Abstract
There is growing understanding that the environmental challenges facing mankind cannot be solved only by means of technological or societal sciences. A complex approach is needed, an approach that combines the strengths of novel developments in clean technologies and political implementation of the societal demands for sustainable development and clean environment. Considerable efforts are being made both in technical and political fields to pursue this goal and it is important for the scientific community and decision makers to be aware of those efforts. With this aim in mind, the organisers of the 12th International Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction— PRES’09 and the publishers of the Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy are joining their efforts and publishing this Special Issue. PRES’09 was held in Rome in 2009 and this annual conference is one of the world leading conferences of its kind. Being initially envisaged as a conference dedicated to process integration topics, it is nowadays a comprehensive and established platform for researchers, industry people and policy makers. It provided excellent opportunity for its participants to exchange novel ideas, processes, procedures
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