Climate change is the central concern of our era, and humanity finds itself at a crucial juncture, as per United Nations’ claims. Unless bringing about radical shifts in climate mitigation strategies, serious challenges to anthropogenic activities are certain to materialize. Access to the efficient use of a nation’s energy supply is crucial for economic growth, societal cohesion, and ecological sustainability. Given the severe implications of excessive reliance on fossil sources, including emitting greenhouse gases (GHGs), an irrevocable risk of natural resource depletion, and rising carbon emissions, ensuring sustainable energy sources has become a global policy priority. In this setting, several nations have emphasized the new energy transition pathways. A diverse range of economic incentivization and long-term low-carbon development-driven power plans have significantly supported the discovery of concrete transition strategies, especially in the European Union (EU), the US, and China. In 2019, European Union (EU) countries became global leaders in claiming net zero GHG emissions by 2050. With this goal in mind, EU authorities published the “Fit for 55 policy” object in 2021. Achieving low-carbon pathways necessitates rigorous evaluations of the efficacy of transformation strategies and their associated socioeconomic impacts in terms of costs and rewards gained by economic actors.
On the one hand, global scholars, public leaders, and policymakers have recognized that the transition would introduce a wealth of advantages, such as increased competitiveness and profitability for green energy manufacturers, reduced power importation, and a significant reduction in industrial and residential electricity bills, among others. Despite this, implementing a low-carbon transformative development process faces infrastructural, technological, geographical, meteorological, institutional, political, social, and economic challenges. The existing body of evidence focused on the social acceptance and technological diffusion of renewable energy sources to support demand-side energy transition. Also, the factors impeding and promoting the development of renewable energy technologies have gained traction from global researchers. However, relatively little attention has been paid to the comprehensive energy demand reduction strategies and electricity and fuel decarbonization that could support the transitioning process. Furthermore, studies discussing the socioeconomic impacts of energy transformative development are scarce. Herein, we aim to contribute to the literature by advancing the strategies to sustainably achieve low-carbon economic development by considering the socioeconomic aspects of this energy transition process.
This Research Topic encourages theoretical and empirical original articles and reviews. The following research topics and areas are included but are not limited to:
• Socioeconomic impacts of transitioning from fossil energy to renewables and related policy challenges and opportunities,
• Socioeconomic-environmental co-benefits of energy policies for city-level carbon neutrality,
• Energy demand reduction through electrification, energy efficiency improvements, and energy conservation,
• Low-carbon transition strategies in buildings, transportation, industrial sectors, etc
• Electricity decarbonization via increasing the share of non-fossil electricity generation
• Fuel decarbonization via expanding the share of non-fossil energy in fuels
• Technological innovation and a paradigm shift toward low-carbon industrial production
• Adoption and diffusion of low-carbon technologies.
After the success stories of the previous nine forums, Shenzhen will continue to hold 2022 the 10th Shenzhen International Low Carbon City Forum in February 2023. This forum focuses on green economic recovery and low-carbon transformation in the post-epidemic era. This Research Topic collection is open for submission to conference participants, as well as contributors around the globe, who are interested in contributing to this hotly debated topic.
Link: https://www.silccforum.com/
Climate change is the central concern of our era, and humanity finds itself at a crucial juncture, as per United Nations’ claims. Unless bringing about radical shifts in climate mitigation strategies, serious challenges to anthropogenic activities are certain to materialize. Access to the efficient use of a nation’s energy supply is crucial for economic growth, societal cohesion, and ecological sustainability. Given the severe implications of excessive reliance on fossil sources, including emitting greenhouse gases (GHGs), an irrevocable risk of natural resource depletion, and rising carbon emissions, ensuring sustainable energy sources has become a global policy priority. In this setting, several nations have emphasized the new energy transition pathways. A diverse range of economic incentivization and long-term low-carbon development-driven power plans have significantly supported the discovery of concrete transition strategies, especially in the European Union (EU), the US, and China. In 2019, European Union (EU) countries became global leaders in claiming net zero GHG emissions by 2050. With this goal in mind, EU authorities published the “Fit for 55 policy” object in 2021. Achieving low-carbon pathways necessitates rigorous evaluations of the efficacy of transformation strategies and their associated socioeconomic impacts in terms of costs and rewards gained by economic actors.
On the one hand, global scholars, public leaders, and policymakers have recognized that the transition would introduce a wealth of advantages, such as increased competitiveness and profitability for green energy manufacturers, reduced power importation, and a significant reduction in industrial and residential electricity bills, among others. Despite this, implementing a low-carbon transformative development process faces infrastructural, technological, geographical, meteorological, institutional, political, social, and economic challenges. The existing body of evidence focused on the social acceptance and technological diffusion of renewable energy sources to support demand-side energy transition. Also, the factors impeding and promoting the development of renewable energy technologies have gained traction from global researchers. However, relatively little attention has been paid to the comprehensive energy demand reduction strategies and electricity and fuel decarbonization that could support the transitioning process. Furthermore, studies discussing the socioeconomic impacts of energy transformative development are scarce. Herein, we aim to contribute to the literature by advancing the strategies to sustainably achieve low-carbon economic development by considering the socioeconomic aspects of this energy transition process.
This Research Topic encourages theoretical and empirical original articles and reviews. The following research topics and areas are included but are not limited to:
• Socioeconomic impacts of transitioning from fossil energy to renewables and related policy challenges and opportunities,
• Socioeconomic-environmental co-benefits of energy policies for city-level carbon neutrality,
• Energy demand reduction through electrification, energy efficiency improvements, and energy conservation,
• Low-carbon transition strategies in buildings, transportation, industrial sectors, etc
• Electricity decarbonization via increasing the share of non-fossil electricity generation
• Fuel decarbonization via expanding the share of non-fossil energy in fuels
• Technological innovation and a paradigm shift toward low-carbon industrial production
• Adoption and diffusion of low-carbon technologies.
After the success stories of the previous nine forums, Shenzhen will continue to hold 2022 the 10th Shenzhen International Low Carbon City Forum in February 2023. This forum focuses on green economic recovery and low-carbon transformation in the post-epidemic era. This Research Topic collection is open for submission to conference participants, as well as contributors around the globe, who are interested in contributing to this hotly debated topic.
Link: https://www.silccforum.com/