{"title":"Energy transition research: A bibliometric mapping of current findings and direction for future research","authors":"Sidhartha Harichandan , Sanjay Kumar Kar , Rohit Bansal , Saroj Kumar Mishra , Marriyappan Sivagnanam Balathanigaimani , Manoranjan Dash","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2022.100026","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2022.100026","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Energy transition refers to the movement from fossil-based energy systems like coal, oil, and natural gas to renewable-based systems like solar, wind, biofuel, and hydrogen. The recent shockwaves from the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict have made nations rethink their energy transition strategies. For various governments to encourage carbon neutrality, there is a dire necessity for widespread research on the expansion of greener energy sources. This bibliometric review sheds light on the significant contributions in the field of energy transition research in the past four decades and suggests future research roadmaps. By compiling a map of scholarly publications on energy transition, this study uses the PRISMA technique and bibliometric software like VOS-viewer, cite-space, and R-Biblioshiny to map the research findings of scholarly publications listed in Scopus and Web of Science during 1981–2021. Our analysis shows that aspects like climate change, alternative energy, governance approach, and emission reduction are increasingly important. Further, areas that require future research include developing policy frameworks, energy infrastructure (storage and transfer), renewable energy ecosystem, clean energy economic analysis, and impact assessment for timely energy transition across the globe. Therefore, collaboration among nations and research institutions should be advanced with a particular focus on clean technology development and knowledge transfer for rapid energy transition across continents.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100026"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666791622000240/pdfft?md5=5aeef24840101f9c92f5063565a43897&pid=1-s2.0-S2666791622000240-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76771697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vegetated roofs rainwater management experimental research in Brazil: A georeferenced exhaustive review of a continental-size country","authors":"Lucas Gobatti, Brenda Chaves Coelho Leite","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2022.100013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2022.100013","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Flood risk is an increasing concern in densely populated cities as urban drainage systems are demanded progressively more. The need for decentralising water management becomes relevant, and vegetated roofs are internationally known to be able to assist in locally retaining and detaining stormwater. For these Nature-based Solutions to be effective, there must be science-based standardisation, supporting decision-makers towards effective public policy-making based on hydrological performance. However, this performance should be associated with local environmental conditions, and continental-size countries such as Brazil can have a large variety of climates. At the same time, Brazil lacks a comprehensive review associating experimental results with climatic classifications. In this sense, the present work aims at reviewing the experimental research undertaken in Brazil and synthesising its rainwater retention outcomes associating it to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. To accomplish this task, the Rational Method is used to extract and conform data from 34 records involving internationally and nationally published works as well as grey literature. Results of this work present to national researchers not only gaps but important trends, generating further innovative opportunities for work, and present to international researchers an accessible and georeferenced bulk of data on vegetated roofs' hydrological performance in Brazil with the highest possible resolution. It was found that semi-arid climates had the best average rainwater retention rates (0.79), followed by subtropical (0.54–0.72), and the tropical climates had the lowest (0.55–0.69). The work concludes that vegetated roofs have a positive hydrological performance throughout Brazil. However, further work is needed to quantify the hydrological influence of a range of different structural and environmental factors that modify the roofs' performance. It is also shown that climates, particularly outside the financial centres of Brazil, lack data and hence need further investigation and experimental research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100013"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666791622000112/pdfft?md5=57c9c6f4662502f7c2482f9e4031ba37&pid=1-s2.0-S2666791622000112-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85014440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yanyan Huang , Wenhao Wu , Yunshu Xue , Marie K. Harder
{"title":"Perceptions of climate change impacts on city life in Shanghai: Through the lens of shared values","authors":"Yanyan Huang , Wenhao Wu , Yunshu Xue , Marie K. Harder","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2022.100018","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2022.100018","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Cities worldwide are putting policies in place to combat impacts of climate change, but it has been established that in order to engender public support, the policies need to resonate with local perceptions and values. However, these are notoriously difficult to obtain in an authentic version: local values require some interpretation by the researchers trying to define them, but this modifies them unacceptably. In this work we use a transdisciplinary perspective, by holding fast to the need for well-defined outcomes of perceptions but by obtaining them via a humanities-based process, named <em>WeValue InSitu</em>, of tacit-to-explicit crystallization of shared values-in-action. Here we innovate and demonstrate the approach of following that crystallization process immediately with a carefully-designed focus group discussion about climate change impacts on their life in the city. The result is a set of clear articulations with respect to life values, such that nuances and linkages between perceptions and values are retained, and across groups is a saturation and consistency that reflects the city (Shanghai) context. We find a conceptual model emerges for the residents: a) they have surprising awareness of climate change but did not think it's impacts so severe or urgent; b) some impacts concern them but they consider Shanghai to be the best place to live, because of its resources and good governance; c) they consider responsibility to be jointly individual and collective with the government; d) they expect clear and transparent communication from the government for collective action. These research outcomes are significant because there is currently no other efficient method to produce such useful results which are also demonstrably authentic: results which indicate not only future policy pathways but the current situation in detail. As the WeValue InSitu method is already shown to be transferable, this approach should now be systematically applied in comparative studies in different cities to determine its scalability, and to academic fields with similar research gaps such as ecosystem services and urban design.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100018"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666791622000161/pdfft?md5=c9e89034d0667828167303ee10b03786&pid=1-s2.0-S2666791622000161-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78398795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Making urban travel sustainable: Travel reductions are needed","authors":"Patrick Moriarty","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2022.100010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clpl.2022.100010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Many cities around the world are aiming to be zero emission or environmentally sustainable, particularly cities in the Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. This paper contributes to the literature by using a systems approach to argue for a wider view, not only for the full range of deleterious effects of urban transport in a given city itself, but also for its impact on possibly distant locations that supply transport inputs and receive its waste products. The paper uses the published literature to first examine the various adverse effects of urban travel, and then to critically evaluate the proposed technology-based solutions. The main finding is that all these solutions are found wanting to some extent, especially given the limited time frame available; hence, for urban sustainability, large travel reductions are thus needed. It then looks at a very different approach: reductions in urban vehicular travel, particularly by car. Four approaches considered (changing urban land-use, reducing private vehicle travel convenience, introducing carbon taxes, using information technology as a travel substitute), This paper concludes that various measures for decreasing the convenience of car travel, such as by cutting speed limits and parking spaces, as being the most equitable in OECD cities, and potentially capable of rapid implementation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100010"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666791622000082/pdfft?md5=513607a4843ca6ab2f4c7cfdee38bea0&pid=1-s2.0-S2666791622000082-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91637013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sustainable supply chain management practices in developing countries: An empirical study of Jordanian manufacturing companies","authors":"Emad Alzubi , Renzo Akkerman","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2022.100005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2022.100005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) is continuously gaining importance. It has been studied widely in developed countries and to some extent also in developing countries. This paper contributes to the latter by studying environmentally related SSCM practices in Jordanian manufacturing firms and provides a base for policy- and decision-makers as it assesses the current situation of the Jordanian manufacturing companies in terms of voluntarily adopting sustainable development practices or doing so under external pressure. This study aims to evaluate how adopting sustainable practices can affect economic performance in developing countries within the context of Jordanian manufacturing companies. Based on existing literature, a questionnaire was developed covering aspects of sustainability in internal and external supply chain practices, SSCM drivers, and company performance. A total of 92 responses were analyzed to test the proposed hypotheses using regression analyses to test the single-variable hypotheses, and structural equation modeling to test the multivariate hypotheses. The results show that the adoption of SSCM practices is still in its initial stages for Jordanian manufacturers. Sustainability awareness is quite low, and Jordanian companies mostly do not seem to consider the environmental impacts of their manufacturing operations. The results also show a difference between manufacturing types: process industries were less likely to adopt SSCM practices voluntarily, while discrete industries were more likely to do so. Finally, for Jordanian manufacturers to compete in international markets, they should take further steps toward adopting sustainability. To enhance the investment potential of multinational companies, Jordan should take the advantages of the industrial parks/estates and adopt regulations that force manufacturers to adopt sustainability practices under external pressure.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"2 ","pages":"Article 100005"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666791622000033/pdfft?md5=4cc27ff6343261c5ce4cdd419dfc5cbc&pid=1-s2.0-S2666791622000033-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73623309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Raihan, Dewan Ahmed Muhtasim, Monirul Islam Pavel, Omar Faruk, Mostafizur Rahman
{"title":"An econometric analysis of the potential emission reduction components in Indonesia","authors":"A. Raihan, Dewan Ahmed Muhtasim, Monirul Islam Pavel, Omar Faruk, Mostafizur Rahman","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2022.100008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clpl.2022.100008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88724158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pedro Augusto Bertucci Lima, Enzo Barberio Mariano
{"title":"Eudaimonia in the relationship between human and nature: A systematic literature review","authors":"Pedro Augusto Bertucci Lima, Enzo Barberio Mariano","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2022.100007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2022.100007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sustainable development is a well-known and much studied topic, the application of many different approaches to which has led to continual debate about its true meaning and feasibility. A eudaimonic well-being approach might offer a new perspective to these discussions. This research aimed to understand the current state of the relationship between eudaimonic well-being and nature to establish whether sustainability can be conceptualized based on this perspective. In order to accomplish this aim, the study carried out a systematic literature review, using the ‘Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis’ method. The available literature was screened and the 50 articles selected through this process were mapped by means of bibliometric, methodological, and content analyses. This threefold analysis identified, for each article, the region where the empirical investigation took place; the main method used; key information about the relationship between eudaimonic well-being and nature; and the theories presented with the aim of explaining the reasons for the positive or negative relationships identified. The findings indicated that contact with nature, preservation behavior and nature interdependency were the three main aspects studied in the literature, in terms of the interactive relationship between eudaimonic well-being and nature. Considering that several studies identified a positive outcome from the contact with, preservation, and interdependence of nature, the research concluded that eudaimonic well-being is an important approach in support of the promotion of sustainable development.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"2 ","pages":"Article 100007"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666791622000057/pdfft?md5=7ce4981e5e7eed359a6bc63bc34c4b46&pid=1-s2.0-S2666791622000057-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85857069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thomas J. Robshaw, Daniel Atkinson, Jonathan R. Howse, Mark D. Ogden, Denis J. Cumming
{"title":"Recycling graphite from waste aluminium smelter Spent Pot Lining into lithium-ion battery electrode feedstock","authors":"Thomas J. Robshaw, Daniel Atkinson, Jonathan R. Howse, Mark D. Ogden, Denis J. Cumming","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2022.100004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2022.100004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>There is an urgent need for alternative sources of graphite, to satisfy the demands of a number of industries, including use in lithium-ion battery production. Spent potlining (SPL) represents an attractive potential source of such graphite, but requires detoxification to allow valorisation of its carbonaceous fraction. We present here a simple decontamination process for SPL, based on two-stage caustic/acidic leaching, and demonstrate how the recovered graphite may be fabricated into Li-ion electrodes. The recycled batteries are assessed against a commercial equivalent and it is found that the charge capacity increases with the thoroughness of decontamination treatment. The specific capacity of the recovered graphite is seen to compete with commercial graphite in terms of charge capacity retention. However, some residual contamination may contribute towards instability in the formed solid electrolyte interface (SEI) which requires future resolution. Overall, the potential of SPL-derived graphite to be employed in this remit is significant and has far-reaching consequences for the economics of the aluminium industry, raw material sustainability and a low-carbon economy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"2 ","pages":"Article 100004"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666791622000021/pdfft?md5=e47c3f9063e6bd4f1d54def5c2823125&pid=1-s2.0-S2666791622000021-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73168162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Forecasting the probability of commercial wind power development in lagging countries","authors":"Jan Willem Zwarteveen, Andrew Angus","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2022.100006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2022.100006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>There is significant under-utilization of wind energy resources, particularly in countries that have high wind potential. From the 67 highest wind potential countries, 39 have installed less than 500 MW of wind power capacity, while the remaining countries have an average installed capacity of 20,596 MW. In the lagging countries, there is significant potential for sustainable value creation, however large investment gaps need to be closed. Entering a new market for wind power Original Equipment Manufacturers is complex and requires a prediction of the future market size. Quantitative research to promote wind power internationalization is scarce. The objective of this paper is therefore to estimate the market size by predicting the probability of commercial wind development in the lagging countries. The purpose is to help the Original Equipment Manufacturers in their market entry decisions. The second purpose is to provide an example how to reduce risk required to close the Sustainable Development Goals financing gap. Using a binary logistic regression model based on technological path creation theory, the probability for the 39 lagging countries to enter the wind power commercialization stage was predicted. Results show that 12 of the lagging countries have a high probability to commercialize wind energy. A new simulation-based approach was presented to stimulate wind power market entry. The prediction of adoption probability proves useful to reduce risk required to close the financing gap to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"2 ","pages":"Article 100006"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666791622000045/pdfft?md5=035b02d0619ae3fa7fc5233b68c2b2aa&pid=1-s2.0-S2666791622000045-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90802433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}