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Effective mitigation of climate change with sustainable development of energy, water and environment systems

The urgency of mitigating climate change comes with opportunities to transition society towards a more sustainable future. Numerous options exist for immediate, deep, and sustained efforts to realise a 43% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Beyond the recent reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, this editorial extends insight into new research advances for integrated approaches that can support effective climate mitigation. Based on the 16th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water, and Environment Systems, the review in this editorial interconnects the 28 research articles in this special issue within a broader context across eight main themes. The first theme on 100% renewable energy systems emphasizes recent advances in modelling and sector coupling, extending to the optimization of positive energy districts and energy communities at the local level and ultra-low temperature district heating and cooling networks. Energy security with sustainable energy solutions involves electrification, renewable energy, and energy savings. Transforming transport for energy transition solutions and new frontiers in renewable energy technologies cover advances for smart energy districts, electric vehicles, accurate forecasting of long-term wind speed, hydrogen propulsion in marine vessels, and innovations for water quality monitoring. System restructuring for the energy transition is supported with research contributions on time variability and environmental signalling in electricity markets, dedicated price structures for energy community trading, flexibilisation, and repurposing drilling sites for deep geothermal energy. Thematically, upgrading of biomass for biofuel production, green hydrogen innovations and heat transfer as well sustainable combustion complete the special issue. New catalysts, hybrid reaction for lignocellulosic biofuels, hydrogen fuel cell electrocatalyst, and waste heat recovery from granules in concentrating solar power or slags are some of the research advances under these themes. The widespread upscaling of solutions for mitigating climate change requires an effective approach that involves integrated, coordinated, and synergistic action now as the only chance for better protecting the life-support systems of the planet.

Renewable energy ; Water ; Environment ; Sustainable development ; Climate mitigation ; Sector coupling

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