Special Issue "Frontiers and Best Practices in Bio, Circular, and Green Growth and Eco-Innovation"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. E. Richard Zada
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Guest Editor
Institute of Development Research and Development Policy, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44879 Bochum, Germany
Interests: ecological modelling; waste management; energy politics; games; environmental impact assessment; international development; industry 4.0; epidemics; sustainability; multilevel model
Dr. Andrea Gatto
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Co-Guest Editor
Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, London SE10 9LS, UK
Interests: development economics; economic development; rural development; SPSS; sustainable development; development studies; sustainability; data analysis; ecological economics; sustainable economic development

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

After almost two decades of continuous development in bio, circular, and green economy, the time is ripe for the assessment of the major achievements and challenges that private and public enterprises face today for the further enhancement of these global sustainability concepts (D’Amato et al. 2017). Due to the central role of incentives provided by the politics for the development and implementation of the environmentally friendly and sustainable practices, the present Special Issue welcomes the contributions which focus on the nexus between public policies, institutions, quality of public sector management, and patterns of interaction between government and private business in backing bio, green, and circular economy practices and eco-innovation. In addition, the differences between implementation of new organizational forms and scientific innovations in the technologically advanced and developing settings are in the scope of this Special Issue (Ervits 2020, Ervits and Zmuda 2018, Zada 2020). We also invite contributions with a focus on the role of civic engagement and diffusion and proliferation of innovations at the initial, economically not viable initiation phases, as well as on the nexus between civic engagement and emergence, development, and diffusion of the abovementioned sustainability concepts (Geels 2002, Smith 2011, Radtke 2014, Radtke et al. 2020).

Authors are invited to submit both conceptual and empirical papers.

References

  1. D’Amato, D., Droste, N., Allen, B., Kettunen, M., Lähtinen, K., Korhonen, J., Leskinen, P., Matthies, B.D., Toppinen, A., 2017. Green, circular, bio economy: A comparative analysis of sustainability avenues. J. Clean. Prod. 168, 716–734. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.09.053
  2. Ervits, I. 2020. Quadrants of invention: Individual patent applications as unutilized resource of innovative capacity. International Entrepreneurship Review 6(1), 7-27. DOI: 10.15678/IER.2020.0601.01
  3. Ervits, I., Zmuda, M. 2018. A Cross-country Comparison of the Effects of Institutions on Internationally Oriented Innovation. Journal of International Entrepreneurship 16, 486-503. DOI: 10.1007/s10843-018-0225-8
  4. Geels, F.W. 2002. Technological transitions as evolutionary reconfiguration processes: a multi-level perspective and case study. Research Policy 31, 1257-1274.
  5. Smith, A. 2010. Civil Society in Sustainable Energy Transitions. In: Verbong, G., Loorbach, D. 2012. (eds.). Governing the Energy Transition: reality, illusion, or necessity. Routlege: New York.
  6. Radtke, J., 2014. A closer look inside collaborative action: civic engagement and participation in community energy initiatives. People, Place & Policy Online, 8(3), 235-248.
  7. Radtke, J., Drewing, E., Eichenauer, E., Holstenkamp, L., Kamlage, J.H., Mey, F., Warode, J. and Wegener, J., 2020. Energy transition and civic engagement. In The role of public participation in energy transitions (pp. 81-91). Academic Press.
  8. Zada, E.R. 2020. Natural Resources, Technological Progress, and Economic Modernization. Online first. Review of Development Economics 25(1), 381-404. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12716

Dr. E. Richard Zada
Guest Editor

Dr. Andrea Gatto
Co-Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • novel business models for the enhancement of bio, circular, and green economy
  • macro-and microeconomic models of decarbonization and eco-innovation
  • the role of civic engagement
  • green hydrogen
  • eco-innovation
  • the role of natural gas in energy transition
  • eco-innovation
  • carbon tax
  • low-carbon economy
  • energy transition
  • circular economy
  • waste management
  • green patents
  • measuring eco-innovation
  • green growth
  • eco-auditing

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A Review on Energy and Renewable Energy Policies in Iran
Sustainability 2021, 13(13), 7328; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137328 - 30 Jun 2021
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Iran, endowed with abundant renewable and non-renewable energy resources, particularly non-renewable resources, faces challenges such as air pollution, climate change and energy security. As a leading exporter and consumer of fossil fuels, it is also attempting to use renewable energy as part of [...] Read more.
Iran, endowed with abundant renewable and non-renewable energy resources, particularly non-renewable resources, faces challenges such as air pollution, climate change and energy security. As a leading exporter and consumer of fossil fuels, it is also attempting to use renewable energy as part of its energy mix toward energy security and sustainability. Due to its favorable geographic characteristics, Iran has diverse and accessible renewable sources, which provide appropriate substitutes to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Therefore, this study aims to examine trends in energy demand, policies and development of renewable energies and the causal relationship between renewable and non-renewable energies and economic growth using two methodologies. This study first reviews the current state of energy and energy policies and then employs Granger causality analysis to test the relationships between the variables considered. Results showed that renewable energy technologies currently do not have a significant and adequate role in the energy supply of Iran. To encourage the use of renewable energy, especially in electricity production, fuel diversification policies and development program goals were introduced in the late 2000s and early 2010s. Diversifying energy resources is a key pillar of Iran’s new plan. In addition to solar and hydropower, biomass from the municipal waste from large cities and other agricultural products, including fruits, can be used to generate energy and renewable sources. While present policies indicate the incorporation of sustainable energy sources, further efforts are needed to offset the use of fossil fuels. Moreover, the study predicts that with the production capacity of agricultural products in 2018, approximately 4.8 billion liters of bioethanol can be obtained from crop residues and about 526 thousand tons of biodiesel from oilseeds annually. Granger’s causality analysis also shows that there is a unidirectional causal relationship between economic growth to renewable and non-renewable energy use. Labor force and gross fixed capital formation cause renewable energy consumption, and nonrenewable energy consumption causes renewable energy consumption. Full article
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