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Abstract Submission Deadline: 24 April 2026

Oral and paper abstracts are now invited on the following topics. They should be submitted using the online abstract submission system.

Conference topics

1. Industrial Transformation and Cleaner Production

• Clean production processes and industrial ecology

• Industrial transformation towards net-zero emissions

• Cleaner materials and technologies

• Cleaner logistics and sustainable supply chains

2. Energy and Climate Solutions

• Cleaner energy systems

• Renewable energies and energy efficiency

• Decarbonization strategies

• Energy storage and smart distribution

3. Water, Waste and Resource Management

• Biowaste as a bioresource

• Circular economy frameworks and practices

• Cleaner water systems

• Cleaner waste systems

4. Agriculture, Food, and Bioeconomy

• Sustainable agriculture and food systems

• Food security and climate resilience

• Green and Blue biotechnology

• Cleaner and circular bioeconomy

5. Sustainable Cities and Built Environment

• Sustainable urban planning and metabolism

• Cleaner built environment and construction

• Sustainable transportation and mobility

• Regional transition strategies towards sustainability

6. Life Cycle Thinking: Pathways to Cleaner Processes

• Cleaner environmental systems

• Life cycle based tools and methodologies

• Eco-design and other tools for sustainability

7. Digitalization and Technological Innovation

• Artificial Intelligence in cleaner production

• Big Data and IoT for sustainability and efficiency

• Blockchain for traceability across supply chains

• Digital twins and simulation for sustainable design

• Digital Product Passport

8. Governance, Policy and Sustainability Transitions Instruments

• Sustainability assessment, indicators and reporting

• Cleaner and responsible consumption

• Circular society

• Sustainable business models

• Voluntary sustainability standards, ecolabels and life cycle approaches

• Social drivers, barriers and enablers of clean technology adoption

• Participatory and collaborative approaches for sustainability transitions

• Education for sustainability and behaviour change

You can submit as many abstracts to the conference for review as you would like. If, after the review by the committee, you have more than one paper accepted for the conference, you will need to register to attend and pay an additional paper fee for each additional paper (i.e., for the 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th papers – not the 1^st). Please note this is for papers that you are the presenting author of, not papers that you are co-author of.

Successfully submitted abstracts will be acknowledged with an electronic receipt including an abstract reference number, which should be quoted in all correspondence. Allow at least 2 hours for your receipt to be returned to you. Once the paper is accepted, at least one of the authors must register for the conference and present the paper at the conference.

Abstracts of all accepted contributions will be included within the online abstract system which will be distributed to all registered conference participants.

For revisions or queries regarding papers already submitted:

If you do not receive acknowledgement for your abstract submission or you wish to make any essential revisions to an abstract already submitted, please DO NOT RESUBMIT your abstract, as this may lead to duplication. Please contact the Conference Content Executive (Please do not email credit card information under any circumstances) with details of any revisions or queries. Please quote your reference number if you have one.

Special Issue: 2^nd Global Cleaner Production Conference (GCPC) 2026: Selected Papers

The 2^nd Global Cleaner Production Conference (GCPC) invites authors attending the 2026 GCPC in Sitges to submit their papers for consideration in the Journal of Cleaner Production.

The conference will focus on cutting-edge science and knowledge of cleaner production at different levels. It will also address strategies for further integrating the principles of "pollution prevention pays" and "life cycle thinking" into pursuing sustainable development goals.

Further information will be available soon.