Dear Colleagues,

It is a great pleasure to announce the opening of the section collection Low Carbon Emission. Increasing carbon emissions caused by human activities has become a key factor that cannot be ignored to restrict countries from achieving Sustainable Development Goals. Low-carbon development is not only the common aspiration of governments around the world, but also a global revolution involving modes of production, lifestyles, values, and national rights and interests. Low-carbon development is based on lower energy consumption, less pollution, and lower emissions. The key lies in the efficient use of fossil fuel, the accelerated development of sustainable and renewable energy, the innovation and application of energy-saving and emission-reduction technologies, the upgrading of industrial structure, and the complete change of the green and low-carbon consumption concept. These changes are inseparable from government guidance and intervention.

Carbon emissions reduction is different from pollution control. As the most important greenhouse gas, the former has imperceptible properties. It means that in the process of carbon governance, the government cannot simply transfer the means of pollution control directly to carbon mitigation, but needs to design effective policies and systems for emissions reduction. Thus, we need to evaluate the emissions reduction effects of existing carbon governance policies and strategies in countries all around the world and design new carbon governance policies and systems.

Low Carbon Emission serves as a platform to provide evidence-based theoretical and practical knowledge that contributes to solving or better understanding the problems of carbon governance and formulating relevant policies for low-carbon development.

The primary aim of this Section is to encourage science and social science researchers (economists, sociologists, scientists, etc.) to publish their theoretical and empirical research in connection to carbon governance and low-carbon development, and related policy evaluation issues. Original research papers and review articles are welcomed.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Shulei Cheng

Dr. Ah-Lian Kor

Dr. Khursheed Aurangzeb

Dr. Sk Ajim Ali

Dr. S Mahdi Hosseinian

Dr. Adnan Ahmad

Dr. Sreekanth K. J.

Dr. Chandra Lal Pandey

Dr Muhammad Nasar-u-Minallah

Section Editors