Clean Energy Technologies for Climate Change Mitigation
A special issue of Climate (ISSN 2225-1154).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 12
Special Issue Editors
Interests: renewable energy development; energy conservation and management; grid and off-grid energy systems; energy access in low- and middle-income contexts; energy poverty and equity; energy transitions and policy
Interests: local area energy system; renewable-led community energy systems; smart technologies for energy management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The global challenge of climate change continues to intensify, with rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions driving extreme weather events, biodiversity loss, and socioeconomic disruptions. At the heart of this crisis lies the energy sector, which accounts for over 70% of global GHG emissions through the combustion of fossil fuels for electricity, heat, and transportation. Addressing this sector is therefore central to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and limiting global temperature rise to less than 2°C, ideally 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. This Special Issue invites contributions that explore how sustainable energy solutions can be effectively designed and implemented to mitigate climate change while delivering co-benefits such as improved public services, energy security, and socioeconomic development. By bringing together insights from multiple disciplines and global contexts, the Special Issue seeks to provide a platform for innovative thinking and practical solutions that will shape the energy systems of tomorrow.
The aim of this Special Issue is to gather cutting-edge research, technical innovations, and policy analysis that demonstrate the role of access to and development of clean energy technologies in achieving deep decarbonization and climate resilience.
This Special Issue invites interdisciplinary contributions of Original Research Articles and Review Articles that explore clean technological advancements, policy instruments, and modelling tools that facilitate the transition to clean energy future. It seeks to highlight scalable solutions from community-led microgrids to national electrification and provide evidence-based recommendations for accelerating the global shift to climate-compatible energy systems. We accept articles within the scope, but not limited to, electrification of transport and cooking, urban EV adoption challenges and solutions, grid impact of large scale EV integration, the integration of renewable energy and storage technologies, the design and deployment of solar home systems and mini-grids, community-based energy models and local ownership structures, hybrid systems combining solar, wind, hydro, and storage in remote areas, potential of the reliability and resilience of off-grid systems during climate extremes, etc. All submitted articles should explicitly address the climate change mitigation and/or adaptation potential of the proposed clean energy solutions, emphasising their role in promoting sustainable, low-carbon, and inclusive development.
Dr. Mulualem Gebreslassie
Dr. Augustine Ikpehai
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- community energy
- EV adoption
- hybrid energy systems
- reliability and resilience of energy systems
- electrification of heat
- transport–energy nexus
- climate adaptation
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