Carbon Neutrality through Green Innovations—the Role of the Renewable Energy: 3rd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Economic development and environmental sustainability play essential roles in the energy field. Demand for energy has risen in many nations as a result of increasing industrialization, agricultural modernization, urbanization, and globalization and better transportation. However, promoting economic growth, without harming the climate, is a requirement for sustainable development.

Carbon neutrality means having a balance between emitting and absorbing carbon from the atmosphere. It is critical for achieving the global climate change targets. The European Union recently reaffirmed its commitment to become the world’s first climate-neutral region by 2050, but there are also many other large economies such as the UK, Japan, or South Korea that aim for this goal. Carbon neutrality has become an important part of the corporate and public climate mitigation policies, but the details for this process need further research.

Some significant directions on the path for achieving carbon neutrality are represented by green innovations that rely on a higher renewable energy production and consumption. Fossil fuel energy sources remain the primary energy sources worldwide, although renewables’ contributions significantly increased. Green innovation refers to innovation related to green products and processes, leading to fossil fuel energy decreases, pollution management, waste recycling, product design and environmental management (Chen et al., 2006).

This Special Issue aims to investigate how carbon neutrality can be achieved by the economies that aim for this goal, what benefits are gained from this energy transition, how can green innovation be accelerated and what the adverse outcomes are that may arise during this process.

Prof. Dr. Mirela Panait
Prof. Dr. Magdalena Radulescu
Dr. Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente
Guest Editors

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• carbon neutrality
• climate change
• carbon footprint
• carbon reduction
• sustainable development
• renewable energy clean technologies
• green innovations
• energy efficiency improvements
• ESG issues
• CSR and non-financial performance
• energy poverty
• energy transition
• nuclear energy

• Carbon Neutrality through Green Innovations – the Role of the Renewable Energy II in Energies (8 articles)