Sustainable Development: The Need for Technological Change
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable development and climate change have gone from being topics to be dealt with superficially at various international summits to real problems on which concrete decisions must be taken in a short period of time. When talking about sustainable development, three fundamental factors are related: (i) the environment; (ii) the economy; and (iii) society. Thus, there must be a balance between these factors so that the system can meet the needs of today's society and those of future generations.
The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 has significantly accelerated this sustainable transition and the adoption of new and cleaner technologies. At the recent Conference of the Parties (COP26), held in Glasgow at the end of 2021, participating countries set the goal of making the 2020s a decade of climate action and support, committing, among other measures, to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development require us to accelerate the search for solutions aimed at resolving the main challenges facing humanity in terms of sustainable development.
For this reason, it is necessary to conduct further research into the sustainable transition and the different technologies for electricity generation and transportation that will enable the decarbonization of the system while guaranteeing its sustainability. With this in mind, this Special Issue will accept contributions on the following topics:
- a) Sustainable transition, social sustainability, environmental protection, and economic growth.
- b) Political strategies (international, national, and regional) for the promotion of sustainable transitions.
- c) Sustainable electricity generation technologies: photovoltaic, wind, biomass, nuclear, etc.
- d) New technologies applicable to transportation.
- e) Efficiency of electricity generation or transport systems.
- f) Advances in decarbonization technologies.
- g) Optimization of energy resource management systems.
- h) New trends in energy vectors.
- i) Waste processing and utilization.
Dr. Diego Vergara
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- development
- sustainable
- energy efficiency
- technological change
- sustainable transition
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