Energy Transition Towards Climate Neutrality
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "B: Energy and Environment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 24 April 2026 | Viewed by 891
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy planning; climate change mitigation instruments and policies
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: sustainable and just energy transitions; sustainable cities; energy efficiency focusing on the demand-side of energy systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global societies and economies are urged to transition towards climate neutrality and sustainability while ensuring that all citizens can equally participate and benefit from such a transition. Despite important progress so far, more ambition and commitment across countries are needed to limit climate change impacts.
Energy transitions are envisioned to be anchored in two main areas: the integration of renewable energy sources, enabling unprecedented electrification levels, and energy efficiency across sectors, with uncertainty remaining around bioenergy, carbon capture, use and storage, behavioural aspects and market uptake.
Each sector has its own challenges. Buildings show increasing levels of efficiency and the adoption of building codes; however, renovation rates are insufficient, and the demand for new energy services is growing. The transport sector is heavily reliant on fossil energy, and consumption is still increasing. Its decarbonization will involve large developments in electrical infrastructure alongside market and technological feasibility for biofuel integration. Finally, the industry needs further innovation and technological development, but the investments required may put competitiveness at stake.
In addition to energy efficiency, circularity is emerging as a key decarbonization opportunity, particularly if the changes adopted now consider overall material demand and less harmful/more durable products.
Facilitating effective transitions requires significant future investment and financing over the coming years and that workers and the relevant stakeholders acquire the necessary enabling skills.
This Special Issue aims at presenting and discussing promising energy transition pathways across countries/regions, fuels and sectors, as well as underlying policy and technology solutions, assessment tools and frameworks, and monitoring schemes.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Novel concepts and approaches towards climate neutrality;
- The design, modelling and/or analysis of decarbonization trajectories;
- Finance or skill-related strategies for future energy transitions;
- Technical or policy case studies on energy transition;
- The contribution of cities and urban areas to global decarbonization efforts;
- Just, equitable and fair energy transitions.
Dr. Isabel Azevedo
Dr. Mafalda Silva
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- energy transition
- policy
- pathways
- renewable energy
- energy efficiency
- just transitions
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