Recent Development Trends of Environmental and Energy Economics: Implications for Green Economy Recovery

Dear Colleagues,

COVID-19 crises have had a massive punch to the global environment and energy economics. In recent times, energy economics and environmental development needs shrill upsurges and log-lasting sustainability. The reliability and cost of energy is a critical determinant of the competitiveness and growth of small and large businesses, and of the well-being of households. At the same time, the energy required for firms to grow and individuals to prosper creates externalities at the local level and globally. The inequality gap across countries in terms of energy consumption is even wider than that of income inequality.

Climate change is being exacerbated by the production of greenhouse gases and destruction of land, water, and natural resources by the energy industry. These challenges are putting the sustainability of the energy supply in jeopardy. Today's energy systems confront greater dangers and problems than ever before, thanks to the advent of new distributed energy technologies, an increase in electric power systems and a shift toward network-level thinking. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) need a discussion of the sustainability of energy systems. Carbon dioxide emissions and depletion of land, water, and natural resources from the energy industry contribute to climate change. These challenges are putting the sustainability of the energy supply in jeopardy. On the other hand, with the implementation of novel dispersed energy technologies, the growth of electric power systems, network-level thinking, and integrated system designs, the dangers and difficulties that confront today's power and energy systems are greater than ever. For this reason, debating the sustainability of energy systems in order to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is an urgent matter.

The implications of environmental sustainability and economic resilience for global countries are much needed. But the implications of these growth-related externalities for energy policy are also important. Current environmental and economic policies in the world neither achieves its growth objectives nor addresses the negative externalities due to structural impact of COVID-19. Such pertaining issues of energy economics and environmental economics warrants a fix. However, there is a need to revisit the recent trends of energy economics and environmental economics to suggest the best and viable solutions of industry and academia.

This call for papers welcomes the latest studies on the analysis of energy and environmental economics as it relates with the entire world. Topics include but are not limited to:

• Economic concerns of COVID-19 crises on energy efficiency: Post-COVID-19 analysis
• Climate risks, climate change mitigation, and economic stability
• Green productivity acquisition, and CO₂ emission mitigation through green fiscal policies
• Oil prices co-movement with climate concerns: How financial stability matters?
• Unlocking the role of economic stability on oil-prices co-movement with environmental concerns
• Energy guaranteed loans contribution in energy efficiency and energy economics: Recommendations for post-covid-19 period
• Cost of banks loans in COVID-19, energy efficiency, and environmental sustainability
• Fiscal demands for climate change mitigation: role of governmental fiscal supports
• Credit boom-bust cycle, financial inclusion and energy efficiency: A post-pandemic view
• Fiscal policies, energy efficiency, and green economic recovery
• Energy poverty, COVID-19 crises and energy efficiency financing
• On-bill financing for climate change control and environmental sustainability

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Muhammad Mohsin
Dr. Muhammad Irfan
Dr. Muhammad Sadiq
Guest Editors

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• Energy economics
• Energy poverty
• Energy financing
• Energy efficiency
• Environmental economics
• Climate change mitigation
• Climate control
• COVID-19
• Climate risks
• Economic stability