ISA and Elsevier Launch New Solar Compass Journal at COP26

Gurugram-headquartered International Solar Alliance (ISA) jointly with Netherlands-based publisher Elsevier has launched a new journal known as Solar Compass at the ongoing COP26 in Glasgow.

The journal aimed to help deliver solar technologies of the future in the energy transition and has now open for submissions.

ISA is an inter-governmental treaty-based international organization, and Elsevier is a global leader in research publishing and information analytics.

The launch event was held during the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference COP26, in Glasgow, in the presence of Stephane Crouzat, Ambassador for Climate, Government of France, and Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, International Solar Alliance, and released the first official call for papers to authors around the world.

Commenting on the launch, Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General of ISA, said “we are very proud to launch Solar Compass, an important vehicle to increase understanding and research on the use of solar power. The journal will cover new technology, policy and economic developments to increase access to clean energy; successful case studies from around the world that could be replicated elsewhere. It is one of the important tools for delivering solarisation and faster global energy transition.” 
 
Distinguished Professor Yogi Goswami, University of South Florida, and recently announced Editor-in-Chief of Solar Compass said, “there is not one silver bullet to achieve the net-zero goal. It will require a multi-pronged approach on new, innovative and more efficient technologies, lower-cost manufacturing at scale, investments at scale to support entrepreneurship in new technologies, and financing at the consumer end to ensure adoption, while also taking care of the global societal issues to ensure access for all people of the world.”
 
To help meet this challenge and share transformative information on policy, financing, technology and case studies with stakeholders, and fill the gap in information needed to accelerate the use of solar energy, both ISA and Elsevier joined hands to launch Solar Compass.
 
Solar Compass will be an open-access journal, providing readers around the world with freely accessible articles. All articles will be peer-reviewed before publication, and an advisory board of visionary leaders will guide the directions of the journal, alongside an editorial board of globally recognized experts who will plan, solicit articles, and conduct reviews before accepting the articles for publication.

Meanwhile, ISA’s vision is for a rapid increase in solar energy usage, so that the global community can achieve an ambitious goal of net-zero carbon emissions by mid-century, in order to limit the global temperature, rise to 1.5^oC. Achieving this target will be an incredible challenge, but it is essential to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change.