| Special Issue: Focus on Early Career Researchers: Environmental Science in South and South East Asia (ERC) | Focus on Early Career Researchers: Environmental Science in South and South East Asia
Environmental Research Communications
Guest Editors
Punyasloke Bhadury, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India
Anwesha Ghosh, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India
Radhika Khosla, University of Oxford, UK
Bhoopesh Mishra, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA, University of Leeds, UK
Shu-Yuan Pan, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Siew Moi Phang, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Scope
Environmental Research Communications (ERC) is pleased to announce a new focus collection, aimed at bringing together high-quality rigorous original research led by early career researchers (e.g. PhD researchers, postdocs and early-career faculty) whose work focuses on these regions. At ERC we believe that it is vital to recognise and reward research excellence representing students and emerging leaders to help further the advancement of environmental science, for the benefit of all.
We welcome submissions from all domains of the Earth's system, including atmosphere, biosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere as well as interdisciplinary studies between these. All environment-related research aimed at specific disciplines, and case studies are within scopes. In addition, approaches from a range of physical and natural sciences, economics, and political, sociological and legal studies are encouraged. All types of results can be published, provided they contribute to advancing knowledge in their field, including negative results, null results and replication studies. Specific topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
Biogeochemical cycling including modelling
Biodegradation and bioremediation
Microbes in the era of Anthropocene
Innovative solutions to a circular economy
Green practices for realizing net-zero emissions
Energy consumption
Renewable energy (focus on biomass-based technologies)
Sustainable water resource engineering / management
Sustainable development
Urban climate mitigation
Climate change governance and policy
Climate change and biodiversity
Ecosystem services and biodiversity
Coastal blue economy and policy
Automated monitoring of environments and ecosystem restoration
UN SDG goals and policy frameworks
The lead or corresponding author must be an early career researcher; currently studying an undergraduate or postgraduate course, or who has completed their PhD within the last 10 years.
A number of authors have been invited directly by the Guest Editors, however we welcome open call proposals and submissions from the community. Early career researchers who would like feedback on the suitability of an article in preparation prior to submission are encouraged to email an abstract or draft manuscript and cover letter to the journal publishing team or to one of the Guest Editors listed above.
Submission process
Focus issue articles must be of the same format and meet the same publication criteria as regular research articles in ERC. They are also subject to the same rigorous review process, and high editorial standards. Please read the journal scope page for more information before submitting.
For more comprehensive information on preparing your article for submission and the options for submitting your article, please see our author guidelines.
All articles should be submitted using our online submission form. In the 'Select Special Issue' drop down box please select 'Focus on Early Career Researchers: Environmental Science in South and South East Asia'.
Authors are required to submit a cover letter indicating their academic career stage, and whether they were invited to submit an article.
Deadline for submissions
Submissions will be accepted until 31 March 2022 however submissions earlier than this date are encouraged. ERC will publish this focus collection incrementally, adding new articles to this webpage as and when they are accepted for publication following peer review. Therefore, if you submit early in the period your article will not be held up waiting for other articles.
Article charge
ERC is an open access journal, completely free to read, and is funded solely by article publication charges (APC). Authors should therefore be aware of the APCs for accepted and published articles, including those in focus collections. Full details about the article charge can be found on the publication charges page.
Corresponding authors based in lower middle-income countries (as defined by the World Bank); Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam who have an article accepted in ERC are eligible for a 50% APC discount. To check your eligibility please visit the paying for open access support page.
https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/2515-7620/page/Focus-on-Early-Career-Researchers-Environmental-Science-in-South-and-South-East-Asia
| 2022-02-08 | |
| Call for Book Chapter: "Circular Economy and Sustainability", Springer | About this book series
This book series aims at exploring the rising field of Circular Economy (CE) which is rapidly gaining interest and merit from scholars, decision makers and practitioners as the global economic model to decouple economic growth and development from the consumption of finite natural resources. This field suggests that global sustainability can be achieved by adopting a set of CE principles and strategies such as design out waste, systems thinking, adoption of nature-based approaches, shift to renewable energy and materials, reclaim, retain, and restore the health of ecosystems, return recovered biological resources to the biosphere, remanufacture products or components, among others.
However, the increasing complexity of sustainability challenges has made traditional engineering, business models, economics and existing social approaches unable to successfully adopt such principles and strategies. In fact, the CE field is often viewed as a simple evolution of the concept of sustainability or as a revisiting of an old discussion on recycling and reuse of waste materials. However, a modern perception of CE at different levels (micro, meso, and macro) indicates that CE is rather a systemic tool to achieve sustainability and a new eco-effective approach of returning and maintaining waste in the production processes by closing the loop of materials. In this frame, CE and sustainability can be seen as a multidimensional concept based on a variety of scientific disciplines (e.g. engineering, economics, environmental sciences, social sciences). Nevertheless, the interconnections and synergies among the scientific disciplines have been rarely and not in deep investigated.
One significant goal of the book series is to study and highlight the growing theoretical links of CE and sustainability at different scales and levels, to investigate the synergies between the two concepts and to analyze and present its realization through strategies, policies, business models, entrepreneurship, financial instruments and technologies. Thus, the book series provides a new platform for CE and sustainability research and case studies and relevant scientific discussion towards new system-wide solutions.
Specific topics that fall within the scope of the series include, but are not limited to, studies that investigate the systemic, integrated approach of CE and sustainability across different levels and its expression and realization in different disciplines and fields such as business models, economics, consumer services and behaviour, the Internet of Things, product design, sustainable consumption & production, bio-economy, environmental accounting, industrial ecology, industrial symbiosis, resource recovery, ecosystem services, circular water economy, circular cities, nature-based solutions, waste management, renewable energy, circular materials, life cycle assessment, strong sustainability, environmental education, among others.
https://www.springer.com/series/16865/editors
| 2021-12-17 | |
| Special Issue: Innovative Technology and Integrated Management for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (Water) by 10 January 2022 | Special Issue "Innovative Technology and Integrated Management for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse"
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A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 January 2022.
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Dear Colleagues,
Recent developments threaten to compromise the safety and security of water for over two billion people due to dwindling clean water resources and limited water supplies. Meanwhile, the huge demand for clean water is rapidly rising due to population growth. The improper management of water resources, rapid growth of industrialization, and contamination of waterways are also increasing the difficulties. This situation is being exacerbated by climate change via changing rain patterns. Therefore, the United Nations has prioritized clean water in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG-6). Globally, more than 80% of wastewater is discharged without any additional treatment; thus, there is a need to develop technology for untreated wastewater and subsequently increasing the recycling and reuse of water. The drivers of water/wastewater treatment require innovative technology, performance optimization, reduced environmental footprints, integration management and meeting regulatory requirements. All these factors should eventually lead the treatment of wastewater towards realizing the SDG developed by the United Nations.
Prof. Dr. Yongjun Sun
Prof. Dr. Kinjal J. Shah
Prof. Dr. Shu-Yuan Pan
Guest Editors
| 2021-03-06 | |
| Special Issue: Impacts of Climate Change on Water-Energy-Food Nexus (Environments) by 31 Dec. 2021 | Special Issue "Impacts of Climate Change on Water-Energy-Food Nexus"
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A special issue of Environments (ISSN 2076-3298).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021.
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Dear Colleagues,
The influences induced by global climate change have been identified as: increasing temperature, melting snowpack, extreme rainfall and drought, fire and sea level rise, and can further affect the ecosystem processes and functions that would bring increased pressure to bear on the interdependence between water, energy and food. Climate change impacts on water resources are often seen as the spatio-temporal changes in rainfall leading unreliability of surface water resources and increasing energy usage to extract groundwater resources or produce renewable water. Besides, water shortages due to recurring droughts can affect energy production such as hydropower and biofuels. The insufficient supply of water and energy would affect food production and result in food and nutrition insecurity. As the trade-offs among water, food and energy, there is an urgent need to balance the supplies and demands among different strategic sectors, thereby reaching the maximum mutual benefits. The water-energy-food (WEF) nexus, which considers the interactions, synergies, trade-offs among water, energy and food, is a cross-sectional approach in natural resource decision-making for managing water resources, food security and energy sustainability.
This Special Issue collects original research and critical reviews about scientific and technical information on the recent advances in WEF nexus. The primary areas of interest of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, (1) estimation of climate change impacts on WEF nexus and related ecosystem processes; (2) development of climate change adaptation strategies by WEF nexus approaches; (3) synergies and trade-offs of WEF nexus under the climate change impacts; (4) holistic assessment and modelling tools for WEF nexus management; (5) identification of the optimized life-cycle of water, energy and food elements in WEF nexus.
Dr. Li-Chi Chiang
Dr. Shu-Yuan Pan
Prof. Dr. Pei-Te Chiueh
Prof. Dr. Yu-Pin Lin
Guest Editors
| 2021-03-02 | |
| Special Issue: Carbon and Beyond for Sustainable Energy (/C/) by 30 June 2021 | Special Issue "Carbon and Beyond for Sustainable Energy"
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A special issue of C (ISSN 2311-5629).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2021.
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Dear Colleagues,
The ocean holds a strong attraction for human societies, with nearly 40% of the world’s population living less than 100 km from the coast and most of the world’s big cities built on the edge of the ocean, according to the UN Atlas of the Oceans. The 14th goal of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the UN focuses on the ocean. Utilizing energy sources from the ocean (so-called blue energy) is becoming a promising candidate for the self-powered sustainable development of human society. To achieve the wide application of blue energy, the development and synthesis of the advanced materials, e.g., bio-based materials and novel membranes, for harvesting the energy potentials from the ocean is quite imperative and essential.
This Special Issue collects research articles and critical reviews on scientific and technical information on the recent advances in advanced materials and technological devices for achieving sustainable power generations. The primary areas of interest of this Special Issue include but are not limited to: (1) the development of high technological skills for achieving sustainable power generation; (2) conversion of cheap and abundant carbon materials and beyond for practical utilization of devices; (3) identification of optimized configurations for low-grade energy; (4) deployment of smart technologies for monitoring, control, and assessment of environmental quality; (5) utilization of high-efficiency systems used for harvesting blue energy toward a better world.
Dr. Mengyao Gao
Dr. Chien-Chung Shih
Asst. Prof Shu-Yuan Pan
Guest Editors
| 2021-02-17 | |
| Special Issue: Engineering for Sustainable Environment (IJERPH) by 31 May 2021 | Journal: International Journal of Environmental Research and Publich Health, MDPI
Special Issue: Engineering for Sustainable Environment
Due date: May 31, 2021
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In September 2015, the United Nations adopted the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development“, and indicated 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), aiming to develop a holistic approach to realizing sustainable development. A number of SDGs, such as zero hunger (SDG-2), clean water and sanitation (SDG-6), affordable and clean energy (SDG-7), and responsible consumption and production (SDG-12), are highly related to the fields of the sustainable environment. In December 2019, the European Commission set up the “European Green Deal”, and pointed out 10 strategies to boost the sustainable economy, while improving quality of life and the environment. A number of action plans, such as “circular economy”, “biodiversity”, “zero pollution”, and “farm to fork” have been implemented in accordance with the proposed strategies. Along the way to realizing sustainability, the development and deployment of green technologies and engineering are essential to decouple economic growth and environmental protection.
This Special Issue collects original research and critical reviews about scientific and technical information on the recent advances in green technologies and engineering for achieving sustainable environment. The primary areas of interest of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to the following: (1) design criteria for various types of green technologies for achieving new agriculture and circular economy systems; (2) combination of natural and constructed facilities for integrated watershed management; (3) smart technologies for the monitoring, control, and assessment of agricultural and environmental quality; (4) holistic assessment and modelling tools for environmental governance and management; and (5) adaptation to climate change for realizing a sustainable environment.
Asst. Prof. Shu-Yuan Pan
Assoc. Prof. Li-Chi Chiang
Prof. Yu-Pin Lin
Web Link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/Engineering_Sustainable_Environment
| 2020-10-02 | |