Editorial Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment: Theories, Practice and the Future
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https://doi.org/10.13052/spee1048-4236.391415Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the importance of strategic planning
in general and its application in energy and the environment in particular.
In the contemporary world, planning is so common that we cannot even
manage everyday life without plan. Strategic planning is a formalized, struc-
tured, planned way to manage planning from formulation to implementation,
evaluation, and control. When we talk about energy, we mostly talk about the
various forms (physical) of energy such as nuclear, thermal, chemical, electri-
cal, or other forms which create and transform energy. The sources of energy
can be solar, wind, water, nuclear, electromagnetism or related to fossil – coal,
gas, petroleum etc. The world rarely has sufficient energy therefore, strategic
planning for energy is essential to sustain and maintain the energy supply and
demand. The environment is our entire surroundings including the land, air,
water, or the combination of all biotic and abiotic factors of the planet. We
have ample evidence that anthropogenic disturbances have already destroyed
the balance of nature, as a result the global climatic pattern is changed, and
there has been unprecedented damage to our ecosystem. Such severe impacts due to global environmental change mean that it is extremely urgent that we
formulate a strategic plan (or plans) to protect the environment. There are
as yet no alternatives for Planet Earth, therefore we need planned strategies
to minimize the environmental problems. This review outlines why strategic
planning is so important for the future of energy and the environment since
they go hand in hand Strategic planning, climate change, energy, environment, devel-
opment, united nations, environmental problems, epistemology, knowl-
edge gap.
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