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Sustainable Construction: Innovations in Concrete and Materials
edited by
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 320 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable construction; eco-friendly concrete; low-carbon concrete; recycled materials; alternative binders; smart materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)
Environmental Performance and Ecosystem Services of Seafood Production submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem services; seafood production; fisheries; aquaculture; sustainability; environmental performance; carbon footprint; climate change mitigation; innovation and technological transfer; resilience; diversification; biodiversity; circular management of resources; integrated multitrophic aquaculture; polyculture; low-trophic aquaculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation)
Solid Waste Management and Recycling for a Sustainable World
edited by
submission deadline 26 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1737 | Submission Open
Keywords: solid waste; recycling; circular economy; waste policy; waste management; waste management costs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystem Management and Exploitation Under Biological Invasions
edited by and
submission deadline 27 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open
Keywords: invasive alien species; biological invasions management; population control; invasive species eradication; long-term sustainability; economic use
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)
Industrial Digital Transformation: Sustainable Challenges for SMEs
edited by and
submission deadline 29 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open
Keywords: enterprise innovation; digitalization; low-carbon innovation; ESG; green behavior; energy performance; SMEs; AI
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)
Sustainable Operations: Advancing Industry Practices for a Greener Future
edited by and Pedro Alexandre Marques
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6228 | Submission Open
Keywords: resilience; excellence; automation; digitization; optimization; production; quality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)
Sustainable Development in Food Quality and Safety submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2430 | Submission Open
Keywords: food quality; food safety; sustainable food production; life-cycle analysis; responsible consumption
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)
New Tools for Assessing Sustainable Products
edited by , and Carla Oliveira Henriques
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2258 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainability; society; environment; sustainable products; environmental protection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Products and Services)
Risk and Technical Reliability Analysis in a Sustainable Circular Economy submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1294 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainability; risk management and/or assessment; health and safety; environment management systems; technical reliability; circular economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
How Do Digital Transformations and Innovations Shape Sustainable Education Practices? submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1178 | 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)
Utilization of Biomass: Energy, Catalysts, and Applications
edited by , and Nathália Saraiva Rios
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 910 | 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)
Reimagining Digital Learning for Sustainable Development
edited by Shaljan Areepattamannil
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 276 | 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 188 | 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 159 | 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)
Enhancing Soil Fertility Through Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Organic Amendments
edited by
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil fertility; sustainable agriculture; organic amendments; soil degradation; climate change; agroecological practices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)
A Low Carbon Wastewater Treatment via Leveraging Energy and Resource Recovery
edited by and Yangmo Zhu
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 100 | 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)
Innovative Approaches in Sustainable Food Processing, Waste Management, and By-Product Valorization submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open
Keywords: food waste valorization; sustainable food processing; circular economy; innovative and traditional processing technologies; value-added applications; nutritional characterization; technological characterization
Digital Economy and Sustainable Development
edited by and Yunpeng Yang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 25 articles | Viewed by 68225 | 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 submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 15 articles | Viewed by 53896 | 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)
Moving beyond Sustainable Tourism Rediscovery through Regenerative Travel submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 27161 | 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)
Strategic Enterprise Management and Sustainable Economic Development
edited by Maria-Eleni K. Agoraki
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 26709 | 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)
Renewable Energy Integration and Application in Buildings for Carbon Neutrality 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 25875 | 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)
Sustainable Consumption and Circular Economy submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 22762 | 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)
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Resource Governance, 2nd Edition
edited by , Zhifang Zhou, Zongfeng Xiu and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 20276 | 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)
AI for Sustainable Development: Applications and Impacts across Industries
edited by Ahreum Hong and Yannan Li
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 18727 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; AI applications; economics in AI; ethics in AI; educational AI; transportation AI; machine learning; domain-specific AI; interdisciplinary research
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Products and Services)
Risk Management Challenges for Sustainability and Wellbeing—2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17395 | 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)
Sustainability of the Agricultural System and Agro-Ecological Environment
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 15 articles | Viewed by 17009 | 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 Urbanization
edited by and Paula André
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16912 | 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)
Food Waste Management and Sustainability
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16139 | 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 and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 14950 | 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)
Energy Use, Storage and Emission Analysis for Industrial Decarbonization
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14314 | 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)
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 13962 | 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 Agricultural Engineering: Agroecology Sustainable Development and Agriculture Environmental Impact Assessment and Measurement
edited by and Kun Cheng
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13478 | Submission Open
Keywords: agroecology; agriculture environmental impact; bio-organic fertilizer; greenhouse gas; soil organic carbon
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)
Sustainable Environmental Analysis of Soil and Water submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13411 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil water; sustainability agricultural; erosion environment; remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil Conservation and Sustainability)
Explore Sustainable Development in Multiple Dimensions for Human Well-Being
edited by Kalterina Shulla and Bernd Friedrich Voigt
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 13230 | 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)
Exploring the Social, Economic, and Environmental Dimensions of Sustainable Food Systems submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9746 | 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)
Advanced Energy Systems and Technologies for Building Energy Efficiency to Achieve Sustainability
edited by , Wenzhuo Li and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9660 | 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)
Education for Sustainable Development and Contributions from Education to Sustainable Development submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 9279 | 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)
Education and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Global Agenda for Change
edited by Kim M. Beasy and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8940 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable development; sustainable development goals; education; Agenda 2030; United Nations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
Smart Food Processing and Packaging for Food Security and Safety
edited by Luis Sabillón Galeas and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 8873 | 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)
Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Transport, Environment and Sustainability submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 8871 | Submission Open
Keywords: electric vehicles; transport decarbonization; transport digitalization; impact assessment; carbon footprinting; sustainable mobility management
Gender Equality: Empowering Women and Girls for Sustainable Development
edited by , Meghna Chhabra and Luigi Lepore
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8812 | 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)
Preserving Earth's Legacy: Exploring Geoheritage and Sustainable Practices for a Resilient Future
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8554 | 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)
Biomass Energy Technologies and Sustainable Agricultural Waste Utilization
edited by and Julián E. López
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8021 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass; energy; agriculture; technologies; waste utilization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)
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 7465 | 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)
Heavy Metal Contamination and Phytoremediation of Soil and Water: From an Ecological and Sustainable Perspective submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7420 | 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)
Empowering Artificial Intelligence to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7179 | 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
Waste Management for Sustainability: Emerging Issues and Technologies
edited by , Grazyna Galezowska and Eros Mossini
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7169 | 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)
Smart Solutions and Technologies for Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Buildings—2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6961 | 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)
Building Resilience and Sustainable Societies: The Intersection of Digital Technologies, Cyber Resilience, and Sustainable Development
edited by , and Sanjib Tiwari
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6777 | 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)
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