| Abstract |
Emissions play a crucial role in sustainable development since they are the primary cause of climate change, which has a significant impact on the environment. Emissions are connected with many sustainable development goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations. Reducing emissions may contribute to climate change mitigation, clean energy delivery, and the socio-economic development of countries. Hence, a deep and thorough understanding of the research trends in emissions vis-a-vis sustainable development can provide the basis for mitigating their negative impacts on society. However, there have been no systematic analyses on emissions and sustainable development perspectives to the best of our knowledge, making it challenging to achieve deeper insight. Thus, we conducted a comprehensive bibliometric, visual, social network, and statistical analysis of 2,392 documents appearing in the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) to understand hot topics, how knowledge is structured, and trends that are emerging in this field. This analysis reveals that there has been a significant and continuous increase in concerns about emissions and sustainable development in the past few years. China was the most prolific contributor since it produced the highest number of publications and maintained active research institutions. The co-occurrence and trend topics analysis indicated that "sustainable development," "greenhouse gas emission," "climate change," and "circular economy" were recognized as emerging research fields. Furthermore, the keyword burst citation analysis indicated that sustainable development and clean development were the most commonly found terms in the list of emerging trends. The present study is first of its type to depict the specific research field related to emission trends from a sustainable development perspective. The study reveals that there is a dire need to develop cost-effective technologies to reduce emissions and more accurate methods for measuring and predicting emissions and climate change. This article calls on policymakers and research scholars to engage more explicitly in developing and practicing emissions technologies within the sustainable framework to resolve today's policy challenges. (c) 2023 International Association for Gondwana Research. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |