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What is Sustainable Earth Reviews?

Overviews, analyses, and evidence synthesis. With a primary focus on overview papers, Sustainable Earth Reviews aims to support researchers, practitioners, policy makers and citizens in understanding the complexity of topics in Sustainability, and in making sense of the great amount of data and information in Sustainability available today.  

Nexus topics. Part of the mission of Sustainable Earth Reviews is to foster transdisciplinary and cross-sectoral perspectives, which are at the heart of Sustainability research, through innovative content types that cater for a wider variety of contributions and voices. We support Debates at the nexus of different disciplines, sectors and issues and papers that highlight interconnections between the Sustainable Development Goals.   

Bridging communities and audiences. The key aim of Sustainable Earth Reviews is to support real-world change by bridging the divide across communities, disciplines and sectors – encouraging stronger ties and connections between academia and the general public, strengthening public understanding of science, influencing policy and altering social paradigms, and supporting citizen science. 

Concise highlights and practice recommendations. To support readers in navigating the greater availability of data and research, and translating research into practice, Sustainable Earth Reviews promotes conciseness and readability of content by featuring Science Highlights and also supports Policy & Practice Recommendations after the abstract. In addition, we offer shorter, compelling content types like Debates.  

Committed to supporting the Sustainable Development Goals. Publications in Sustainable Earth Reviews contribute to the overall mission of the SDGs.

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This video explains the concept of 'planetary boundaries' and outlines a new Planetary Accounting Framework that can be used as a tool to set quotas for a more sustainable Earth. Read the full article here.

Sustainable Earth Reviews primarily publishes overview papers, reviews, and evidence synthesis in addition to other unique article types (including Analyses, Debates and Guidelines) that support researchers, practitioners, policy makers and citizens in understanding the complexity of sustainability issues. 

Sustainable Earth Reviews accepts the following article types:


Primary research findings, as well as practical case studies, are considered only when presented as part of a broader analysis. 

Featured article collections

Inclusive Sustainable Development in Highland Regions

Guest Editors: Gillian Bowser, Shai André Divon and Ilinca Valentina Stoica

Submissions Deadline: 31 July 2025

Learning Sustainability: Partnerships for the Goals

Guest Editors: Gillian Bowser and Susie Ho

Future Farming and Regenerative Agriculture

Guest Editor: Margaret Gollagher

Food and Sustainable Earth

Guest Editor: Dora Marinova

Blogs

'Striking the right balance: the role of hydrogen in a net zero economy' by Jake Whitehead & Peter Newman

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