Technology Innovation and Policy for Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities

Dear Colleagues,

Technological innovation and policy formulation have been the foci of research in the field of sustainability and have continued to attract scholarly attention, along with the diversity of environmental pollution. In order to reduce the resistance brought by environmental pollution to the achievement of sustainable development goals, governments and regions around the world have developed different policies. These policies come in the form of incentive and penalty policies, as well as mixed policies. Unfortunately, the influencing factors and mechanisms of different types, intensities, and approaches of environmental policies are not equally understood. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to meet the interdisciplinary scope requirements of Sustainability through the lens of technology innovation and policy for sustainability. This Special Issue plans to present an overview of the most recent advances in the field of technology innovation and policy formulation for sustainability and their applications in diverse areas. Specifically, we aim to provide new contributions to technology innovation and policies for sustainability in different industries, e.g., construction, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and agriculture. We welcome new discoveries that reveal technology innovation and policy formulation from the perspective of sustainability. We welcome contributions based on theoretical foundations and using quantitative and qualitative methods, and encourage authors to provide empirical and theoretical research papers, critical literature reviews, and interdisciplinary research.

Dr. Xingwei Li
Guest Editor

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