Carbon Neutrality Policies and Technologies: A Scientometric Analysis of Social Science Disciplines

Carbon neutrality, or “net zero”, has become the impact assessment project of human on Earth, increasingly structured to examine implications, for environment and people, proposed actions consequences inaction. International local collaboration efforts have been made with aim achieving carbon neutrality “net-zero” emissions; thus, policies technological innovations developed. Such impact-oriented risk control amount carbon-neutral pathways. Although such pathways may diverge in terms energy, resources, cost, it is critical summarize essential promising preparatory work related technologies inform both policy-makers social scientists take actions. Through a scientometric analysis systematic review latest science literature, study identified size, scope exemplar each discipline based 907 articles collected early 2021 from Web Science database. This reveals set disciplines focusing certain common distinct aspects neutrality. By outlining possibilities application areas future research policy development socio-technical transition towards net-zero post-carbon future, this contributed understanding global achieve clearer viable pathway. In conclusion, as many planet humans datafied, digitized, networked, ecological indicator that guide production consumption patterns, must central role guiding our conscious green digital transformation political, economic, psychological societies according existing emerging knowledge.