Sustainability

Utilization of Biomass: Energy, Catalysts, and Applications

edited by

Everaldo Silvino dos Santos

,

Carlos Eduardo De Araújo Padilha

and Nathália Saraiva Rios

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1804 | Submission Open

Keywords: biocatalysis applied to biofuels; biomass pretreatment; biorefinery; lignocellulosic ethanol; thermochemical processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology)

How Do Digital Transformations and Innovations Shape Sustainable Education Practices?

edited by

Mirjana Ivanović

,

Aleksandra Klašnja-Milićević

,

Stelios Xinogalos

and Boban Vesin

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1413 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital education and future education; digital transformations and their influences on teaching; learning; and assessment; potential of digital twins; metaverse; virtual reality; augmented reality in education; gamification; social learning; self-directed learning; personalization and recommendations in sustainable education; influences of contemporary trends in digital transformations on modern and future e-learning platforms; mobile learning; blended learning; role of blockchain technology in education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)

Innovative Approaches in Sustainable Food Processing, Waste Management, and By-Product Valorization

edited by

Lucía Seguí

and

Cristina Barrera

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 881 | Submission Open

Keywords: food waste valorization; sustainable food processing; circular economy; innovative and traditional processing technologies; value-added applications; nutritional characterization; technological characterization

Reimagining Digital Learning for Sustainable Development

edited by

Shaljan Areepattamannil

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 762 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability education; United Nations 2030 Agenda; sustainable development goals (SDGs); digital pedagogy; online learning platforms; digital transformation; SDG-aligned digital learning; inclusive education technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)

Sustainable Construction: 3D Printing and Material Recycling

edited by Walid Deboucha and Frederic Jamin

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 424 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction; 3D printing; recycle materials; circular economy; life cycle assessment (LCA); wastes

New Advances of Sustainability Development in Numerical Modeling and Engineering Technology of Unconventional Oil and Gas Extraction

edited by Yuwei Li and Zihan Sun

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open

Keywords: unconventional oil and gas; reservoir extraction technology; seismic risk assessment; reservoir stimulation; oil and gas exploiting and exploring; geothermal energy development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)

A Low Carbon Wastewater Treatment via Leveraging Energy and Resource Recovery

edited by

Ranbin Liu

and Yangmo Zhu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon wastewater treatment; energy recovery; resource recovery; nutrient recycling; carbon capture; wastewater valorization; green energy; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)

Digital Economy and Sustainable Development

edited by

Weixin Yang

and Yunpeng Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 26 articles | Viewed by 104970 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital economy; sustainable development; digital technologies; artificial intelligence; digital divide; digital inclusion; digital transformation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Agriculture, Land and Farm Management

edited by

Kęstutis Venslauskas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 15 articles | Viewed by 75110 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural biomass; biomass; soil management; farm energy balance; life cycle assessment; techno-economic assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Renewable Energy Integration and Application in Buildings for Carbon Neutrality 2nd Edition

edited by

Lin Lu

and

Jianheng Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 44293 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; building energy; energy efficiency; energy storage; green buildings; building envelope; energy flexibility and management; sustainable infrastructure; carbon neutrality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Strategic Enterprise Management and Sustainable Economic Development

edited by

Maria-Eleni K. Agoraki

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 42593 | Submission Open

Keywords: strategic enterprise management; sustainable economic development; sustainability; innovation; entrepreneurship; corporate governance; performance; strategy model; efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Moving beyond Sustainable Tourism Rediscovery through Regenerative Travel

edited by

Umer Zaman

,

Stuart J. Barnes

and

Jerome Agrusa

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 36077 | Submission Open

Keywords: regenerative travel; purposeful travel; responsible travel; green mapping; eco-conscious travel; carbon neutral travel; net-zero travel; resilient tourism; UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)

Sustainability of the Agricultural System and Agro-Ecological Environment

edited by

Elena Brunori

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 18 articles | Viewed by 33787 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural ecosystem services; ecological functional areas; agroecological indicators; natural capital; Sustainable farming system; Agricultural ecological environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Consumption and Circular Economy

edited by

Laura Šalčiuviené

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 32079 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable consumption; internet; psychological factors influencing morally questionable behaviour; ethical attitudes; ethical behaviour

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Explore Sustainable Development in Multiple Dimensions for Human Well-Being

edited by Kalterina Shulla and Bernd Friedrich Voigt

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 30885 | Submission Open

Keywords: human well-being; sustainable development; environmental psychology; resilience; AI; interdisciplinary; subjective well-being; language; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health, Well-Being and Sustainability)

Risk Management Challenges for Sustainability and Wellbeing—2nd Edition

edited by

Simon Grima

,

Eleftherios I. Thalassinos

and

Inna Romānova

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 27069 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; climate change; water pollution and sanitation; pandemics; finance and the economy; industrial development; energy crisis; toxic chemicals and hazardous and radioactive wastes; population explosion and urbanization; impact of globalization; degradation of ecosystems and species; education; health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Ecology and Sustainability)

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Resource Governance, 2nd Edition

edited by

Huixiang Zeng

, Zhifang Zhou, Zongfeng Xiu and

Youliang Jin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 25081 | Submission Open

Keywords: corporate social responsibility; environmental resource governance; ESG; firm digitalization; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Food Waste Management and Sustainability

edited by

Tom Dugmore

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 24616 | Submission Open

Keywords: food waste valorisation; bio-based economy; agrochemicals and technologies; UN Sustainable Development Goals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Carbon Neutrality and Green Development

edited by

Shihong Zeng

and

Qiao Peng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 24206 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon neutrality goals; green development; carbon finance; economic transformation; energy structure; carbon information disclosure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Sustainable Urbanization

edited by

Eduardo José Rocha Medeiros

and Paula André

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 23720 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urbanization; circular economy; sustainability; integrated sustainable urban development strategies; self-sufficient cities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Energy Use, Storage and Emission Analysis for Industrial Decarbonization

edited by

Xingchao Wang

and

Fan Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 23104 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial decarbonization; industrial emission control; low- and zero-carbon fuel; renewable energy integration; system modeling and analysis; energy storage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Sustainable Environmental Analysis of Soil and Water

edited by

Solmaz Fathololoumi

and

Asim Biswas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 22882 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil water; sustainability agricultural; erosion environment; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil Conservation and Sustainability)

Education for Sustainable Development and Contributions from Education to Sustainable Development

edited by

Francisco Javier Robles Moral

,

Enrique Ayuso Fernández

and

Marina Martínez-Carmona

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 21396 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; biodiversity; sustainable development goals (SDGs); science education; education; artificial intelligence (AI); climate change; scientific-critical thinking; scientific creativity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)

Biomass Energy Technologies and Sustainable Agricultural Waste Utilization

edited by

Juan F. Saldarriaga

and Julián E. López

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 21039 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; energy; agriculture; technologies; waste utilization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Agricultural Engineering: Agroecology Sustainable Development and Agriculture Environmental Impact Assessment and Measurement

edited by

Nan Sun

and Kun Cheng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 20676 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecology; agriculture environmental impact; bio-organic fertilizer; greenhouse gas; soil organic carbon

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Urban Resilience and Sustainable Construction Under Disaster Risk

edited by Mónica Amaral Ferreira and Carlos Sousa Oliveira

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 19574 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience; sustainability; mitigation; prevention; awareness; green building; nature-based solutions; resilient infrastructure; strategic disaster planning; disaster risk insurance; new technologies; cascading effects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hazards and Sustainability)

Sustainable Rural Resiliencies Challenges, Resistances and Pathways

edited by

Angel Paniagua Mazorra

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 19066 | Submission Open

Keywords: resistance; rural; local; resiliences; spatial processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Education and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Global Agenda for Change

edited by Kim M. Beasy and

Valeria Vargas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 18986 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; sustainable development goals; education; Agenda 2030; United Nations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Transport, Environment and Sustainability

edited by

Eckard Helmers

and

Dimitris Potoglou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 17204 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric vehicles; transport decarbonization; transport digitalization; impact assessment; carbon footprinting; sustainable mobility management

Advanced Energy Systems and Technologies for Building Energy Efficiency to Achieve Sustainability

edited by

Yuanda Cheng

, Wenzhuo Li and

Zhipeng Deng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16827 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon technology in buildings; building simulation; advanced modeling approaches for building energy efficiency; advanced machine learning approaches for building energy efficiency; advanced optimization tools for building energy efficiency; life cycle assessment; building sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Pollution Reduction and Green Low-Carbon Transformation of Industrial System

edited by

Yi Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 16818 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial decarbonization; cleaner production; circular economy; sustainable manufacturing; green supply chain; life cycle assessment (LCA); sustainable development goals (SDGs); environmental policy and regulation; energy efficiency; emerging technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability)

Waste Management for Sustainability: Emerging Issues and Technologies

edited by

Justyna Rogowska

, Grazyna Galezowska and Eros Mossini

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15805 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste management; circular economy; environmental; health and social impacts of waste management; technologies for waste management; sustainability; recycling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Gender Equality: Empowering Women and Girls for Sustainable Development

edited by

Assunta Di Vaio

, Meghna Chhabra and Luigi Lepore

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15256 | Submission Open

Keywords: SDG #5; women empowerment; business models; sustainable accounting and management; sustainability reporting; sustainable practices; gender equality; women; female; sustainability transitions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Development Goals towards Sustainability)

Exploring the Social, Economic, and Environmental Dimensions of Sustainable Food Systems

edited by

Flavio Boccia

and

Nadia Palmieri

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 14268 | Submission Open

Keywords: corporate social responsibility; economic; environmental and social aspects of firms; sustainable production; green models; green economy; circular economy; behaviour change; sustainable marketing; sustainable consumption; sustainable behaviour

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Heavy Metal Contamination and Phytoremediation of Soil and Water: From an Ecological and Sustainable Perspective

edited by

Robson Andreazza

and

Filipe Selau Carlos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14220 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytoremediation; bioremediation; heavy metals; pollutants; remediation; contaminated soil; contaminated watercourse

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability)

Sustainable and Green Economy Transformation

edited by Tien Sing, Yang (Zoe) Yang and Zhenyu Gao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 13475 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; renewable energy transition; smart cities; ESG (environmental; social; and corporate governance); climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Empowering Artificial Intelligence to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 13444 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); big data and machine learning; sustainable practices in AI-driven information systems; intelligent decision-making systems; transparent AI systems; explainable AI; interpretable AI; AI for social equity and inclusion; data communication and visualization

Preserving Earth's Legacy: Exploring Geoheritage and Sustainable Practices for a Resilient Future

edited by

Hara Drinia

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13099 | Submission Open

Keywords: geoheritage; sustainability; geoconservation; resilience; environmental science; cultural heritage; climate change; sustainable tourism; natural resources; community engagement; governance; geoeducation; Sustainable Development Goals; best practices; geoethics; stakeholder collaboration; disaster risk reduction; environmental management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)

Building Resilience and Sustainable Societies: The Intersection of Digital Technologies, Cyber Resilience, and Sustainable Development

edited by

Ka Ching Chan

,

Ranga Chimhundu

and Sanjib Tiwari

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 13008 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyber resilience; sustainable development; digital transformation; digital technology; sustainable economic models; ESG (environmental; social; and governance); cyber resilience for small and medium-sized companies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Innovative Approaches in Construction: Between Circular Economy and Industrial Symbiosis

edited by

Manfredi Saeli

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11286 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable materials; methods; processes; waste management and circular economy; adaptable; intelligent and smart materials; responsive environments; interactive structures and building skins; energy and performance modelling; structural analysis; maintenance and management strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Advances in Adsorption Processes for Sustainable Water Treatment

edited by Slavica S. Lazarević and Ivona Janković-Castvan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11129 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental remediation ; green chemistry in water treatment ; functionalization ; composite materials ; clay minerals ; adsorption mechanisms ; adsorption kinetics ; metal– organic frameworks (MOFs) ; renewable adsorbents

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)

Smart Food Processing and Packaging for Food Security and Safety

edited by Luis Sabillón Galeas and

Jooyeoun Jung

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 10928 | Submission Open

Keywords: reverse food design; artificial intelligence; machine learning; active packaging; intelligent packaging; digital traceability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Smart Solutions and Technologies for Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Buildings—2nd Edition

edited by

Gianluca Scaccianoce

,

Giorgia Peri

and

Laura Cirrincione

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10797 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy optimization; smart buildings; climate change resilience; buildings’ energy efficiency; smart solutions and technologies; urban energy planning; sustainable energy use; buildings sustainability and resilience; carbon neutrality in the built environment; energy efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Advanced Studies in Sustainable Urban Planning and Urban Development

edited by Shichen Zhao,

Prasanna Divigalipitiya

and Xiaoyan Mi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10679 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban; smart cities; green infrastructure; low-carbon development; energy-efficient architecture; environmental policy; participatory urban governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Technology Applications in Sustainable Energy and Power Engineering

edited by

Huaiyu Wang

and

Cheng Shi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10457 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; sustainable power engineering; artificial intelligence application; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Administration in Sustainability

edited by

Frank Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9822 | Submission Open

Keywords: CSR; ESG; sustainability; corporate governance; agency problem

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Nature-Based Solutions to Address Climate Change for Sustainable Development

edited by

Michael Loupis

and

Christos Spyrou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9812 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; hydro-meteorological hazards; risk mitigation and adaptation; NbS policies; green infrastructure; ecosystem-based management; stakeholder participation; co-creation; ecological engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Resources and Sustainable Utilization)

Technologies for Green and Sustainable Mining

edited by

Piotr Celary

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 9300 | Submission Open

Keywords: net-zero mining; low-carbon processing; circular economy; waste valorization; waste-to-resource innovations; dry processing technologies; carbon capture and storage; responsible mineral sourcing; rare earth elements

Digital Transformation of Agriculture and Rural Areas-Second Volume

edited by

Sotiris Karetsos

,

Constantina Costopoulou

,

Maria Ntaliani

and

Konstantinos Demestichas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8905 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation; agriculture; rural communities; smart mobile devices; mobile apps; cloud computing; IoT; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Agricultural Economics, Policies, and Rural Development for Sustainability

edited by

Andrei Jean Vasile

,

Andrea Feher

and

Carmen Adriana Gheorghe

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8683 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; agricultural economics and policy; common agricultural policy; rural development; sustainable rural development strategy; circular economy in agriculture; agricultural management and marketing; climate change; economics and environmental policy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Journal Menu

Journal Browser

Special Issues

Further Information

Guidelines

MDPI Initiatives

Follow MDPI