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Reshaping Energy, Environment, and Economy for a Carbon-Neutral and Sustainable Future

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Resources and Sustainable Utilization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 2179

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College of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Interests: environmental economics; environmental policy and social systems; environmental impact assessment; energy/environmental dynamism modelling; input–output modelling; system dynamics

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School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
Interests: environmental economics policies; regional economics; policy simulation and decision optimization; energy/environmental dynamism modelling
School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Interests: energy planning; energy management; energy–water nexus; energy policy
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Dear Colleagues,

Since most countries have made commitments to becoming carbon neutral around the world in the coming decades, our society is confronted with huge evolution brought by greenhouse-gas emissions reductions in every corner. This evolution exists in areas such as energy structure transitions, integrated environment protection, industry upgrading, and society behaviors changes. This Topic aims to set up a holistic framework to address the major challenges of the carbon-neutral pledge, whilst achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

This Special Issue emphasizes decarbonization transformation processes involved in a transition toward more low-carbon production and societal systems. This topic can have a strong contribution to solving realistic economic, energy, and environmental problems and challenges when pursuing a low-carbon society and mitigating climate change. It can also supplement previous literature on technical, societal, economic, energy, and policy aspects of strategies to improve carbon neutrality and sustainability.

This Special Issue, entitled “Reshaping energy, environment, and economy for a carbon-neutral and sustainable future”, welcomes high-quality works that focus on the development and implementation of systems, ideas, pathways, solutions, strategies, technologies, pilot cases, and exemplars that are relevant to the pursuits of carbon neutrality and sustainable development.

Prof. Dr. Nan Xiang
Prof. Dr. Feng Xu
Dr. Ling Ji
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Keywords

  • carbon neutral pathways
  • energy/environmental dynamic modelling
  • energy and low-carbon transitions
  • renewable energy technologies and innovations
  • input–output environmental/sustainability analyses
  • sustainable consumer/customer attitudes
  • environmental economics policies, vision and governance

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Clean Energy Transition through the Sustainable Exploration and Use of Lithium in Oman: Potential and Challenges
by Ashraf Mishrif and Asharul Khan
Sustainability 2023, 15(20), 15173; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152015173 - 23 Oct 2023
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This study is probably the first of its kind to explore the potential and challenges of developing a clean energy transition through sustainable exploration and the use of lithium in Oman’s mining industry. This study explains how growing energy and environmental concerns significantly [...] Read more.
This study is probably the first of its kind to explore the potential and challenges of developing a clean energy transition through sustainable exploration and the use of lithium in Oman’s mining industry. This study explains how growing energy and environmental concerns significantly intensify interest in electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles, consequently increasing the demand for lithium exploration and production. Whereas Umm as Samim and Mahout are usually identified as major resources for a potential lithium commodity, this study uses statistical data from Oman’s National Center of Statistics and Information (NCSI) to determine the quantity and value of salt, lithium production, and sales to assess their commercial viability. The findings reveal that Oman has huge potential for lithium exploitation and production, considering the enormous quantities of spodumene and seawater salt with high-grade lithium available, developing efficient regulations and rules to protect investors’ rights, and reducing the environmental risks associated with the production and recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The realization of this potential cannot be attained until serious challenges in the country’s regulations, environmental hazards, and investment strategy are overcome. This study concludes by offering some practical and policy implications. Full article
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