Sustainability and Innovation in an Era of Global Change
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 March 2022) | Viewed by 24532
Special Issue Editors
Interests: experimental economics; game theory; energy; sustainability; innovation
Interests: innovation; internationalistion; sustainability
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Interests: financial markets; sustainable finance; energy finance; financial economics
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Interests: energy policy and regulation; energy economics; energy markets; energy demand and supply; consumer behaviour; eco-innovation; sustainability
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Interests: energy economics; environmental and natural resources economics; energy and environmental policy and general equilibrium models; eco-innovation; eco-efficiency; sustainability
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Currently, climate change and environmental degradation represent an existential threat to the world, and a transition into a greener, more sustainable, economy is urgently needed. This transition requires action from all actors and within all sectors of the economy. Countries, regions, sectors, firms, and individuals are being challenged to adopt new practices and to become greener, more efficient, and more competitive. A further societal challenge is that of ensuring that this transition is just and inclusive for all. Not surprisingly, there is increasing pressure to define international measures of monitoring the progress of this transition. Likewise, while recognizing that barriers to this transition exist, there is also the need to identify and to explore opportunities and mechanisms to ensure more effective progress, including those pertaining to innovation, regulatory, and financial matters.
In fact, climate, energy, and environmental challenges can also be turned into opportunities. For example, sustainability concerns are strongly linked to innovation and, therefore, to advantages within the current competitive landscape. However, existing theoretical, methodological, and empirical research on sustainable transition is still very limited and there is a vast range of social and economic problems to address, particularly in the current era of global change.
This Special Issue aims to publish original (applied/theoretical/methodological/experimental) research that not only contributes to enhancing our understanding of the issues affecting energy and environmental sustainability in an era of unprecedented global change, including the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, but also covers new ground in naming and analyzing the issues and helps to set the agenda for future research.
To address this area of research, the proposed Special Issue calls for papers that present work on topics including, but not limited to, the following:
- Sustainability and the COVID-19 pandemic;
- Sustainability, incentives, and impacts;
- Climate change policy, economics, and finance;
- Energy transition and the future of mobility;
- Industry transition and decarbonization;
- Green innovation, land use, and agriculture;
- Affordable clean energy, sustainable water management, and poverty;
- Green agenda and circular economy;
- Youth and sustainability: bridging sustainability priorities for early career professionals;
- Advancing gender equality in green innovation and sustainability.
Prof. Dr. Anabela Botelho
Prof. Dr. Celeste Varum
Prof. Dr. Mara Teresa da Silva Madaleno
Prof. Dr. Marta Ferreira Dias
Prof. Dr. Margarita Matias Robaina
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainability
- innovation
- green agenda
- green finance
- green innovation
- energy economics
- environmental economics
- sustainable finance
- sustainable economics
- sustainable cities and societies
- green mobility
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