Challenges for Carbon Neutrality in the Energy Sector of Developing Countries
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 February 2023) | Viewed by 14348
Special Issue Editors
Interests: renewable energy; net-zero building; energy and transportation policy; energy security and climate change
Interests: energy modelling and forecasting; climate change and energy security
Interests: renewable energy; energy policy; climate change
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Dear Colleagues,
Go Carbon Neutral is a new challenge for developing countries regarding green technology, engineering, and city planning. Many developing countries have taken responsibility for reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. Equity demands that developed countries—the source of most past and current emissions of greenhouse gases—act first to reduce emissions. That principle is embedded in the 1992 U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which only set binding emission targets for developed countries. With the Protocol now likely to enter into force, the focus will turn increasingly to the question of the emissions of developing countries. For most, emission reduction is not a viable option in the near term. Developing countries will continue to increase their emissions as they strive for economic growth. However, their steadfast resistance to the idea of limiting their emissions has led to claims that developing countries are not doing their fair share. The purpose of this Special Issue is to identify local sources of carbon emissions, establish policy, and estimate carbon emissions for developing countries to aid scientists in mapping carbon sources and sinks.
Accepting emission limits is one measure of whether a country is contributing to climate change mitigation. Efforts that serve to reduce or avoid greenhouse gas emissions, whether or not undertaken in the name of climate protection, nonetheless contribute to climate mitigation. These efforts can occur across virtually every sector of the economy.
The aim of this Special Issue (Challenges for Carbon Neutrality in Developing Countries) is to evaluate valuable directions for developing countries’ climate protection toward the goal of carbon neutrality from every sector. However, the most promising policy approaches will capitalize on natural synergies between climate protection and development priorities. Through existing research information and policy development, six developing countries (Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa, and Turkey) have reduced their carbon emissions by approximately 300 million tons a year over the past three decades. These efforts are motivated by standard drivers: economic development and poverty alleviation, energy security, and local environmental protection. This Special Issue will provide extensive, meaningful information about carbon neutrality targets and support the existing literature.
Dr. MD Shouquat Hossain
Dr. Faheemullah Shaikh
Dr. Laveet Kumar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- renewable energy
- energy policy
- energy security and climate change
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