Advances in Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage for a Sustainable Future
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 173
Special Issue Editors
Interests: renewable energies; carbon dioxide; carbon dioxide removal; modelling of chemical processes; carbon supply chains; environmental analysis of chemical processes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, “Advances in Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage for a Sustainable Future”, focuses on advancing scientific and practical understanding of CCUS as a key pathway toward climate mitigation and sustainable development. Its scope spans innovative capture technologies, emerging utilization routes, long‑term storage strategies, and integrated assessments that connect the engineering performance with environmental, economic, and policy dimensions, providing a multidisciplinary platform that evaluates CCUS not only as a technological solution but as a system-level contributor to net‑zero transitions.
This Special Issue seeks to usefully supplement the existing literature by bringing together research strands that are often treated in isolation (technological innovation, sustainability assessment, socio‑economic analysis, and policy design) into a single, integrated platform.
By integrating scientific, economic, and policy perspectives, this Special Issue aligns with the journal’s mission to support measurable, holistic, and actionable approaches to sustainable development.
We welcome original research articles and reviews to this Special Issue, and research areas of interest may include, but need not necessarily be limited to, the following topics:
- Advanced carbon capture technologies;
- Innovative utilization pathways for fuels, chemicals, and materials;
- Geological and alternative storage methods;
- Life‑cycle and techno‑economic assessments of CCUS systems;
- Integration of CCUS with renewable energy and industrial processes;
- Monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) frameworks;
- Policy, regulatory, and market mechanisms supporting CCUS deployment;
- Socio‑economic impacts and just transition considerations;
- Sustainability metrics and tools for evaluating CCUS performance;
- Interdisciplinary approaches integrating engineering, environmental science, and governance to support sustainable, low‑carbon development.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Grazia Leonzio
Dr. Emilianny Batista Magalhaes
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carbon capture
- carbon utilization
- carbon storage
- CCUS technologies
- greenhouse gas mitigation
- sustainable development
- life cycle assessment
- climate policy
- industrial decarbonization
- circular carbon economy
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