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The Energy–Ecosystem Nexus: Balancing Energy Exploitation and Ecosystem Conservation

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Resources and Sustainable Utilization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (6 March 2024) | Viewed by 5137

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Dr. Yi Jin

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Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Interests: water stress; energy transition; biodiversity protection
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Dr. Cuiyang Feng

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School of Management, China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Interests: environmental impacts of energy system
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Dr. Rong Yuan

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School of Economics and Business Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
Interests: environment impacts of energy consumption and production

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This is a call for papers for ‘The Energy–Ecosystem Nexus: Balancing Energy Exploitation and Ecosystem Conservation’, which aims to broaden and deepen our understanding of the relationship between energy exploitation and ecosystem. Despite its key role in economic development, energy exploitation puts pressure on the environment, which may affect the sustainability of humans’ future. Among all types of pressures, greenhouse gas emissions have been widely and well studied, while the biodiversity impacts have not been deeply understood. Energy exploitation poses threats to terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems in some conditions—dor example, land occupation by solar power and windfarms, water flow alteration and habitat fragmentation caused by hydropower dams, and the marine impacts of tidal power production. The ecosystem impacts of energy exploitation urgently need to be incorporated into energy planning for better ecosystem protection. The scope of the Special Issue covers the biodiversity impacts of all the lifecycle stages of all types of energy.

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

  • Power production;
  • Fossil fuel exploitation;
  • Energy infrastructure;
  • Terrestrial ecosystems;
  • Freshwater ecosystems;
  • Marine ecosystems.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Yi Jin
Dr. Cuiyang Feng
Dr. Rong Yuan
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • energy exploitation
  • ecosystem protection
  • sustainable energy system
  • energy transition

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Analyzing Public Environmental Concerns at the Threshold to Reduce Urban Air Pollution
by Jialiang Yang, Wen Yin and Yi Jin
Sustainability 2023, 15(21), 15420; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152115420 - 30 Oct 2023
Cited by 5 | Viewed by 2352
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This work focuses on the extraction and analysis of large-scale data from the Internet, specifically using panel data consisting of 273 prefecture-level cities spanning the period from 2011 to 2021. The data are processed using both the panel fixed-effect model and the panel [...] Read more.
This work focuses on the extraction and analysis of large-scale data from the Internet, specifically using panel data consisting of 273 prefecture-level cities spanning the period from 2011 to 2021. The data are processed using both the panel fixed-effect model and the panel smooth transformation model (PSTR). This study examines the relationship between public environmental concern and urban air pollution, as well as the impact of various city area divisions on public environmental concern and urban ambient air pollution. The regression analysis reveals several key findings: (1) It is observed that the impact of public participation in environmental pollution control on suppressing air pollution exhibits a lag of approximately three periods. This implies that it takes some time for the power of public participation to manifest its effect in reducing air pollution. (2) The study finds that urban public environmental concern, as measured by the Baidu Index, has a suppressive effect on air pollution once it surpasses a threshold value of 20,455.36. (3) This effect is found to be strengthened as the level of public concern increases. Lastly, it is noted that public environmental concern exhibits regional heterogeneity, which can be attributed to factors such as economic development and scientific and technological advancements. These factors influence the level of public environmental concern in different regions. The findings may be succinctly summarized as follows: geographical variations in public environmental concern can be attributed to the impact of economic growth and advancements in science and technology. Regional variability may arise from several sources, including economic growth, scientific and technical advancements, and other influences, all of which impact public environmental concerns. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Energy–Ecosystem Nexus: Balancing Energy Exploitation and Ecosystem Conservation)
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Modeling and Quantitative Analysis in the Energy–Food–Water–Waste Nexus (EF2W): Case Study in Cameroon
by Boris Abeli Pekarou Pemi, Donatien Njomo, René Tchinda, Jean Calvin Seutche, Daniel Roméo Kamta Legue, Mahamat Hassane Babikir and Venant Sorel Chara-Dackou
Sustainability 2023, 15(11), 8483; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15118483 - 23 May 2023
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In order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is necessary to quantitatively examine the interactions in the EF2W nexus in more detail. The main objective of this work is to model and quantify the EF2W nexus. The approach and model (input–output [...] Read more.
In order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is necessary to quantitatively examine the interactions in the EF2W nexus in more detail. The main objective of this work is to model and quantify the EF2W nexus. The approach and model (input–output model) used from the literature is applied to the case of Cameroon. This model has some advantages that make it special, namely the possibility of establishing quantitative relationships on a local, national, regional, or global scale. The results indicate that the method presented in this study is sufficiently relevant to achieve a quantitative framework for modeling the sixteen (16) relationships intertwining the EF2W. Moreover, the analyses carried out on the EF2W interactions for the three decades (1990–2020) show that the energy sector is strongly impacted by biomass, water, and petroleum products with very low impact of waste; the proportion of energy for electricity generation is, on average, 67.528%; the contribution of water (surface and groundwater, water use per ton of food) for agriculture is estimated to be 0.16%, on average, for 17.44 m3/t feed; the energy sector contributed during the three decades 0.42% for 0.88 toe/kt of energy produced. As for the waste (agricultural and animal waste), their use in the agricultural sector is, on average, 97.80%. These results have a significant impact on the energy mix in the management and distribution of production sources and its uses in the different sectors considered. A new optimal approach should be considered. Full article
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