Energy Transition and Economic Policy: Pathways to a Low-Carbon Future
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "C: Energy Economics and Policy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 27 January 2026 | Viewed by 5
Special Issue Editors
Interests: regional economics; energy economics; banking and finance
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Guest Editor is inviting submissions to a special issue of energies on the subject area of “Energy Transition and Economic Policies: Pathways to a Low-Carbon Future”.
Under the dual challenges of global climate change and energy security, the synergistic innovation between energy transition and economic policies has emerged as a central issue in achieving a low-carbon future. To foster academic exchange and policy practice, the special issue now invites submissions from scholars, policymakers, and industry experts worldwide.
This special issue aims to integrate interdisciplinary research, exploring economic policy instruments for energy system transformation, implementation pathways, and societal impacts, thereby providing theoretical foundations and practical insights for low-carbon development.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- All related researchon energy transition and economic policies;
- Carbon pricing mechanism;
- Cross-departmental policy coordination;
- Energy industry linkages and pathways;
- Financial incentives and subsidies;
- Green financial instruments;
- Input output model and energy transition and economic policies;
- Regional and global cooperation;
- Social network analysis and energy transition;
- Sustainable energy;
- Technological innovation andpolicy adaptation;
- Water resource transfer mechanism.
Waste pollution transmission path and treatment.
Prof. Dr. Yu Song
Dr. Tao Shen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carbon pricing
- economic policies
- energy transition
- energy and environment
- linkages
- modelling
- pollution management
- waste management
- water resource transition
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