Solutions to Climate Emergency
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "C: Energy Economics and Policy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 13407
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Interests: sustainability; green production decision model; industry 4.0; corporate social responsibility (CSR); activity-based costing (ABC); enterprise resource planning (ERP); carbon emission cost; energy saving and carbon emission reduction; international financial reporting standards (IFRS)
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Dear Colleagues,
Due in part to the environmental protection problem having received considerable attention in recent decades, the United Nations has established regulations for reducing Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. The purpose of the changing regulations, from the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) and the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to the 2015 Paris Agreement, is to ensure that our Earth not continue to deteriorate at the same speed. The Paris Agreement was signed by 195 nations in December 2015 to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change. According to Article 2 of the Paris Agreement, the increase in the global average temperature is anticipated to be held to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels, and efforts are being employed to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels.
Although countries around the world have made commitments to the Paris Agreement, the increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the global atmosphere was higher than the average annual increase in the past ten years. As a result, the Oxford Dictionary lists Climate Emergency as the Word of the Year 2019. Climate Emergency is defined as ‘a situation in which urgent action is required to reduce or halt climate change and avoid the potentially irreversible environmental damage resulting from it (https://t.co/JLepdcgt0U). The following are possible ways to solve the problem of Climate Emergency:
- carbon tax;
- carbon trading;
- cap-and-trade;
- carbon offset;
- carbon pricing;
- carbon footprint;
- carbon labeling;
- decarbonizing the economy;
- carbon capture and storage;
- carbon recycling;
- eliminating pollutants;
- restoring ecosystems;
- catalyzing forest solutions;
- renewable energy;
- energy tax;
- energy saving method;
- increasing energy efficiency;
- building energy code (BEC);
- mandatory energy efficiency labeling scheme (MEELS);
- European Union (EU) energy label;
- solar impulse efficient solutions label;
- energy efficiency management systems;
- energy/carbon audit;
- energy-efficient products;
- energy-efficient manufacturing process;
- zero/low carbon energy;
- reducing meat consumption;
- safe and convenient active transportation;
- sustainable transportation;
- vehicle emission reduction;
- zero/low emission vehicle;
- vehicle electrification;
- zero/low emission building;
- low carbon construction.
In view of the urgent need to solve the problem related to the Climate Emergency, we would like to invite researchers and professionals from universities, enterprises, and governmental units to share new ideas, innovations, trends, and experiences concerning the Climate Emergency. Both original research articles as well as review articles are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Wen-Hsien Tsai
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- greenhouse gas (GHG) emission
- environmental protection
- climate change
- climate emergency
- global warming
- carbon emission
- carbon emission reduction
- carbon emission cost analysis
- greenhouse gas reduction
- carbon tax
- carbon trading
- cap-and-trade
- carbon offset
- carbon pricing
- carbon footprint
- carbon label
- decarbonizing the economy
- carbon capture and storage
- carbon recycling
- eliminating pollutants
- restoring ecosystems
- catalyzing forest solutions
- renewable energy
- energy tax
- energy saving method
- increasing energy efficiency
- building energy code (BEC)
- mandatory energy efficiency labeling scheme (MEELS)
- European Union (EU) energy label
- solar impulse efficient solutions label
- energy efficiency management systems
- energy/carbon audit
- energy-efficient products
- energy-efficient manufacturing process
- zero/low carbon energy
- reducing meat consumption
- safe and convenient active transportation
- sustainable transportation
- vehicle emission reduction
- zero/low emission vehicle
- vehicle electrification
- zero/low emission building
- low carbon construction
