Harnessing the Digital Economy for Environmental Pollution Control: Policies, Practices, and Perspectives
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2025) | Viewed by 1589
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental economics; ecological economics and policy treatment
Interests: energy economics; carbon market; energy resource scheduling; energy efficiency
Interests: green finance; energy economics; carbon market; low-carbon development; energy efficiency
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Dear Colleagues,
The rapid development of the digital economy is now transforming industrial and economic structures around the world, providing new tools and approaches to address long-standing environmental challenges. For example, the digital economy, including big data, artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain, offers innovative solutions to reduce environmental pollution, optimize resource use and promote green practices. From a government perspective, digital policies and regulations can streamline environmental governance, increase transparency, and enhance compliance with green standards. From a business perspective, digital transformation is reshaping business models, enabling organizations to reduce their carbon footprint, implement circular economy principles, and align with the Sustainable Development Goals.
This Special Issue aims to explore the role of the digital economy in promoting environmental sustainability. Key issues include, but are not limited to: digital policy, enterprise digitization, the platform economy, and the role of smart cities and the Internet of Things (IoT) in environmental regulation or in advancing environmental sustainability. This Special Issue welcomes contributors to submit papers that fall within the scope of our proposal. We encourage contributors to suggest ways to better integrate digital tools into environmental governance and to identify the main challenges faced by different sectors in implementing these strategies.
Dr. Zhen Liu
Dr. Xianyu Yu
Prof. Dr. Feng Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- digital policy
- digital transformation
- sustainable development
- environmental pollution control
- corporate social responsibility
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