Dear Colleagues,

The fastest developing sector since 1990 and simultaneously the biggest consumer of energy is transport. One of the hallmarks of sustainable transport is the desire to reduce the level of environmental pollution. The major problem for transport sector is dependence on fossil fuels, with road transport consuming by far the most energy. The goal in European Green Deal is to be climate-neutral - an economy with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, by 2050. To fulfill this ambitious objective a package “Fit for 55” was introduced by European Commission. The aim of which is to reduce emissions by at least 55% by 2030.  To reach climate-neutrality by 2050, one of the tools is increasing the share of renewable energy sources (RESs).

The awareness of carbon footprint analysis of sustainable supply chain is crucial in the context of decarbonization processes. Legislative, fiscal and tax instruments have been introduced to mitigate the negative impact of transport on the environment. The answer to the way of decarbonizing transport are new technologies, new fuels.

This special issue is aimed at collecting scientific articles and reviews related to the study of impact of transport on the environment in the energy sector.

Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to: 

• Decarbonization of road transport
• Impact of transport on the environmental sphere in the energy sector
• Minimalization of the greenhouse gas emissions as a factual challenge
• Quo vadis? Sustainable transport is possible after pandemic COVID-19?
• Future transport in the context of use renewable energy sources
• Scenarios of energy efficiency of transport
• The role of energy shocks in supply chain
• What will be next? How implement transport policy without any negative effects?
• The impact of modal shift on the energy intensity of transport
• Artificial intelligence as a tool to mitigate a negative transport impact on consumption of energy
• Transport modeling for cleaner environment
• Methodology for estimate energy consumption forecast
• Internalisation of externalities in transport

Dr. Agnieszka Gozdek
Prof. Dr. Elżbieta Załoga
Dr. Elżbieta Szaruga
Dr. Zuzanna Kłos-Adamkiewicz
Dr. Marta Mańkowska
Guest Editors

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• decarbonization
• energy sector
• greenhouse gas emissions
• sustainable transport
• renewable energy sources
• energy efficiency
• supply chain
• transport policy
• energy intensity
• artificial intelligence 
• transport modeling
• energy consumption forecasts
• external effects