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Addressing Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation at the Organizational Level

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Development Goals towards Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2025) | Viewed by 2997

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Ivo Hristov

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Department of Management and Law, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
Interests: sustainability; sustainable performance management; sustainable development; sustainability reporting; sustainability KPIs
Prof. Dr. Sara Trucco

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Dipartimento di Scienze Umanistiche e Sociali Internazionali, Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma, 00147 Roma, Italy
Interests: CSR; sustainability; accounting

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are excited to announce our forthcoming Special Issue, entitled “Addressing Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation at the Organizational Level”, in which we explore critical insights into climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies at an organizational level.

Advances in sustainable performance metrics and targets, strategic implementation, and the reporting of climate change mitigation and adaptation are now more challenging for companies than ever, as confirmed by the introduction to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requirements and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRSs). Taking urgent action to combat climate change (SDG 13) and its impacts is one of the main pillars of the CSRD and is explicitly addressed by ESRS E1 “Climate change.”

In this view, the novelty introduced by the CSRD can be seen as an opportunity to provide management scholars and practitioners with a basis for designing, planning, implementing, and reporting their transition plans for climate change mitigation. Several answers are urgently needed to understand how material impacts, risks, and opportunities for climate change mitigation and their interaction with strategy and business models can be explored and managed by organizations.

This Special Issue welcomes articles that can provide new findings, innovative sustainable tools, and critical insights on plans, measures, and reports of climate change mitigation and adaptation at an organizational level to help guide sustainability management scholars, practitioners, and policymakers and stimulate discussion, debate, and improvement. Both theoretical and empirical papers that provide new insights into the reasons, processes, practices, and implications of sustainability reporting and managing climate change mitigation are welcome.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • GHG emission-reduction targets.
  • Climate change mitigation actions.
  • Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) metrics.
  • Sustainability reporting.
  • Decarbonization levers.
  • Sustainable Performance Management Systems.
  • Sustainable performance on land and the green economy.
  • The impact of the ESRSs on corporate performance.
  • Sustainable decision making.
  • Transition plans for climate change mitigation and behavioral strategies.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Ivo Hristov
Prof. Dr. Sara Trucco
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • climate change mitigation
  • sustainable development
  • CSRD
  • GHG emission

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Integrating Sustainability in Accounting Curricular of Higher Education Institutions: Analyzing Universities in an Emerging Economy
by Imaobong Judith Nnam, Sylvia Nnenna Eneh, Amara Priscilia Ozoji, Mabel Ngozi Nwekwo, Geoffrey Ndubuisi Udefi, Marian Mukosolu Okobo and Onyekachi David Chukwunwike
Sustainability 2025, 17(13), 5763; https://doi.org/10.3390/su17135763 - 23 Jun 2025
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The effects of unsustainable actions persist, triggering and sustaining a discussion on strategies and controls required to mitigate the consequences. Greater disclosure is required by entities regarding the governance processes, strategies, and controls they employ to manage climate-related risks and opportunities, thereby creating [...] Read more.
The effects of unsustainable actions persist, triggering and sustaining a discussion on strategies and controls required to mitigate the consequences. Greater disclosure is required by entities regarding the governance processes, strategies, and controls they employ to manage climate-related risks and opportunities, thereby creating an expanded role for accountants. With this expanded role, higher education institutions (HEIs) play a critical role in fostering and instilling sustainability values through the knowledge and skills they transfer to accounting students. HEIs must be assessed to ascertain if sustainability concepts are integrated into current accounting curricula, thereby addressing SDG 4, and SDG 12 which can be achieved through the knowledge these HEIs transfer. A contextual content analysis is carried out on the accounting curricula of 76 Nigerian universities to search for keywords related to sustainability. This study reveals a low level of integration; 16 of the 62 keywords were found in the curricula of 25 of the 76 universities studied. The results indicate the most frequently occurring keywords and the courses and universities associated with the most keywords. This study demonstrates that accounting education in Nigeria has not yet keyed into the program aimed at achieving the ‘Agenda’. This outcome underscores the need to review the existing accounting curricula to ensure that accounting education contributes to the movement towards sustainable development. Full article
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Estimation of Potential Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Landfills in the United States: 2010–2020
by Youngrin Na and Kyuhyun Byun
Sustainability 2024, 16(11), 4810; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16114810 - 5 Jun 2024
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Nitrous oxide (N2O), a major greenhouse gas, has the potential to be emitted from waste landfills. Previous studies have demonstrated the propensity of landfilling facilities to emit significant quantities of N2O, a fact underscored by the IPCC Guidelines, which [...] Read more.
Nitrous oxide (N2O), a major greenhouse gas, has the potential to be emitted from waste landfills. Previous studies have demonstrated the propensity of landfilling facilities to emit significant quantities of N2O, a fact underscored by the IPCC Guidelines, which emphasize the importance of researching this phenomenon. However, due to the absence of established international guidelines for quantifying N2O emissions from landfills, many countries, including the United States, have excluded N2O from greenhouse gas inventories. Therefore, this study aims to estimate N2O emissions from landfills in the United States, a country with a significant landfill waste volume. In this study, N2O emissions from U.S. landfills over an 11-year period (2010–2020) are estimated by using the emission estimation formula provided in CDM AM0083 and emission factors from the 2006 IPCC Guidelines. Additionally, emissions were calculated spatially for each state and individual landfill facility. As a result, the impact of integrating N2O emissions from landfills into the national greenhouse gas inventory was assessed. The average annual landfill N2O emission in the United States over the 11-year period was estimated to be 3,214,693 ton-CO2-equivalent/year, with an overall decreasing trend. In 2020, Indiana, Michigan, and Oregon exhibited high landfill N2O emissions per capita, while the Virgin Islands, Connecticut, and Massachusetts demonstrated lower emissions. When incorporated into the U.S. greenhouse gas inventory, landfill N2O emissions represent 10.41% of the total sector N2O emissions. Although N2O emissions are declining alongside reduced waste landfilling in the United States, the quantity remains significant and should be factored into greenhouse gas inventory calculations and emission scenarios for the next CMIP6. Further research investigating N2O emission coefficients across different regions and waste types is necessary. Ultimately, this study aims to support the United Nations (UN)’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), and 13 (Climate Action), by enhancing the tools for accurate greenhouse gas inventory and promoting sustainable waste management. Full article
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