Sustainable development in period of climate crisis

Hrvoje Mikulčić; Jakov Baleta; Xuebin Wang; Neven Duić; Raf Dewil

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114271

Sustainable development in period of climate crisis

J Environ Manage. 2022 Feb 1:303:114271. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114271. Epub 2021 Dec 10.

Authors

Hrvoje Mikulčić¹, Jakov Baleta², Xuebin Wang³, Neven Duić⁴, Raf Dewil⁵

Affiliations

¹ MOE Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Ivana Lučića 5, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia. Electronic address: hrvoje.mikulcic@fsb.hr.
² University of Zagreb, Faculty of Metallurgy, Aleja narodnih heroja 3, 44000, Sisak, Croatia. Electronic address: baleta@simet.hr.
³ MOE Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China. Electronic address: wxb005@mail.xjtu.edu.cn.
⁴ University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Ivana Lučića 5, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia. Electronic address: neven.duic@fsb.hr.
⁵ KU Leuven, Department of Chemical Engineering, Process and Environmental Technology Lab, Jan De Nayerlaan 5, 2860, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium. Electronic address: raf.dewil@kuleuven.be.

PMID: 34902657
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114271

Abstract

The ongoing process of climate change has shown that sustainable development of humankind is a necessity. Existing resources need to be used in a form of a circular economy, and no more in a linear economy as has been the case until now. Resources need to be better managed to meet the needs of future generations. Therefore, energy, water and environment systems need to be integrated in order to slow down their overexploitation. This paper discusses some of the latest developments in three main areas of sustainability, i.e., energy, water and environment, that emerged from the four "Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems" (SDEWES) Conferences that took place in 2020. The purpose of this review introduction article is to provide a brief introduction to the field and the articles included in this Virtual Special Issue. As such, it acts as an editorial paper for the virtual special issue of the Journal of Environmental Management, dedicated to the SDEWES 2020 conferences.

Keywords: Energy systems; Environmental management and Assessment; Water and wastewater treatment.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Climate Change*
Conservation of Natural Resources
Sustainable Development*
Water

Substances

Water