Climate Change Hub

As one of society's biggest challenges, climate change merits greater attention from all stakeholders, with cross-sector collaboration being crucial to address the problem effectively. IntechOpen is actively contributing to the topic by accumulating relevant Open Access and Open Science research, broadening its understanding and accelerating its application towards a sustainable world.

We encourage you to use our climate change and environmental sustainability resources to get relevant information for future climate-related actions. All available for you to read, share and download for free.

EDITOR IN CHIEF

Eduardo Jacob-Lopes

Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil

The journal publishes work across biological and environmental sciences, showcasing research within these rapidly developing fields with a high impact on humankind and its environment. Papers published aim to support United Nations SDGs, have a strong technological component, and cover the following sections:

Renewable Energies

Environmental Engineering

Clean Technologies

Green and Sustainable Chemistry

Sustainable Energy Generation, Storage and Distribution

Open Access &
Open Science

Rapid Publication and Dissemination

Renowned Editorial Boards

Technology Focused

Aligned with United Nations SDGs

OPEN ACCESS PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE

The Effectiveness of Membrane Materials in Green Alternative Energy and Environmental Technologies

OPEN ACCESS PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE

Nanofibers for Renewable Energy

OPEN ACCESS PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE

Productive Blue-Green Roofs for Stormwater Management

Special Issue

HYBRID RENEWABLE-HYDROGEN GREEN ENERGY SYSTEMS

A Word From Our Editors

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Climate change has a strong global impact, and we are already experiencing this. Scientists are working hard to find innovative sustainable solutions to our problems: looking at renewable energy resources; minimizing the carbon footprint; and building our future by developing effective and sustainable methods to recognize and use biomass as a valuable resource.

Climate change has a strong global impact, and we are already experiencing this. Scientists are working hard to find innovative sustainable solutions to our problems: looking at renewable energy resources; minimizing the carbon footprint; and building our future by developing effective and sustainable methods to recognize and use biomass as a valuable resource.


The pace of climate change requires a fast, interdisciplinary and collaborative approach. The principles of Open Science are simple: share data, code and research papers through Open Access; make manuscripts fully reproducible and available to both fellow scientists and a wider audience. These actions are crucial steps in fostering collaboration. They will advance and transform climate change research. IntechOpen has recognized the need to raise awareness of Open Science through our journal publications. I am happy to take part in this initiative - as the Editor in Chief of Green Energy and Environmental Technology.

Read more Professor Dr. Eduardo Jacob-Lopes

Federal University of Santa Maria , Brazil

Editor in Chief, Green Energy and Environmental Technology

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Tackling climate change is an emergency and we need to act urgently. Policy makers and energy analysts need access to the latest research to enable upscaling of emerging technologies towards accelerating the green energy transition. Publishing open access will help scientists to share their findings and novelties in science within the areas of renewable energies, environmental technologies and clean sustainable development, thus making research fully accessible to a wider community and allowing policy makers to explore ongoing advances with regards to clean sustainable solutions.

Tackling climate change is an emergency and we need to act urgently. Policy makers and energy analysts need access to the latest research to enable upscaling of emerging technologies towards accelerating the green energy transition. Publishing open access will help scientists to share their findings and novelties in science within the areas of renewable energies, environmental technologies and clean sustainable development, thus making research fully accessible to a wider community and allowing policy makers to explore ongoing advances with regards to clean sustainable solutions.


Contributing as Guest Editor in IntechOpen Journal Green Energy and Environmental Technology will help me to play a part and support open access research by leading a Special Issue on 'Hybrid Renewable Hydrogen Green Energy Systems'. I am pleased to take part in the solution to maximize the impact of open access research.

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Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen , UK

Special Issue Co-Guest Editor, Green Energy and Environmental Technology

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Global changes, including climate change, have been significantly impacting the planet’s environment and our societal and economic sustainability. In the face of such tremendous challenges, we must advance our understanding on the science of climate change and environmental sustainability to find successful and efficient adaptation and mitigation methods to reduce and overcome the negative effects of planetary changes.

Global changes, including climate change, have been significantly impacting the planet’s environment and our societal and economic sustainability. In the face of such tremendous challenges, we must advance our understanding on the science of climate change and environmental sustainability to find successful and efficient adaptation and mitigation methods to reduce and overcome the negative effects of planetary changes.


To tackle global challenges of development and environment, the United Nations adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals. To achieve them, innovative progress, new scientific knowledge, and breakthrough findings on climate change and environmental sustainability must be widely shared for the global general public. It is particularly crucial for diverse scientific research groups, especially for those in vulnerable developing regions and resource limited countries in the world, that we adapt to the open science process. Thus, open access publications can be very useful for enhancing academic and non-academic communication of climate change and sustainability in multiple aspects of science, technology, economics, and society.

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Soochow University , China

‘Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability’ Topic Editor, Sustainable Development IntechOpen Book Serie

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Pollution, resulting in climate change, is the greatest threat to our planet's biodiversity. As the first generations experience the negative effects, let's look at the opportunity to do something about it - by developing clean energy systems and technologies, promoting a healthier and greener economy, and building energy-efficient towns and cities.

Pollution, resulting in climate change, is the greatest threat to our planet's biodiversity. As the first generations experience the negative effects, let's look at the opportunity to do something about it - by developing clean energy systems and technologies, promoting a healthier and greener economy, and building energy-efficient towns and cities.


Systematic research precedes all these technological solutions. Publishing that research - on time - maximises our chances to help our planet and improve our quality of life. Publishing research through the Open Access model is the most efficient dissemination. Being a part of the Open Science community - at the IntechOpen journal Green Energy and Environmental Technology - allows me to work on this progress. I take my editorial responsibility as responsibility for global well-being and a healthier future.

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Rowan University , USA

Editorial board member, Green Energy and Environmental Technology

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This summer, the forests, the lungs of our planet, burned and disappeared again in many countries. Today, only one-tenth of forest fires occur spontaneously in nature, and the others occur in dry weather and drought. The impacts of climate change mean they are no longer a natural part of our ecosystem. Forest fires and climate change mutually increase their effects.

This summer, the forests, the lungs of our planet, burned and disappeared again in many countries. Today, only one-tenth of forest fires occur spontaneously in nature, and the others occur in dry weather and drought. The impacts of climate change mean they are no longer a natural part of our ecosystem. Forest fires and climate change mutually increase their effects.


Elevated temperatures and decreasing rainfall with climate change cause drought, and increased drought, high air temperatures, low relative humidity, lightning, and strong winds in turn cause climate change, resulting in hotter, drier, and longer fire seasons, which further increases wildfires. What’s more, climate change is worsening the impact of wildfires, often by destroying fragile and carbon-rich ecosystems such as peatlands and rainforests. Unfortunately, this cycle continues. If we do not reduce carbon dioxide emissions and save energy and water, our climate will continue to change, our water will continue to run out and our forests will continue to burn. Let us change the habits that will harm our climate. Let us not let our climate change.

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Gebze Technical University , Turkey

Editorial board member, Green Energy and Environmental Technology

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Open science is the need of the hour, especially in case studies of climate change. It helps adopt strategies to mitigate or solve similar environmental hazards in various parts of the world.

Open science is the need of the hour, especially in case studies of climate change. It helps adopt strategies to mitigate or solve similar environmental hazards in various parts of the world. It can assist developing countries frame science-based policies to combat climate issues in their early stages.

Dr. Rajesh Banu Jeyakumar

Central University of Tamil Nadu , India

Book Editor

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We hope that the Climate Change Event (COP27) in Egypt will bring useful results to reduce the effects of climate change for the world and for developing countries. Climate research should be made available so that researchers around the world can use it and help policy and decision makers in the world solve problems related to climatic change in their countries.

We hope that the Climate Change Event (COP27) in Egypt will bring useful results to reduce the effects of climate change for the world and for developing countries. Climate research should be made available so that researchers around the world can use it and help policy and decision makers in the world solve problems related to climatic change in their countries.

Professor Mohamed Nageeb Rashed

Aswan University , Egypt

Book Editor

IntechOpen Book Series

Sustainable Development

BOOK SERIES DOI 10.5772/intechopen.100361

ISSN 2753-6580

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SERIES EDITOR

Usha Iyer-Raniga

RMIT University, Australia

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research

Forest Degradation in Tanzania: A Systematic Literature Review

Emmanuel F. Nzunda and Amri S. Yusuph

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.107157

189

Part Of Topic: Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability

Part of the book: Forest Degradation Under Global Change [Working Title]

Open Access Peer-reviewed Research

Perspective Chapter: Forest Degradation under Global Climate Change

Sankaran Kavileveettil and Sandeep Sasidharan

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.106992

213

Part Of Topic: Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability

Part of the book: Forest Degradation Under Global Change [Working Title]

Open Access Peer-reviewed Research

Soil Degradation Processes Linked to Long-Term Forest-Type Damage

Aleš Kučera, Pavel Samec and Gabriela Tomášová

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.106390

143

Part Of Topic: Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability

Part of the book: Forest Degradation Under Global Change [Working Title]

Environmental Sciences

BOOK SERIES DOI 10.5772/intechopen.100362

ISSN 2754-6713

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SERIES EDITOR

J. Kevin Summers

Environmental Protection Agency,
United States of America

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research

Agroforestry: An Approach for Sustainability and Climate Mitigation

Ricardo O. Russo

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.105406

310

Part Of Topic: Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Part of the book: Vegetation Dynamics, Changing Ecosystems and Human Responsibility [Working Title]

Open Access Peer-reviewed Research

Climate Change and Anthropogenic Impacts on the Ecosystem of the Transgressive Mud Coastal Region of...

Patrick O. Ayeku

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.105760

190

Part Of Topic: Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Part of the book: Vegetation Dynamics, Changing Ecosystems and Human Responsibility [Working Title]

Open Access Peer-reviewed Research

The Climate Change-Agriculture Nexus in Drylands of Ethiopia

Zenebe Mekonnen

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.103905

255

Part Of Topic: Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Part of the book: Vegetation Dynamics, Changing Ecosystems and Human Responsibility [Working Title]

Open Access Peer-reviewed Research

Climate Change, Rural Livelihoods, and Human Well-Being: Experiences from Kenya

André J. Pelser and Rujeko Samanthia Chimukuche

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.104965

498

Part Of Topic: Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Part of the book: Vegetation Dynamics, Changing Ecosystems and Human Responsibility [Working Title]

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