Shedding light on energy transition: Special issue dedicated to 2016 conferences on sustainable development of energy, water and environment systems

Energy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 322-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasa Markovska ◽  
Neven Duić ◽  
Brian Vad Mathiesen ◽  
Zvonimir Guzović ◽  
Holger Schlör ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Special Issue

scholarly journals Evaluating Sustainable Development by Composite Index: Evidence from French Departments

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 761
Author(s):  
Jean Bonnet ◽  
Eva Coll-Martínez ◽  
Patricia Renou-Maissant
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Composite Index ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Evaluation Framework ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Performance ◽  
Composite Indices ◽  
Hierarchical Ascending Classification

Since the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals by the United Nations, sustainability has been a key priority for European governments. While previous studies have investigated the associations between indicators of sustainable development, few have directly considered a multidimensional approach to assess and compare the performance of regions in terms of sustainable development. As such, a comprehensive assessment of regional sustainable performance is thus still needed. In this paper, the concept of sustainability relies on the construction of six composite indices (environment and natural resources, energy transition, sustainable mobility, economic dynamism, social cohesion and solidarity, and governance and citizenship) with the aim to provide an evaluation framework for empirically comparing the performance of the 96 metropolitan French Departments. Each dimension is explored by spatial autocorrelation analysis and Hierarchical Ascending Classification (HAC) to classify French Departments providing five different regional profiles of sustainable development. The findings make it possible to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the departments in the implementation of sustainable development. This approach provides the bases for a systematic monitoring of sustainable development policies at the regional scale.

scholarly journals Assessment of Energy Transition Policy in Taiwan—A View of Sustainable Development Perspectives

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4402
Author(s):  
Chun-Kai Wang ◽  
Chien-Ming Lee ◽  
Yue-Rong Hong ◽  
Kan Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Power Generation ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Adaptive Policy ◽  
Electricity Saving ◽  
Transition Policy ◽  
Development Perspective

Energy transition has become a priority for adaptive policy and measures taken in response to climate change around the world. This is an opportunity and a challenge for the Taiwan government to establish a climate-resilient power generation mixed to ensure electricity security as well as climate change mitigation. This study adopted a sustainable development perspective and applied optimal control theory to establish a cost-effective model to evaluate a long-term (2050), climate-resilient power generation mix for Taiwan. Furthermore, this study applies the STIRPAT approach to predict the demand of electricity by 2050 for the demand side management. The results not only showed the share of various power generation mixed, but also recommended the trajectory of electricity saving by 2050.

scholarly journals Internalizing Animals and Ecosystems in Social Citizenship and Social Policy: From Political Community to Political Country

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6601
Author(s):  
Johan Nordensvard ◽  
Jason Alexandra ◽  
Markus Ketola
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Relation ◽  
Political Community ◽  
Social Citizenship ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Biological Resources ◽  
Land Water

The aim of this editorial is to explore, conceptualize, and research the need to internalize both animals and ecosystems in our understanding of social citizenship and social policy. This editorial should be seen as a brief overview of the themes that should be covered in the contributions to the Special Issue, “Internalizing Animals and Ecosystems in Social Citizenship and Social Policy: From Political Community to Political Country”. This Special Issue argues the importance of integrating animals and ecosystems as a way to re-politicize humans’ social relation with both animals and our ecosystem as in sustainable development and social policy. If environmental policy becomes social policy, we would re-construct social citizenship to include consideration for animals and ecosystems as integral part of social policy. This expansion in scope is a progression from seeing humans as part of a political community to becoming more involved in their political country. This aligns with the concept of Country—an all-encompassing term in Australia, involving a people’s territory, land, water, biological resources, the complex obligations and relationships involved.

scholarly journals Climate, disaster and risk: introduction

2021 ◽  
Vol 9s8 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Simon Goldhill ◽  
Georgie Fitzgibbon
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Full Spectrum ◽  
Changing Climate ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Climate Disasters ◽  
Climate Disaster

This special issue focuses on the intersections of climate, disasters, and development. The research presented here is designed to facilitate climate-resilient decision-making, and promote sustainable development by maximising the beneficial impacts of responses to climate change and minimising negative impacts across the full spectrum of geographies and sectors that are potentially affected by the changing climate.

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