Dear Colleagues,

The Special Issue “Impact of COVID-19: Energy, Environmental, and Sustainable Development Perspectives” calls for papers to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on energy, environmental, and sustainable development scenarios around the world.

The coronavirus disease 2019, abbreviated as COVID-19, has driven the world into unchartered territories. The pandemic is set to have monumental and far-reaching impacts on the human race and the planet. It has resulted in unprecedented developments affecting all dimensions of modern society. The consequent economic recession is already being tipped to be the worst since World War 2. Given the highly interwoven energy-environment-economy triangle, the situation is bound to have significant implications on the energy and environmental fronts as well. The impacts of the pandemic on the energy, environmental, and sustainable development outlook of the world are going to be quite mixed and complicated. On one hand, for example, oil prices have been pushed into negative and on the other hand environmental emissions have been recorded to be receding around the world. It is important to understand the broader impacts of COVID-19 to learn from the crisis and better prepare the world to face such challenges in the future.

This Special Issue will cover the broader impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world from the perspectives of energy, environmental, and sustainable development. Papers are invited on topics such as energy demand and supply, impact of COVID-19 and natural disasters, energy prices, energy markets, energy security, greenhouse gas emissions, micro- and macro climatic impacts, energy supply chain, energy resources and management, policy response, and energy geopolitics. Papers on these topics can have a diverse scope, including but not limited to case studies, policy development and implementation, scientific development, and advancements and technological innovation.

Dr. Muhammad Asif
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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•  energy
•  environment
•  sustainable development
•  COVID-19
•  natural disasters
•  ustainability
•  energy prices
•  energy markets
•  energy resources
•  renewable energy
•  energy security
•  energy policy
•  energy geopolitics
•  energy supply chain
•  global warming and climate change
•  greenhouse gas emissions