This issue of The Journal of Energy and Development explores the economic, environmental, and geopolitical dimensions of today’s energy challenges, with a strong focus on sustainability, market risk, and policy uncertainty. The articles examine topics ranging from degrowth strategies in G20 economies and clean cooking transitions in West Africa to oil market volatility linked to the Russia–Ukraine war, inflationary impacts in developing countries, ecological pressures in South Asia, and operational optimization in oil and gas production.

This issue of The Journal of Energy and Development presents new research on energy investment, clean energy adoption, commodity markets, sustainability transitions, bioenergy, and advanced reservoir analytics. The contributions span global case studies—from natural gas finance and household solar adoption in developing economies to oil market efficiency, bioethanol feedstocks, and machine-learning applications in petroleum engineering—highlighting the multifaceted challenges and opportunities shaping today’s energy transition.

This issue of The Journal of Energy and Development examines the dynamic relationships among energy markets, economic growth, environmental sustainability, and technological innovation across diverse global contexts. The articles address key topics including oil price–inflation linkages, artificial intelligence applications in aging oil and gas infrastructure, sustainable energy transitions, energy poverty in Africa, energy–debt–growth dynamics in Europe, and the ecological impacts of clean energy technologies, offering timely policy and industry insights.

This issue of The Journal of Energy and Development explores the intersections of energy policy, environmental sustainability, economic growth, and technological change across a wide range of global contexts. The articles examine renewable energy and carbon taxation in Mexico, growth–environment trade-offs in Saudi Arabia, cryptocurrency mining and electricity markets in the Nordic region, globalization and environmental pressure in West Africa, energy–growth dynamics in Lebanon, and the impacts of energy poverty on informal economies in developing nations.

This issue of The Journal of Energy and Development presents research on energy access, sustainable pricing, fiscal–energy dynamics, and low-carbon development across diverse global contexts. The articles examine hybrid energy systems for rural electrification in Oman, solar-powered healthcare in Nigeria, the links between entrepreneurship, emissions, and growth, energy supply and public debt in OECD Europe, willingness to pay in natural resource pricing, and the distributional impacts of electricity tariff structures in Sub-Saharan Africa.