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Green Energy, Economic Growth and Environmental Quality Nexus

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 1606

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Qiang Wang

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Institute for Energy Economics and Policy, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, China
Interests: environmental modelling; environment and health; energy and environment
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Dr. Xueting Jiang

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Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University, 132 Lennox Crossing, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia
Interests: climate change; environmental economics; energy economics; economic geography
Dr. Rongrong Li

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School of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
Interests: energy economics and management; data analysis and mining
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 7) explicitly calls for limiting global warming to 2 °C above pre-industrial levels, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emphasizes the need to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. At the same time, more than 120 countries, including the European Union, the United States, China, the United Kingdom, Japan and Canada, have proposed the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050-2060. The carbon neutrality target implies net-zero CO2 emissions and encompasses systemic changes in energy, the economy and the environment. A more complete understanding of green energy, economic growth and the environmental quality nexus can help us realize these goals.

In order to provide a communication platform allowing researchers engaged in energy, economic and environmental fields to exchange new perspectives, discoveries, methods and policy suggestions for the transformation of global and regional energy, economy and environment systems, "SUSTAINABILITY" is launching a new Special Issue, “Green Energy, Economic Growth and Environmental Quality Nexus” in 2023. The submission deadline is 31 October 2023.

Original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

(i) New theoretical methods and policy connections for energy, economic and environmental research;

(ii) Theory and practice of green transformation of energy, economic and environmental systems;

(iii) The impact of the carbon emissions trading market on green energy and environmental governance;

(iv) Research on the coupling and decoupling of energy, economy and environment in typical regions and key industries;

(v) Assessment of the impact of globalization/de-globalization on carbon neutrality

(vi) The impact of financial development on green energy and environmental quality.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Qiang Wang
Dr. Xueting Jiang
Prof. Dr. Rongrong Li
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • SDG7 and carbon neutrality
  • transformation of energy, economic and environmental systems
  • coupling and decoupling
  • typical regions and industries

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Simulating the Impact of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act on State-Level CO2 Emissions: An Integrated Assessment Model Approach
by Tianye Wang and Ekundayo Shittu
Sustainability 2023, 15(24), 16562; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152416562 - 05 Dec 2023
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Climate change mitigation measures are often projected to reduce anthropogenic carbon dioxide concentrations. Yet, it seems there is ample evidence suggesting that we have a limited understanding of the impacts of these measures and their combinations. For example, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) [...] Read more.
Climate change mitigation measures are often projected to reduce anthropogenic carbon dioxide concentrations. Yet, it seems there is ample evidence suggesting that we have a limited understanding of the impacts of these measures and their combinations. For example, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) enacted in the U.S. in 2022 contains significant provisions, such as the electric vehicle (EV) tax credits, to reduce CO2 emissions. However, the impact of such provisions is not fully understood across the U.S., particularly in the context of their interactions with other macroeconomic systems. In this paper, we employ an Integrated Assessment Model (IAM), the Global Change Assessment Model (GCAM), to estimate the future CO2 emissions in the U.S. GCAM is equipped to comprehensively characterize the interactions among different systems, e.g., energy, water, land use, and transportation. Thus, the use of GCAM-USA that has U.S. state-level resolution allows the projection of the impacts and consequences of major provisions in the IRA, i.e., EV tax credits and clean energy incentives. To compare the performance of these incentives and credits, a policy effectiveness index is used to evaluate the strength of the relationship between the achieved total CO2 emissions and the overarching emission reduction costs. Our results show that the EV tax credits as stipulated in the IRA can only marginally reduce carbon emissions across the U.S. In fact, it may lead to negative impacts in some states. However, simultaneously combining the incentives and tax credits improves performance and outcomes better than the sum of the individual effects of the policies. This demonstrates that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts in this decarbonization approach. Our findings provide insights for policymakers with a recommendation that combining EV tax credits with clean energy incentives magnifies the intended impact of emission reduction. Full article
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