Carbon Footprints: Consumption and Environmental Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Resources and Sustainable Utilization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 18 October 2025 | Viewed by 67
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental footprint; sustainability
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: environmental economics; sustainability
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The growing threat of climate change poses severe challenges to global society, economies, and ecosystems, necessitating urgent climate action and carbon reduction measures. In response to these challenges, countries are actively exploring pathways for transitioning to a low-carbon economy, which is essential in achieving climate goals and promoting sustainable development. Quantifying and monitoring carbon emissions has become a vital step in this process, offering critical data to support effective policymaking and actions.
The carbon footprint serves as a robust metric for assessing the carbon emissions generated by various economic activities, such as consumption, investment, and trade. This indicator can be applied at multiple levels, including to individuals, businesses, regions, and nations, to identify emission sources and mitigation opportunities. Against this backdrop, for this Special Issue, we invite the submission of interdisciplinary research contributions that explore the theoretical and practical dimensions of carbon footprints. We encourage scholars to present innovative ideas and solutions, providing scientific insights that can aid in fostering sustainable consumption and advancing global climate governance.
This Special Issue will showcase both original research articles and reviews, and research works using interdisciplinary approaches are especially welcome.
Dr. Li Chai
Dr. Aoyu Hou
Dr. Pingping Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carbon footprint
- sustainable consumption
- carbon emissions
- climate action
- global climate governance
- low-carbon economy
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