Call for papers – special issue Sustainability – Will global strategies work to reduce GHG emissions?

The Nexus Between Environment, Economy, Policy and Sustainable Development—a Needed Global Systems Optimization to Stay Below 1.5 Degrees

The special issue calls for papers that contribute research on global optimization of energy and food systems that would enable us to stay below or close to the 1.5 degrees goal. Integration of LCA for the purpose of the analysis is seen as a great advantage, but the special issue is not limited to LCAs, though it focuses on the quantification of policy initiatives around the globe that may lower environmental and social impacts. More specifically,

• The quantification of the environmental impacts of proposed regional policies with LCA or the like, with special attention to GHG emissions shifting between sectors and burden shifting of environmental impacts. The following are example studies:
  1. Studies that examine the overall impact of globally scaled carbon capture and utilization strategies (incl. CCS) related to the marine or aviation sectors’ use of fossil CO₂ captured from industry, e.g., cement or power plants, for fuel production and combustion.
  2. Studies that examine global strategies for the energy sector, e.g., switching to a share of electrification, biofuels, and synthetic fuels (incl. aviation and marine sectors).
• The examination of the interplay between food and energy systems in a quantitative way with special attention to biomass-based energy and the land system.
• The examination of the environmental and social impacts of current and future economic strategies to reach decarbonization or broader sustainability goals, such as incentives, taxes and the like, with LCA or similar.
• The assessment of the environmental impacts of future transportation or energy systems by integrating LCA and shared socio-economic pathways.
• The proposal of actionable recommendations to policymakers and stakeholders in the transportation sector for solving energy-related issues with consideration for cross-sectoral interactions and competition for resources

Find a full description here: https://www.mdpi.com/si/225005

Guest editor: Giovanna Croxatto Vega, PhD