Communications Sustainability

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🛢️Energy supply crises matter because their economic impacts extend beyond energy markets. This Comment argues that energy security should be understood by how energy systems transmit price shocks to the wider economy. 👉Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Article: Consumer preferences continue to favour emission-intense foods such as meat and dairy. A scenario analysis explores the social cost of carbon taxation design for balancing emissions and health outcomes, with low leakage risk. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

🌍 As the world warms, cooling remains deeply unequal. Low-income countries face 2.4-2.7× more heat exposure than high-income countries but use <3% as much cooling electricity per person. By 2100, up to 63% of vulnerable people could face high heat stress 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

La adaptación a los extremos de calor sin contemplar otros factores puede terminar afectando a la salud. La calidad del aire interior debería ser uno de ellos. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Recycling PET often means removing contaminants at added cost. This study suggests a different path: incorporating cellulose-rich waste into recycled polyester while retaining useful material properties, helping make hard-to-separate waste streams more usable. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

🚗🔌 Across 337 Chinese cities, #EV charging networks improve average access compared with gas stations, but underserved communities still face poorer access. This study suggests that a market-driven rollout can reinforce disparities. 🧪 @natureportfolio.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Climate change could be raising #lungcancer risk inside our homes. 🌡️ As rising temps drive us into sealed, air-conditioned rooms & basements, radon builds up. Modelling from a 🆕 study suggests up to 42 extra deaths per 10,000 people in Europe by age 85. www.nature.com/articles/s44... #LCSM

As battery use grows, worries about lithium shortages have loomed large. But projections suggest global supply can meet most demand through 2035 while becoming less geographically concentrated, reducing supply risks. @natureportfolio.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Stable catches can be misleading. As fishing technology improved, Japan’s skipjack tuna population quietly declined. A new 50-year analysis suggests stocks may now be below sustainable levels. 🌊🐟 🧪https://www.nature.com/articles/s44458-026-00177-w

🌞🏠As people adapt to heat by spending more time indoors, using air conditioners, and seeking cooler basements, they may face higher radon exposure, a leading cause of lung cancer. Climate change adaptation should include indoor air quality and radon mitigation. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

This study breaks a central myth of the green economy and the Green New Deal: that accelerating renewable deployment is enough. Renewables can meet new demand without displacing oil, which retains systemic power across the economy. doi.org/10.1038/s444...

Five decades of data show that India’s nitrogen sustainability has improved, but regional gaps have widened. A new study reveals how governance and management choices shape outcomes, pointing to the need for region-specific strategies for sustainable food production. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

🌏 How should carbon removal projects be governed ❓   📣  In our new paper in Nature Climate Change (@natclimate.nature.com), we asked 10,852 people in six counties to judge hypothetical carbon removal projects. ⚖️ We find that getting procedural and distributive fairness right is key 👇

🌱Healthy soils are key to feeding growing populations, but we know little about how conservation agriculture performs in the tropics. A review of 474 studies found major research gaps for staple tropical crops, highlighting opportunities for resilient food systems🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Tidal marsh vegetation survives extreme storms better than expected, with only ~30% average biomass loss. The findings help predict marsh survival during major storms, reducing uncertainty around nature-based flood protection. 🌍🧪 @natureportfolio.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s44...

As renewable energy expands, oil supply and deliverability risks still shape energy security and economic stability. This Comment argues those risks must remain part of transition planning. @natureportfolio.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Since the Nobel prizes were first awarded in 1901, few women have been recognized in the categories of physics, chemistry and physiology or medicine. In this year’s Nobel run-up, Nature shines a spotlight on female winners — and invites you to test your knowledge. 🧪

🔥Fire governance must move beyond uniform suppression toward legitimate, adaptive, and context-specific policies aligned with ecological dynamics and local livelihoods. @thebotanics.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @mobotgarden.bsky.social 👉Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

🥀💰Biodiversity credits are gaining attention as a way to fund conservation, but can we trust them? A study of 12 schemes found that credibility hinges on robust biodiversity baselines and shared governance, not just technical tools. 🌿 Read more: 🧪https://www.nature.com/articles/s44458-026-00158-z

🌞Clean energy resources are right above our heads. In Hong Kong, rooftop solar could generate 3.77 TWh of electricity annually and avoid 24.9 billion kg of CO₂ over its lifetime. Most installations could pay back their costs within a few years. 🧪https://www.nature.com/articles/s44458-026-00157-0

As cooling demand rises across tropical coastal cities, non-evaporative district cooling could ease pressure on both water supplies and electricity grids. A Puerto Rico case study found cooling costs cut by 52–90%, with seawater cooling eliminating water use. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Despite commitments to end forest loss, deforestation continues to threaten biodiversity, accelerate climate change & impact communities. Join Science for a Sustainable Future to explore how research drives solutions: spklr.io/63321Eprpt @natureportfolio.nature.com @unsdsn.org

💻Artificial intelligence is reshaping climate risk management for buildings, but a critical gap remains ▶️ social vulnerabilities are still overlooked, especially in developing countries❗ Closing this gap is key to building climate resilience. 🧪https://www.nature.com/articles/s44458-026-00067-1

🎣The biggest opportunity for food security may be reducing waste, not catching more fish. Better post-harvest practices could deliver 850 million extra fish portions daily, cut consumer prices by nearly 10%, and ease pressure on ecosystems. 🧪https://www.nature.com/articles/s44458-026-00048-4

🏙️Recycled steel slag pavements in China could cut greenhouse gas emissions by 19%, reduce fine particle pollution by 13%, prevent up to 128,980 premature deaths, and deliver major economic gains. 👉Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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Making printed electronics more circular could cut waste and emissions. A recyclable graphene ink enabled recovery of over 93% of the graphene, reuse across five cycles without performance loss, and reduced warming impact by up to 42%. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Pay-as-you-go solar has expanded electricity access across Sub-Saharan Africa, but hidden payment patterns may mask affordability challenges. Analysis of 220,000 users reveals intermittent access and persistent default risks that could undermine electrification. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Why do people choose environmentally harmful options even when they care about sustainability? Four studies suggest that moral disengagement helps people justify self-interested choices, shaping both decisions and emotions afterward. 🧪 @natureportfolio.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s44...

For centuries, communities in northern Colombia used an extensive network of canals and ridges to live with flood-prone wetlands. Revisiting these ancient landscape engineering systems may offer valuable lessons for climate resilience today. the-past.com/news/ancient...

Turning recycled polypropylene back into high-performance plastic is a major barrier to a circular plastics economy. A scalable dual-dynamic vitrimer process strengthens post-consumer polypropylene while keeping it fully recyclable through five recycling cycles. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

🌊Combining #Indigenous Knowledge with #ArcticOcean modelling can strengthen climate science while supporting community needs, creating ongoing, two-way partnerships.🧪 👉Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

🌬️Past disasters shape future readiness. In Louisiana, communities previously hit by the strongest hurricane winds and heaviest rainfall were prepared for Hurricane Ida, repeated exposure to less severe storms was linked to lower preparedness. 🧪https://www.nature.com/articles/s44458-026-00156-1

A hydropower plant destroyed in Nepal’s August 2026 floods had already failed in a similar event just 14 months earlier, yet was rebuilt on the same site. A Comment argues that governance and financing can lock low-carbon infrastructure into hazardous locations. 🌏🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

✌️On this International Day of Peace, we are reminded that peace underpins sustainability. In the Sahel and Lake Chad Region, conflict intersects over 90% of key food transport routes, highlighting how peace is critical to ensuring food reaches those who need it most. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

💻 📈AI is becoming a major electricity user. Powering AI data centers could require about 1% of the world's electricity by 2030. Growth is concentrated in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, creating uneven pressures on power systems. 🧪 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Chemistry and materials research can help tackle resource constraints through better catalysts, electrochemical systems, polymers, and process design. Our journal invites submissions in this open collection. 🚨Publication fees are waived.🚨 communities.springernature.com/posts/call-f...

Land use decisions can be greatly impactful on the environment and communities of the territory. But some communities systematically suffer more for the gain of others. 🏗️🛢️⛱️🌅🌊 Check out this interesting new paper ⬇️ in @commssustain.nature.com

Wealthy philanthropies in Brazil are starting to put their money into science — a trend that could help to protect research funding if voters in next month’s elections choose a president who doesn’t prioritize the sciences. go.nature.com/4A7Tz3n

🧑‍🌾🌱Smallholder farmers join agroforestry carbon projects when payments are predictable, risks are low, and support is strong. In Uganda, $54 per ha per year emerged as a key benchmark for climate adaptation and resilience. #envecon 🧪https://www.nature.com/articles/s44458-026-00151-6

🌎Indigenous communities and ancestral heritage in Alaska face escalating climate threats. This Perspective argues that, by validating Indigenous knowledge systems, archaeology can help sustain intergenerational resilience. 👉Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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Rethinking worker mobility beyond a simple shift from “dirty” to “green” jobs can help shape fairer policies and better support workers across a changing energy landscape. A closer look into a recent @commssustain.nature.com paper. communities.springernature.com/posts/from-d...