Strategies and decision making to achieve climate justice and decarbonisation

Introduction: 

As a result of the climate emergency, long-term planning is required, as well as short-term adaptation; for example, deep structural reforms and transformations, along with innovative public policies, incentives, strategies and prospective decision-making processes focused on climate justice and decarbonisation.

Added to these factors are the quality and assertiveness of governance, which must be guaranteed in customised responses to shocks and/or crises, and the critical importance of decision-makers, agencies and managers responsible for building resilient and sustainable nations, regions and companies at different latitudes, densities and key UN SDG indicators.

This special issue will consider manuscripts that address theoretical and applied conjectures, as well as benchmarks and cases related to strategies and decision-making processes for achieving climate justice and decarbonisation goals, using a multidimensional lens.

Topics covered: 

• The distributional effects of climate policies and the need for justice
• Climate change and corporate performance
• Ecological footprint metrics and innovative approaches
• Green business models targeted to energy efficiency and energy transition
• Green finance and decarbonisation
• Green innovation and decarbonisation
• Lean management and eco-innovation
• Macro determinants of decarbonisation
• Multidimensional analysis of determinant factors of decarbonisation
• Multidimensional analysis of ESG approaches
• Multidimensional resilience and decarbonisation
• Public policies for climate justice and decarbonisation
• Adoption of the UN SDGs in SMEs
• Smart technologies for sustainable development
• Sustainability reporting

Important deadlines:

• Submission deadline: 30 June 2023
• Notification of review results: 15 September 2023
• Revised manuscript due: 15 November 2023
• Final decision: 31 January 2024

Submission instructions: 

Please read the SUSOC Guide for Authors before submitting. Submissions should be made via the online EM platform; please select “VSI: Climate justice and decarbonisation” as the “Article Type” during the submission process.  All submitted manuscripts will undergo SUSOC’s usual peer review process. 

Guest Editors: 

• João Leitão, University of Beira Interior, Portugal. Email: jleitao@ubi.pt
• Derek Bunn, London Business School, United Kingdom. Email: dbunn@london.edu
• Angappa Gunasekaran, Penn State University, USA. Email:aqg6076@psu.edu
• Xianhua Wu, Shanghai Maritime University, China. Email: ghwu@shmtu.edu.cn
• Marcio C. Machado, Universidade Paulista, Brazil. Email: machado@unip.br
• Ernesto D. R. Santibanez Gonzalez, University of Talca, Chile. Email: santibanez.ernesto@gmail.com