Circular Economy in Low-Carbon Transition: Current Status and Future Prospects

Dear Colleagues,

Energy is essential for economic activities and sustainable development. The current energy system is still dominated by fossil fuels and needs a rapid low-carbon transition to achieve the global warming target set by the Paris Agreement in 2015. A circular economy can contribute to the low-carbon transition of the energy system by reducing waste and improving resource efficiency. In a circular economy, energy can be saved by extending the life of existing resources and products; energy can be decarbonized by developing renewable energy with circular practices; and energy can be recovered from waste. The circular economy principles are also useful to design and implement sustainable low-carbon or even net-zero energy systems. Hence, this Special Issue will consist of innovative and high-quality studies on the current status and future prospects of circular economy in the low-carbon transition of the energy system.

The themes of submissions include but are not limited to the following:

• Circular economy and low-carbon strategies and policy.
• Socioeconomic and environmental implications of circular practices.
• Public awareness of circular economy related to energy.
• Waste reduction, resource efficiency, and sustainable production.
• Challenges and opportunities of circular economy in low-carbon transition.
• Integrated assessment of circular low-carbon practices.
• Climate mitigation and resource efficiency.
• Circular cities and urban planning in low-carbon transition.
• International cooperation on circular low-carbon economy.
• Consumer behavior analysis related to a circular low-carbon economy.
• Circular low-carbon supply chains and materials.
• Measurement of impact and metrics.
• Energy recovery from waste.

Dr. Taoyuan Wei
Dr. Yang Liu
Prof. Dr. Dengjun Zhang
Guest Editors

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• energy efficiency
• sustainable production
• integrated assessment
• waste management
• sustainable development
• climate change
• CO₂ emissions
• energy policy and strategy
• mitigation and adaptation
• carbon neutrality