Dear Colleagues,

The rapid consumption of fossil fuels for anthropogenic activities, and the slow formation of fossil fuels, are imbalanced. A shared idea is that a method for counteracting the imbalance of the carbon cycle should involve CO₂ utilization and conversion.

Several scientists are proposing carbon dioxide utilization for closing the carbon cycle, but there is no evidence that this option is always the most convenient path. More efforts are required in order to have more information for assessing all the possible ways to use CO₂ as a sustainable resource. The anthropogenic emission of CO₂ can be reduced with promising capture technologies and the choices for CO₂ conversion are broad. CO₂ can be converted into fuels, polymers, pharmaceuticals, building material, etc. Novel method for CO₂ reduction are possible, and it can be used in artificial photosynthesis, electrochemical processes, selective hydrogenation, and hydrothermal processes.

The Special Issue of Resources aims to present detailed results of cutting-edge research in the fields of carbon capture, utilization and storage, including CO₂ conversion to chemicals and fuels. The detailed results available from this journal are thought to be useful for researchers that will assess the net impacts of a CO₂ capture and utilization (CCU) process, which can be obtained with life cycle analysis (LCA) of each specific CCU product and process. Thus, papers that include rigorous and transparent LCA are preferred.

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• Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage
• CO₂ reduction
• CO₂ Conversion
• Carbon dioxide fixation
• Value-added chemicals
• Biomass
• Mineralization
• LCA
• CCU
• CO₂ Capture and Utilization