Sustainability, Volume 17, Issue 9

Amid the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), China’s digital village initiative has emerged as a localized implementation for achieving multidimensional sustainability. However, the progress of digita...

In this paper, a panel smooth transition regression model is used to examine the nonlinear effects of financial globalization on energy security. These effects are examined in 123 countries for the period of 2000–2018. Control variables are arm...

It is important to study the difference, distribution dynamics and convergence of China’s renewable energy development level to stimulate its potential. Based on China’s provincial panel data from 2006 to 2021, this paper analyzes the reg...

Exploring the law and evolution mechanism of coupling and coordination between agricultural carbon emission efficiency (ACE) and agricultural economic growth (AEG) can provide a reference basis for agricultural low-carbon transformation. This study t...

This study examines the impact of green finance policies on corporate biodiversity disclosures, focusing on China’s Green Finance Reform and Innovation Pilot Zones (GFPZs). Utilizing a comprehensive dataset of Chinese-listed firms from 2010 to...

Zooplankton are ubiquitous in aquatic ecosystems and play crucial roles in material cycling and energy flow. However, the mechanisms governing zooplankton community assembly, particularly habitat-specific differences, remain poorly understood. In thi...

Carbon lock-in (CLI), defined as the structural persistence of fossil-fuel-based systems, poses a significant barrier to decarbonization. As CLI continues to impede China’s progress toward carbon neutrality, understanding the role of next-gener...

Mental models—internal, dynamic, incomplete representations of the external world that people use to guide cognitive processes such as reasoning, decision making, and language comprehension—have practical implications for predicting attit...

To evaluate the operation of an urban transportation system by accurately analyzing the reliability of a road network, with the aim of reducing the substantial fluctuation of travel time, a method for dynamically estimating the reliability of road ne...

As the global emphasis on sustainability intensifies, logistics companies face mounting pressure from stakeholders to adopt environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices. Despite this growing interest, few studies have investigated how both e...