Sustainability of the UN SDGs in Synergy with the "30-60" Carbon Goals

Dear Colleagues,

At present, issues with global energy, resources and the ecological environment are becoming increasingly prominent. China is also undergoing its greatest environmental changes in over a century. With the steady progress of the construction of ecological civilization and the rapid development of green low-carbon technologies, people's expectations of cleanliness, aesthetics and carbon-free environment have become increasingly prevalent. In this regard, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the "dual carbon" targets have clear commitments. There is still much ground to cover in order to transform the current situation  to achieve such goals, and the task of collaborative promotion can be described as time-critical and heavy. Therefore, it is important to explore the sustainability of the synergistic promotion of SDGs and "dual carbon" targets in terms of theoretical basis, framework design, indicator system construction and evaluation, and sustainable management program design.

This Special Issue is being proposed to act as a platform for researchers to share their findings on issues related to the sustainability of the UN SDGs in synergy with the "30-60" carbon goals. In this Special Issue, we welcome submissions of original research and review articles focused on, but not limited to, the following topics:

• Theoretical basis and practice direction for synergistic promotion of "30-60" carbon goals and SDGs;
• China's high-quality economic development and energy policy under the guidance of "30-60" carbon goals and the SDGs;
• Challenges of system transformation and sustainable management solutions for the synergistic promotion of pollution and carbon reduction;
• International energy geopolitical simulation and "China Scenario" construction technology;
• Construction of localized evaluation system and typical case analysis of ESG disclosure standards in China.

Dr. Sheng Zhang
Dr. Yunqiao Zhou
Dr. Zhongquan Miao
Dr. Nannan Zhang
Dr. Yifu Yang
Guest Editors

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