Energy Transition and Sustainability in Emerging Economies: Clean Energy and Net Zero Emission
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "C: Energy Economics and Policy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 January 2024) | Viewed by 6460
Special Issue Editors
2. School of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK
Interests: modern energy cooking; clean cooking; complex development; solar PV; SDG7; low carbon energy; ICT; mobiles; IoT; mobile payments
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In this Special Issue, we consider the very necessary energy transitions and sustainability factors that must be considered in emerging economies. We write this as COP27 comes to a close, and more promises are made about utilising renewable technologies, improving and decarbonising energy access, ensuring SDG7 is fulfilled for access to 'affordable, reliable, sustainable' modern energy, and promising finance for a just transition where emerging economies are assisted to mitigate the effects of climate change while continuing to grow their economies. Some of the strong debates are whether emerging economies should continue to develop their fossil fuel resources, particularly gas fields, and how that sits in the global economy. For there to be a just transition, planning for modern energy needs to be situated in the local context and the clear modelling of proposed and hoped for transitions needs to be informed by context specific baseline data. For instance, cooking is a major consumer of energy in most emerging economies, and a significant cause of deforestation and climate emissions, as well as burdening the household with health and economic disadvantages. While many quote the figure of 2.6 billion people 'not having access to clean cooking', according the World Bank, 4 billion do not have access to modern energy-based cooking. Over the last few years, there has been a separation of planning regarding improving access to electricity and clean cooking. How can new tools and approaches be used to ensure that the local context is a driver for change. Many emerging economies are increasingly urbanising with a legacy dependence on biomass fuels, particularly for the poorer sections of society. By 2050, an extra 2 billion people may be on the planet, most of whom will be in emerging economies. Overlay these societal changes with technological changes, such as a transition to e-mobility and the reductions in cost of energy storage due to better understanding of the technology, and we have new possibilities for a climate friendly growth.
In this Special Issue, we invite papers addressing these concerns, and which show how the planning for transitions in energy infrastructure can be a just transition while still working towards net zero emissions. We invite a broad range of papers covering high level issues, political economies, and technological possibilities grounded in new timely data and modelling on how emerging economies can balance the needs of their population with clean energy and net zero emission. The common theme should be energy transition and sustainability in emerging economies.
Dr. Simon Batchelor
Prof. Dr. Ed Brown
Guest Editors
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