainable production and consumption to realize the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) dream. In this regard, eco-innovation came into play to transition the conventional production setup to a cleaner production mode. Eco-innovation involves all types of technological advancements extending contributions to the SDGs. In this regard, climate technologies and environmental technologies involving renewable energy (e.g., wind, solar, biogas), energy-efficient technologies (e.g., energy-efficient electric appliances), environmental pollution reduction technologies (e.g., carbon-scrubbing filters, water purifiers, waste mitigation technologies) play a tremendous role in mitigating climatic adversities and environmental unsustainabilities. By contributing to the responsible use of natural capital, eco-innovation facilitates efficient energy utilization improving energy productivity as well as environmental sustainability. Moreover, eco-innovation has the inherent potential to aggravate sustainable production modes through green productivity, a tool to enhance industrial outputs with fewer harms to the environment. As a progressive move, green productivity growth promotes a new trend of producing more economic output by consuming fewer resources and safeguarding ecosystems.
The mainstream empirical literature substantiated that eco-innovation and green productivity remained critical players in limiting CO2 emissions and promoting environmental sustainability. Literature also witnessed that eco-innovation ameliorated energy productivity by motivating the countries to adopt cost-saving and environmentally-friendly technologies. On the contrary, the rebound effect supported the environmental deterioration impact of such technologies. Against this backdrop, this Research Topic will provide an opportunity to further delve into the influencing mechanisms triggered by eco-innovation and green productivity growth on energy productivity and environmental sustainability for a futuristic perspective of “sustainable production and consumption.”
This Research Topic welcomes theoretical and empirical original research articles and reviews. Research themes and areas include (but are not limited to) the following:
· Links between eco-innovation, green productivity growth, and energy productivity for sustainable production
· Climate technologies and carbon neutrality applications for sustainable production
· Firm-level environment-related innovation practices
· Renewable and energy-efficient industrial transition for sustainable production
· Eco-innovation through the firm life cycle for sustainable production and consumption
· Green innovation-driven business models for sustainable production
· Climate technology-driven policies for sustainable production and consumption
· Eco-innovation and zero-emissions agenda implementation
With the graduation of time, the desire for enhanced production and consumption scales motivated the global economies to opt for the race to the bottom approach, leading to environmental unsustainability. On the one hand, economies focused on escalated production levels proliferating non-renewable energy consumption and reducing energy productivity, leading to production-based carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. On the other hand, international trade of high CO2 emissions-embedded goods has skyrocketed the consumption-based CO2 emissions.
Since production and consumption-based CO2 emissions challenge environmental sustainability, there is an urgent need to pursue sustainable production and consumption to realize the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) dream. In this regard, eco-innovation came into play to transition the conventional production setup to a cleaner production mode. Eco-innovation involves all types of technological advancements extending contributions to the SDGs. In this regard, climate technologies and environmental technologies involving renewable energy (e.g., wind, solar, biogas), energy-efficient technologies (e.g., energy-efficient electric appliances), environmental pollution reduction technologies (e.g., carbon-scrubbing filters, water purifiers, waste mitigation technologies) play a tremendous role in mitigating climatic adversities and environmental unsustainabilities. By contributing to the responsible use of natural capital, eco-innovation facilitates efficient energy utilization improving energy productivity as well as environmental sustainability. Moreover, eco-innovation has the inherent potential to aggravate sustainable production modes through green productivity, a tool to enhance industrial outputs with fewer harms to the environment. As a progressive move, green productivity growth promotes a new trend of producing more economic output by consuming fewer resources and safeguarding ecosystems.
The mainstream empirical literature substantiated that eco-innovation and green productivity remained critical players in limiting CO2 emissions and promoting environmental sustainability. Literature also witnessed that eco-innovation ameliorated energy productivity by motivating the countries to adopt cost-saving and environmentally-friendly technologies. On the contrary, the rebound effect supported the environmental deterioration impact of such technologies. Against this backdrop, this Research Topic will provide an opportunity to further delve into the influencing mechanisms triggered by eco-innovation and green productivity growth on energy productivity and environmental sustainability for a futuristic perspective of “sustainable production and consumption.”
This Research Topic welcomes theoretical and empirical original research articles and reviews. Research themes and areas include (but are not limited to) the following:
· Links between eco-innovation, green productivity growth, and energy productivity for sustainable production
· Climate technologies and carbon neutrality applications for sustainable production
· Firm-level environment-related innovation practices
· Renewable and energy-efficient industrial transition for sustainable production
· Eco-innovation through the firm life cycle for sustainable production and consumption
· Green innovation-driven business models for sustainable production
· Climate technology-driven policies for sustainable production and consumption
· Eco-innovation and zero-emissions agenda implementation
