1. 背景
More and more countries are engaging on some form of climate neutrality pathways.
The European Union announced in its 2050 Long-term Strategy for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission reduction the objective of climate neutrality, understanding by this an economy with net zero GHG emissions.
This was indorsed in 2019. Concerning the intermediate level of 2030, in the present discussions under the European Green Deal, the European Commission proposed a GHG emission cut of 55%, while the European Parliament is proposing 60%.
In that frame, EU Member States are required to develop national long-term strategies on how they plan to achieve the greenhouse gas emissions reductions needed to meet their commitments under the Paris Agreement and EU objectives. Germany had contributed early to this development with the Climate Action Plan 2050 and the long-term goal to become greenhouse gas-neutral by 2050. The medium-term target is to cut greenhouse gas emissions in Germany by at least 55 percent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. In its Climate Action Plan 2050, the German government also lays down 2030 targets for the individual sectors, describes necessary development pathways, lists initial measures for implementation and establishes a process for monitoring and updating policies and measures.
In September 2020, at the UN General Assembly, President Xi Jinping announced that China sets a target to become carbon-neutral by 2060. Furthermore, President Xi Jinping stated that emissions will peak before 2030 which will have significant positive effects for combatting climate change since China currently contributes about 28% of global emissions. The carbon-neutrality objective will be taken up in the 14th five-year plan (2021-2025). Tsinghua University (Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development ICCSD) published recently an investigation on possible path to GHG neutrality for China. According to the study, China must achieve net zero carbon dioxide emissions (carbon neutrality) by 2050, with emissions of all greenhouse gases reduced by 90% compared to 2020, if it is to achieve GHG neutrality by 2060. Though this differs from the policy target announced, the study shows important details in how to reach carbon neutrality for China. It also shows the potential for China, to agree with Europe on a climate neutrality approach.
With these countries/political entities having announced climate neutrality targets, about two thirds of the global economy, about half the world’s emissions and close to 75% of our fossil fuel export markets –will have net zero goals for 2050 or shortly afterwards. This is a massive shift.
It is the aim of the Special Issue to explore the climate neutrality strategies of the countries/political entities mentioned above, but also of further countries worldwide.
2. 主题
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Climate neutrality strategies in countries/political entities such as China, the European Union, US, Japan, South Korea and other countries
Energy system modelling with a focus to establish pathways to climate neutrality and intermediate targets
The role of main levers contributing to climate neutrality such as：
The Energy Efficiency First Principle (EE1) / Circular economy
Electrification of end-uses
Decarbonisation of the power sector notably with high shares of Variable Renewable Energy Sources
The contribution of the hydrogen economy to climate neutrality
Natural and man-made carbon sinks (the latter in combination with bio-energy) and their contribution to climate neutrality.
The role of new electricity market designs to foster the path to climate neutrality.
3. 提交
Manuscripts should be submitted through the publisher’s online system, Elsevier Editorial Manager (EM) at https://www.editorialmanager.com/caie/.
Deadline for manuscript submission: 31 March 2021
Review report: 31 May 2021
Revised paper submission deadline: 30 June 2021
Notification of final acceptance: 31 August 2021
Expected Publication (Tentative): November 2021
4. 客座编辑
1) Dr. Ying Fan（范英）
School of Economics & Management, Beihang University（北京航空航天大学经济管理学院）
2) Dr. Wolfgang Eichhammer
Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI（弗劳恩霍夫系统与创新研究所）
3) Dr. Jinhua Xu（许金华）
Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences （中国科学院科技战略咨询研究院）
4) Dr. Bowen Yi（衣博文）
School of Economics & Management, Beihang University（北京航空航天大学经济管理学院）
5. 关于Computers & Industrial Engineering
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It publishes original contributions on the development of new computerized methodologies for solving industrial engineering problems, as well as the applications of those methodologies to problems of interest in the broad industrial engineering and associated communities.
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