Exploring the challenges to circular supply chain (CSC) implementation in the chemical-intensive manufacturing industries of emerging economies: Implications toward sustainability
December 2025
Waste management strategies employed by emerging economies worldwide are often insufficient to address the new-age sustainability challenges. Especially in chemical-intensive manufacturing industries,...
Promoting responsible visitor behavior through green tourism initiatives: Willingness to pay for support scenarios in Labuan Bajo and Komodo National Park, Indonesia
December 2025
Rapid growth in nature-based and super-premium tourism has increased environmental pressures on protected destinations such as Labuan Bajo and Komodo National Park (KNP) in Indonesia, raising concerns...
Mapping the spatial pattern of ecosystem services in the Jabodetabek Metropolitan Area, Indonesia: Could peri-urban areas support the urban core?
December 2025
The Jabodetabek Metropolitan Area (JMA), Indonesia’s largest urban agglomeration, faces severe challenges due to rapid population growth and environmental degradation. Expanding urban areas has led...
Combined adoption decisions of climate-smart agriculture and their impacts on maize yield in western Ethiopia
December 2025
Households in western Ethiopia are experiencing food insecurity driven by the effects of climate change. Hence, there is an opportunity to lessen the consequences of climate change by adopting climate-smart...
Quantifying desertification control efficiency in a hyper-arid region: Spatiotemporal dynamics and policy synergies in Hotan Prefecture of China during 2005–2023
December 2025
Desertification poses severe threats to socio-ecological resilience in arid regions, yet systematic quantification of desertification control efficiency remains limited. This study addressed this gap...
Impact of climate change on global economy: A comprehensive review
December 2025
Climate change has emerged as an important global issue, primarily driven by human activities, affecting ecosystems, societies, and economies worldwide. This review employed a comprehensive narrative...
Effects of land use and land cover changes on ecosystem services and functions in the Kulpawn River Basin of Ghana
December 2025
The Kulpawn River Basin (KRB) plays a critical role in supporting rural livelihoods through agriculture, water supply, and biodiversity conservation. However, between 1995 and 2023, significant land...
Integrating farmers’ perceptions and empirical climate data to assess agricultural productivity and food security in coastal Bangladesh
October 2025
Coastal Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to various impacts of climate change, including rising temperatures, unpredictable precipitation, cyclones, droughts, and saltwater intrusion. These factors collectively...
Insights into material use and economic decoupling in China’s infrastructure for sustainable development
October 2025
Quantifying material use in infrastructure development and analyzing its relationship with economic growth is essential for enhancing resource efficiency and steering regional resource management toward...
Social-ecological indicators and framework for assessing the sustainability of shrimp farming in coastal Bangladesh
October 2025
Shrimp farming is a major global aquaculture activity; however, its social and ecological impacts raise sustainability concerns. While previous research has focused on isolated social or environmental...
Conservation agriculture for sustainable food system: Current insights and emerging perspectives
October 2025
Global challenges, including resource inefficiency, rising food demand, sustainability concerns, and climate change, necessitate more efficient and resilient agricultural systems. Conservation agriculture...
Examining the effects of climatic and non-climatic factors on sectoral growth: Evidence from different country income groups
October 2025
Climate change may have detrimental effects on different sectoral growth in global economy and according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the impacts of climate change will be more...
Dual impact of digitalization on the carbon emissions of Yangtze River Delta urban agglomerations in China: A spatiotemporal perspective
October 2025
Digital transformation, as a recent trend in socioeconomic development, is considered as a critical pathway for urban carbon reduction because of its potential to increase productivity and energy efficiency....
What’s in a name for timber? Trade documentation and conservation prioritization in four tropical timber species imported to the United States
October 2025
The tropical timber trade faces significant sustainability challenges, including deforestation, illegal logging, and inadequate traceability. Inaccurate species identification further complicates these...
Exploring the influence of trade openness, energy consumption, natural resource rents, and human capital in achieving carbon neutrality
August 2025
Addressing the pressing challenges of climate change and global warming requires a strong commitment to reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and achieving carbon neutrality. Efficient energy use...
Adaptive conservation of natural resources determines the sustainable livelihood strategies of farmers in the semi-arid Loess Plateau region of China
August 2025
Livelihood improvement and sustainable natural resource utilization are among the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals; however, most farm households either randomly select or just imitate livelihood...
Enhancing climate-smart coastal farming system through agriculture extension and advisory services towards the avenues of farm sustainability
August 2025
Agriculture extension and advisory services (AEAS) are integral to smart agricultural systems and play a pivotal role in supporting sustainable agricultural development. The study aimed to assess the...
Integrating neglected and underutilized crops (NUCs) in South Asian cropping systems and diets: Challenges and prospects
August 2025
The present review critically examines the role of neglected and underutilized crops (NUCs) in enhancing the resilience of South Asian cropping systems and diets in the context of climate change and...
Greenhouse gas emission dynamics and climate change mitigation efforts toward sustainability in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region
August 2025
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emssions from fossil fuel consumption are driving global climate change. This study applied the fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS) model and pairwise panel Granger causality...
Leveraging farm heterogeneity to enhance living incomes: A gender-sensitive typology of cocoa farming systems in Côte d’Ivoire
August 2025
About 44% of the world’s cocoa is produced in one single country, Côte d’Ivoire. Providing this important raw material, most Ivorian cocoa farmers live in severe poverty, which, despite a multitude...
Impacts of land use and cover change on carbon storage: Multi-scenario projections in the arid region of Northwest China
August 2025
Carbon storage serves as a key indicator of ecosystem services and plays a vital role in maintaining the global carbon balance. Land use and cover change (LUCC) is one of the primary drivers influencing...
Would resettlement be better? Understanding how poverty alleviation resettlement influences the well-being of poverty alleviation migrants in China
June 2025
Poverty remains one of the most pressing global challenges of this era, affecting millions of people across both developing and developed countries. The poverty alleviation resettlement (PAR) is a policy...
Factors influencing greenhouse gas emissions from road transport and energy consumption in the Extended Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand
June 2025
Road transport plays a crucial role in facilitating mobility and the movement of goods, particularly in the Extended Bangkok Metropolitan Region (EBMR), Thailand. This area is undergoing rapid industrialization...
Desertification dynamics in the Tarim Basin during 1990–2020
June 2025
Desertification poses a significant ecological threat to global sustainability, notably within arid regions such as the Tarim Basin surrounding the extensive Taklimakan Desert in Northwest China. This...
Exploring the interdependencies among social progress index (SPI) components and their impact on country-level sustainability performance based on Bayesian Belief Network
June 2025
The social progress index (SPI) measures social and environmental performance beyond traditional economic indicators, providing transparent and actionable insights into the true condition of societies....