Sustainable Development, Demography, and Climate Change
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2021) | Viewed by 7382
Special Issue Editors
Interests: climate change; energy economics; sustainable development
Interests: climate change; energy modeling; climate policies; sustainable development
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Addressing climate change is inseparable from our efforts to achieve sustainable development. Climate change has significantly impacted our environment, economies, and society. At the same time, human activities, such as population increase, urbanization, and industrialization, have accelerated climate change. Thus, an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates not only scientific aspects but also socioeconomic factors is crucial for addressing climate change as well as achieving sustainable development.
An important factor will be the changes in the demographic structure of countries. In recent years, the Asia and Pacific region, home to more than half of the world’s population, is undergoing rapid demographic changes. The share of the region’s working-age population has already begun to decline, and the population projections show that many economies are expected to enter an aging society. Such change may pose a serious challenge to the mitigation efforts as well as adaptation capacities to tackle climate change. Many of the current GHG emission forecasts are based on somewhat outdated population projections, and this may lead to ineffective policy prescriptions. Therefore, reflecting the recent trends of demographic changes in many economies on GHG emission scenarios and climate policies will be essential for the effective implementations of the Paris Agreement.
Following the Paris Agreement, ways to achieve the global target of limiting global average temperature increase to 1.5 or 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels have been actively discussed, and the IPCC is in the Sixth Assessment cycle that combines the most updated and valuable research on climate change, including short- and long-term scenarios and mitigation and adaptation policies. In order to contribute to this IPCC process, this Special Issue aims to bring new and innovative research on climate change and sustainable development to fill the literature gap. Issues of interest for this Special Issue include but are not limited to the following:
- Research on GHG emission scenarios reflecting the current social, economic, and environment agenda;
- Research on examining the linkage between mitigation and adaptation policies and sustainable development;
- Research on the impacts of demographic structure change on GHG emissions and climate actions;
- Research on energy system modeling and climate change.
Prof. Tae Yong Jung
Dr. Kejun Jiang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change
- sustainable development
- demographic change
- emissions scenario
