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Harnessing energy abundance: sustainable expansion of solar parks in Lower Saxony through harmonized spatial planning 利用丰富的能源:通过协调空间规划下萨克森州太阳能公园的可持续扩张
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Energy, Sustainability and Society Pub Date : 2025-04-22 DOI: 10.1186/s13705-025-00519-x
Ole Badelt, Julia Wiehe, Christina von Haaren
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Not in my backyard? Prospects, problems and perceptions of lithium extraction in Austria 不是在我家后院吗?奥地利锂提取的前景、问题和看法
IF 4.6 3区 工程技术
Energy, Sustainability and Society Pub Date : 2025-04-15 DOI: 10.1186/s13705-025-00521-3
Matthias Kowasch, Simon P. J. Batterbury, Christoph Baumann, Frank Melcher, Gertrude Saxinger, Emma Wilson
{"title":"Not in my backyard? Prospects, problems and perceptions of lithium extraction in Austria","authors":"Matthias Kowasch,&nbsp;Simon P. J. Batterbury,&nbsp;Christoph Baumann,&nbsp;Frank Melcher,&nbsp;Gertrude Saxinger,&nbsp;Emma Wilson","doi":"10.1186/s13705-025-00521-3","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13705-025-00521-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>The European Green Deal has rekindled interest in the mining of critical raw materials within Europe’s borders. The Weinebene lithium deposit, near Wolfsberg (Austria), deemed uneconomic as late as the 2000s, has attracted interest from developers because of the widespread demand for the metal for battery technology and in the electro-mobility sector. Based on a multi-scalar analysis, the main objective of this study is to investigate local citizens’ and politicians’ perceptions of potential environmental and socio-economic impacts of the Wolfsberg project. We deploy an interdisciplinary political geology approach that assesses its geological feasibility, social acceptability and the associated power relations, in the light of European debates around so-called ‘green extractivism’.</p><h3>Results</h3><p>The exploitation of the lithium deposit seems to be promising from a geological point of view: the Weinebene hard rock, vein-type spodumene deposit was assessed at 12.9 Mt grading 1% Li2O, and the planned mine could provide 10,500 tpa LiOH/year for a period of 20 years, which would be around 4.5% of global production in 2021. However, the main results of the study show that conflicts are emerging around local environmental impacts, for example, the increase of traffic. Such environmental impacts resulting in greater CO<sub>2</sub> emissions contradict decarbonisation objectives and ecological transitions. Local youth and politicians have highlighted the possibility of local mineral production, job creation and economic development. Nevertheless, politicians have criticized the company’s communication policy.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The geological analysis suggests adequate lithium resources. Otherwise, the Wolfsberg project is undermined by the lack of an open public dialogue on its future. Local residents and politicians are barely involved in the planning and permitting stages. The company European Lithium is confident of starting extraction soon, but in reality this is still uncertain. More widely, our results point towards the need for a strong degrowth strategy to generally reduce mineral consumption in Europe while also stopping destructive mining projects in the Global South. Local public perceptions have to be taken more into account when it comes to the future of lithium extraction in Europe’s ‘backyard’. Mechanisms need to be developed to fully integrate local residents into decision making processes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":539,"journal":{"name":"Energy, Sustainability and Society","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://energsustainsoc.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s13705-025-00521-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143835618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Mapping the suitability of North Africa for green hydrogen production: an application of a multi-criteria spatial decision support system combining GIS and AHP for Tunisia 绘制北非绿色制氢的适宜性地图:结合 GIS 和 AHP 的多标准空间决策支持系统在突尼斯的应用
IF 4.6 3区 工程技术
Energy, Sustainability and Society Pub Date : 2025-04-08 DOI: 10.1186/s13705-025-00512-4
Maria Cristina Pinto, Maria Gaeta, Emere Arco, Piero Boccardo, Stefano Paolo Corgnati
{"title":"Mapping the suitability of North Africa for green hydrogen production: an application of a multi-criteria spatial decision support system combining GIS and AHP for Tunisia","authors":"Maria Cristina Pinto,&nbsp;Maria Gaeta,&nbsp;Emere Arco,&nbsp;Piero Boccardo,&nbsp;Stefano Paolo Corgnati","doi":"10.1186/s13705-025-00512-4","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13705-025-00512-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>In the energy transition framework towards decarbonization, green hydrogen, obtained through water electrolysis powered by renewable energy, is gaining importance. In order to pave the way to its production and trade, it is required to assess its main advantages and challenges, which are not only energy-related but involve also techno-economic, social, environmental, and geopolitical aspects. In line with this, the current article aims to provide a Multi-criteria Spatial Decision Support System to investigate the suitability of North African countries with respect to the production of solar-based hydrogen and its potential trade, and to apply it to Tunisia, as one of the most promising countries for becoming a competitive hydrogen exporting leader. Combining the Analytic Hierarchy Process and the Geographical Information System, this study focuses on evaluating the land suitability for solar hydrogen production at a country level, serving as the foundation for a methodology applicable across the entire North African region. After defining ten different criteria, these are spatially analysed and then prioritized according to different experts’ preferences, so that a final suitability map is obtained. The added value of the study is the inclusion of social and geopolitical criteria in this kind of assessments, often focused on techno-economic parameters alone.</p><h3>Results</h3><p>The suitability map allows to classify the majority of the Tunisian areas as moderately or highly suitable, even if the most favourable areas in terms of availability of resources are often negatively influenced by the geopolitical or economic assessment. The sensitivity analysis has also proved the high suitability of Tunisia, with no areas assessed as very low suitable even if the different criteria are extremized.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Among the several influencing factors addressing the suitability for green hydrogen uptake, this article makes it possible to explore the social and geopolitical externalities, as well as the environmental and techno-economic dimensions. Even if stakeholders’ preferences affect the final results, the sensitivity analysis makes it possible to test their robustness. Supporting the adoption of new clean technologies towards the carbon-neutrality target, the methodological framework could be applied for other countries and also tailored on other specific technological pathways.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":539,"journal":{"name":"Energy, Sustainability and Society","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://energsustainsoc.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s13705-025-00512-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143793175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The impact of the transition to a green economy on Romania’s economic growth 绿色经济转型对罗马尼亚经济增长的影响
IF 4.6 3区 工程技术
Energy, Sustainability and Society Pub Date : 2025-04-02 DOI: 10.1186/s13705-025-00520-4
Dorina Niță, Nadia Stoicuța, Alina Nițescu, Claudia Isac, Oana Dobre-Baron
{"title":"The impact of the transition to a green economy on Romania’s economic growth","authors":"Dorina Niță,&nbsp;Nadia Stoicuța,&nbsp;Alina Nițescu,&nbsp;Claudia Isac,&nbsp;Oana Dobre-Baron","doi":"10.1186/s13705-025-00520-4","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13705-025-00520-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Globally and regionally, nations are going through a period of important changes determined by the climate and environmental challenges in the context of the transition towards green economy, by the energy crisis caused by the Russian–Ukrainian war started in 2022, as well as the economic and social effects of the COVID-19 pandemics, which all affect economic growth. Providing a sustainable development capable of contributing to the increase of welfare and life longevity requires high rates of economic growth as well as a healthy living environment. At present, boosting the transition to the green economy is considered as an alternative. Based on a multivariable linear regression model, this study aims to analyze the connection and influence of five macroeconomic indicators, on Romania’s economic growth over a period of 16 years (2006–2021), where the indicators are considered to be representative for green economy.</p><h3>Results</h3><p>The results pinpoint both the existence of a positive and long-term relation among the total greenhouse gas emissions, the value of the production of environmental goods and services, the total environmental taxes and real GDP, and the negative impact of the total generation of renewable electricity and investments for environmental protection upon real GDP. These results provide a relevant picture of the complex interdependences between the environmental indicators and economic growth, amid the significant challenges determined by the implementation of sustainability strategies.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Romania’s transition towards green economy not only represents an initiative based on the obligations resulting from joining the European Union’s Green Agenda, but also results from acknowledging the consequences of climate change; in accordance, our analysis intends to empower policy makers in intensifying the current levels of the total generation of renewable energy and the investments for environmental protection, so that these might reach the thresholds required to transform them into decisive factors of economic growth.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":539,"journal":{"name":"Energy, Sustainability and Society","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://energsustainsoc.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s13705-025-00520-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143761751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Public participation GIS scenarios for decision-making on land-use requirements for renewable energy systems 可再生能源系统土地使用需求决策的公众参与GIS情景
IF 4.6 3区 工程技术
Energy, Sustainability and Society Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1186/s13705-025-00518-y
Christine Rösch, Elham Fakharizadehshirazi
{"title":"Public participation GIS scenarios for decision-making on land-use requirements for renewable energy systems","authors":"Christine Rösch,&nbsp;Elham Fakharizadehshirazi","doi":"10.1186/s13705-025-00518-y","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13705-025-00518-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>The transition to renewable energy is crucial for decarbonising the energy system but creates land-use competition. Whilst there is consensus on the need for local responsibility in achieving climate neutrality, debates continue over where to implement renewable energy plants. The Public Participation Geographic Information System (PPGIS) scenario approach can facilitate these debates and improve equity and procedural and distributive justice.</p><h3>Results</h3><p>The findings highlight the effectiveness of the PPGIS method in assessing the spatial impact of technologies on agriculture and landscapes. The approach was tested in a rural German municipality to help stakeholders and citizens recognise the potential for land-based solar energy even under strict constraints. These insights were shared to support decision-makers on land-use changes to increase renewable energy production.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The findings indicate that the PPGIS scenario approach is valuable for improving equity and mutual understanding in local decision-making processes. Incorporating stakeholders’ and citizens’ perspectives into renewable energy planning enhances the transparency, legitimacy, and acceptability of land-use decisions. The ability to visualise and quantitatively assess different scenarios makes PPGIS particularly useful for addressing the complexities of public debates on land-use requirements for renewable energy systems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":539,"journal":{"name":"Energy, Sustainability and Society","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://energsustainsoc.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s13705-025-00518-y","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143645603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Advanced computing to support urban climate neutrality 先进的计算支持城市气候中立
IF 4.6 3区 工程技术
Energy, Sustainability and Society Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI: 10.1186/s13705-025-00517-z
Gregor Papa, Rok Hribar, Gašper Petelin, Vida Vukašinović
{"title":"Advanced computing to support urban climate neutrality","authors":"Gregor Papa,&nbsp;Rok Hribar,&nbsp;Gašper Petelin,&nbsp;Vida Vukašinović","doi":"10.1186/s13705-025-00517-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13705-025-00517-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Achieving climate neutrality in cities is a major challenge, especially in light of rapid urbanization and the urgent need to combat climate change. This paper explores the role of advanced computational methods in the transition of cities to climate neutrality, with a focus on energy supply and transportation systems. Central to this are recent advances in artificial intelligence, particularly machine learning, which offer enhanced capabilities for analyzing and processing large, heterogeneous urban data. By integrating these computational tools, cities can develop and optimize complex models that enable real-time, data-driven decisions. Such strategies offer the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency in key infrastructures and strengthen the sustainability and resilience of cities. In addition, these approaches support predictive modeling and dynamic management of urban systems, enabling cities to address the multi-faceted challenges of climate change in a scalable and proactive way.</p><h3>Main text</h3><p>The methods, which go beyond traditional data processing, use state-of-the-art technologies such as deep learning and ensemble models to tackle the complexity of environmental parameters and resource management in urban systems. For example, recurrent neural networks have been trained to predict gas consumption in Ljubljana, enabling efficient allocation of energy resources up to 60 h in advance. Similarly, traffic flow predictions were made based on historical and weather-related data, providing insights for improved urban mobility. In the context of logistics and public transportation, computational optimization techniques have demonstrated their potential to reduce congestion, emissions and operating costs, underlining their central role in creating more sustainable and efficient urban environments.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The integration of cutting-edge technologies, advanced data analytics and real-time decision-making processes represents a transformative pathway to developing sustainable, climate-resilient urban environments. These advanced computational methods enable cities to optimize resource management, improve energy efficiency and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, thus actively contributing to global climate and environmental protection.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":539,"journal":{"name":"Energy, Sustainability and Society","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://energsustainsoc.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s13705-025-00517-z","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143583435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Approaching social acceptance of energy technologies: ten European papers showcasing statistical analyses–a targeted review 接近能源技术的社会接受度:十篇展示统计分析的欧洲论文——一篇有针对性的评论
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Energy, Sustainability and Society Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI: 10.1186/s13705-025-00516-0
Patrick Stuhm, Manuel Johann Baumann, Marcel Weil
{"title":"Approaching social acceptance of energy technologies: ten European papers showcasing statistical analyses–a targeted review","authors":"Patrick Stuhm,&nbsp;Manuel Johann Baumann,&nbsp;Marcel Weil","doi":"10.1186/s13705-025-00516-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13705-025-00516-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Addressing global climate challenges necessitates a shift toward sustainable energy systems, with public acceptance of energy technologies playing a vital role in their successful adoption. While extensive research has been conducted on this topic, the lack of a unified framework for integrating various data and approaches from existing studies remains a challenge. This inconsistency makes it difficult to compare findings across different contexts and impedes the development of a comprehensive understanding of the factors influencing acceptance. This review aims to address this challenge by systematically evaluating the statistical methods used in ten large-scale studies on public acceptance of energy technologies in Western Europe published between 2012 and 2023. This Work allows researchers to more effectively compare methodologies and results, offering a transparent and structured approach for analysis, thereby enhancing the overall methodological assessment.</p><h3>Main text</h3><p>The review of ten large-scale studies identified valuable insights and opportunities for improving the analysis of public acceptance of energy technologies. Traditional methods like regression analysis have provided a solid foundation, highlighting key factors such as perceived benefits, trust, and attitudes. However, the review also revealed potential for growth by integrating more advanced techniques like AI-supported analysis, sentiment analysis, and agent-based modelling. These newer approaches offer the ability to capture complex, non-linear relationships and provide predictive insights. The introduction of statistical pattern graphics significantly enhances the clarity and comparability of methodologies, helping researchers to better understand and improve their approaches, ultimately supporting more accurate and impactful studies.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The review emphasizes the need for a unified analytical framework that integrates diverse methods, including both traditional statistical techniques and emerging approaches such as machine learning and sentiment analysis, to enhance the comparability of studies on public acceptance of energy technologies. By consolidating these varied methodologies into a cohesive framework, researchers can generate more consistent, robust insights that account for the complexities of public attitudes across different contexts. This unified approach not only improves the generalizability of findings but also provides stronger empirical evidence to guide policymakers in crafting more informed, effective strategies for promoting sustainable energy transitions at both local and global levels.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":539,"journal":{"name":"Energy, Sustainability and Society","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://energsustainsoc.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s13705-025-00516-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143594774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Opening up and closing down citizen participation in the development of a sustainable neighborhood energy system 开放和关闭公民参与可持续社区能源系统的发展
IF 4.6 3区 工程技术
Energy, Sustainability and Society Pub Date : 2025-03-04 DOI: 10.1186/s13705-025-00515-1
Maren Wesselow, Torsten Grothmann, Bernd Siebenhüner
{"title":"Opening up and closing down citizen participation in the development of a sustainable neighborhood energy system","authors":"Maren Wesselow,&nbsp;Torsten Grothmann,&nbsp;Bernd Siebenhüner","doi":"10.1186/s13705-025-00515-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13705-025-00515-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Citizen participation is integral to the governance of sustainability transformations. Long-term participatory processes undergo various phases of opening up and closing down various scopes of the participation—with significant consequences for the legitimacy and impact of the participation process.</p><h3>Methods</h3><p>To gain a better understanding of these processes, we address the question of how and why participation processes are opened up or narrowed down. Through document analysis and key-informant interviews, we evaluate a case of long-term citizen participation linked to the development of a sustainable neighborhood energy system in northwestern Germany.</p><h3>Results</h3><p>Results show that normative, substantive, and instrumental imperatives contribute to opening-up dynamics in participation processes. Closing-down dynamics were observed in the narrowing of thematic, spatial, temporal, and methodological scopes, as well as in the range of the actors involved. Reasons for closing down were financial and temporal restrictions, conflicting interests, the need for expert input in decision making about highly technological questions, the institutionalisation of participation, and stakeholder fatigue.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>This study provides a new framework for analysing citizen participation while highlighting the complexities and interrelations associated with citizen participation within the context of technological and urban development.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":539,"journal":{"name":"Energy, Sustainability and Society","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://energsustainsoc.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s13705-025-00515-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143533062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Tradable performance standards for a greener transportation sector: an economists’ appraisal of the German greenhouse gas mitigation quota 绿色交通部门的可交易绩效标准:经济学家对德国温室气体减排配额的评估
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Energy, Sustainability and Society Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1186/s13705-024-00509-5
Constanze Liepold, Paul Fabianek, Reinhard Madlener
{"title":"Tradable performance standards for a greener transportation sector: an economists’ appraisal of the German greenhouse gas mitigation quota","authors":"Constanze Liepold,&nbsp;Paul Fabianek,&nbsp;Reinhard Madlener","doi":"10.1186/s13705-024-00509-5","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13705-024-00509-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>The greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation quota is a unique instrument in Europe that redistributes money from high emission to low emission fuel markets while forcing fuel distributors to reduce the average emissions of their fuels. This paper presents the design of the German 2022 GHG quota, places it in the context of environmental policy instruments, and examines its impact on the affected fuel markets in relation to other environmental policy instruments. We aim to provide insights that can be applied in industry and policymaking, and to provide a basis for further research, to highlight GHG quota trading as an alternative to allowance trading and carbon taxes. Field research was conducted in the form of expert interviews. Furthermore, intermediaries and brokers were contacted via email and asked for transaction data. In addition, a qualitative literature review was conducted and publications of responsible authorities as well as relevant legal texts were used to gather information.</p><h3>Results</h3><p>We find that the GHG quota trading overlaps with the structures behind emission standards and emission trading schemes and, therefore, falls under the category of tradable performance standards. However, it also contains aspects of a subsidy and interacts directly or indirectly with several different markets.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>While the GHG quota trading system shows potential as an environmental policy tool, its effectiveness is hindered by market complexities and external disruptions. Addressing these challenges through targeted research and policy adjustments could enhance its impact and alignment with broader climate goals.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":539,"journal":{"name":"Energy, Sustainability and Society","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://energsustainsoc.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s13705-024-00509-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143489424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Correction: Agroforestry systems and forest resources as a potential for sustainable energy development in the western Balkan region 更正:农林业系统和森林资源作为西巴尔干区域可持续能源发展的潜力
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Energy, Sustainability and Society Pub Date : 2025-02-14 DOI: 10.1186/s13705-025-00514-2
Mirjana Bojović, Zorica Mrkonjić, Igor Vukelić
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