Path to Carbon Neutrality
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 1559
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ocean sciences and technologies; process control; renewable energies; sustainability; engineering education
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Carbon neutrality, defined as a state of net-zero carbon dioxide emissions, has been identified by the United Nations as a goal to be achieved by several actors around the world to maintain a high quality of life for humanity while staying within planetary boundaries. To do so, many of these actors within several economic sectors have been performing activities aligned with public policies to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. For instance, governments, organizations, universities, and companies are being engaged nowadays with the commitment to tackle challenges derived from climate change because this has become a differentiating value that transcends their organizational missions. This Special Issue invites reports on the achievements that define paths toward Carbon Neutrality, including efforts conducted among the different dimensions of Sustainability: environmental, economic, and social.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Case studies of carbon neutrality in organizations, universities, enterprises, supply chains, etc.
- System design for carbon neutrality technologies and evaluation of carbon neutrality effects
- Low carbon industry
- Energy-efficient systems
- Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions
- Carbon Footprint measurement and compensation
- Programs and projects that help to reduce GHG emissions, capture, utilization, and storage
- Sustainable infrastructure
- New and renewable sources for energy conversion and storage designed to accelerate carbon neutrality
- Renewable energy transition, barriers, policies, and incentive trends to promote carbon neutrality
- Decarbonization impact of digital technologies on telecommunication, transportation, electricity, and manufacturing, among other related production and services sector
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Rafael E. Vásquez
Dr. Cesar Nieto-Londoño
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carbon footprint
- sustainability
- carbon neutrality
- sustainable development
