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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Global Carbon Emission Reduction for
Sustainable Development Research Hotspots
and Frontiers – An Econometric Analysis Based
on the Last 10 Years of WOS Literature
1
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao 999078, China
2
School of Business, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao 999078, China
Submission date: 2024-01-10
Final revision date: 2024-03-10
Acceptance date: 2024-05-27
Online publication date: 2024-09-23
Publication date: 2025-04-04
Corresponding author
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(4):3947-3962
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ABSTRACT
Carbon abatement research is dedicated to exploring and evaluating strategies and technologies
to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations to mitigate the effects of global climate change.
Based on this, the article found through the econometric analysis of the core set of literature in the WOS
database in the past 10 years that: firstly, carbon emission reduction research is in a period of development,
forming a core journal with SCI TOTAL ENVIRON, Journal of Cleaner Production, etc., a core
research team with Cai, Bofeng, Shan, Yuli, Dong, Feng, etc., and core countries with China, the United
States, and the United Kingdom as the core issuing and research powers. Secondly, the five key areas
of sustainable development, economic growth and consumption, energy efficiency, climate change,
and energy consumption, and the three key areas of energy efficiency, climate change, and energy consumption,
have been discussed in this study. Thirdly, there are five themes of sustainable development,
economic growth and consumption, energy efficiency, climate change and drivers, and energy consumption.
From these, nine research details, such as carbon emission measurement and monitoring, carbon
emission reduction technology research, carbon emission reduction policy and management, energy
efficiency, and clean energy development, carbon emission trading market, carbon emission efficiency
and environmental policy research, data-driven economics and environmental analysis, climate change,
carbon emission drivers, and so on are extended. Finally, the analysis of the evolutionary process has
undergone three stages: exploration of basic theories, application of specific industries and policy interventions,
and integration of carbon emission reduction targets into socio-economic development plans.
Carbon emission and sustainable development research, carbon emission reduction, and energy efficiency
improvement are the latest frontiers of carbon emission reduction research.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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