The Driving Force behind Sustainable Green Development & Technology Innovation
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 138
Special Issue Editors
Interests: green finance; energy–economy–environment modelling; energy and environmental economics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With increasing global concern about climate change, green finance is garnering more attention. It directs resources to sustainable development areas to support renewable energy, low-carbon transportation, and other environmental protection projects, while curbing the expansion of high-energy consumption and polluting projects. It can facilitate the emergence of new growth sectors and accelerate the transition to a greener economic structure. Furthermore, it can stimulate green innovation. Green finance is becoming a key driver for the global economy's transition towards sustainability.
This Special Issue aims at delving into the role and challenges of promoting green development and technological innovation. We will focus on various forms of economic methods that could promote the industry with green concepts, including, but not limited to, sustainable investments, energy policy, green environmental economics, and carbon trading. Our aim is to enhance the understanding of green finance and explore its role in driving sustainable development and technological innovation.
In this Special Issue, we welcome both original research articles and reviews. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Emerging trends in the development of environmentally friendly financial instruments;
- Green finance driving the transition towards a sustainable economy;
- How green finance fosters innovation within enterprises;
- Economic policy in enhancing corporate environmental sustainability;
- Alleviating corporate financial risks with green finance.
Dr. Xiaodan Guo
Dr. Fangqiu Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change
- green finance
- renewable energy
- green development
- technological innovation
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