Energy, Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 461
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainability; energy technologies; environmental impacts; sustainable production chains; energy investments
Interests: sustainability; renewable energy; life cycle assessment; bioeconomy; circular economy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the last few centuries, human activities under the current development model have intensified their influence on the environment, triggering environmental, social and economic problems. Faced with the challenge of addressing this situation, a new paradigm of sustainable development has arisen in which the energy system plays a key role. In this context, the proper design of energy and environmental policies to promote the energy system transition and the sustainable use of resources is crucial. Not exempt from risks and disadvantages, these strategies must be assessed ex ante using rigorous methodologies that can support the decision-making process.
Sustainability assessment methodologies such as the Extended Multiregional Input–Output Analysis (EMRIO) and the Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis (LCSA) are capable of evaluating the impacts on the three pillars of sustainability: environmental, economic and social. New methodological developments are also underway in order to improve existing methodologies and to incorporate specific criteria of sustainable use of resources such as circularity, criticality and the geopolitical strength of the production chain.
The aim of the Special Issue is to investigate the sustainability implications of policies, strategies or technologies for energy production that are postulated to be key to the energy transition. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research on the sustainability assessment of case studies of innovative and emerging energy technologies, energy system impact and potential scenarios of energy technology diffusion, as well as the development of methodological innovations in sustainability assessment, are relevant to the Special Issue.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Ana Rosa Gamarra Rodríguez
Dr. Israel Herrera-Orozco
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainability
- renewable energy
- environmental impacts
- social pillar
- economic growth
- sustainable use of resources
- life cycle assessment
- extended input–output analysis
- energy modelling
- energy investments
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