Co–Track Chairs

João Joanaz de Melo, Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research (CENSE), School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal
jjm@fct.unl.pt

Andreas Andersson, Department of Ecotechnology and Sustainable Building Engineering, Mid Sweden University, Sweden
Andreas.Andersson@miun.se

Goals and Areas of the Track

Present decarbonization commitments under the Paris Agreement are not enough to comply with set goals — let alone their implementation. We need to create a sense of urgency.

In track 4a of ISDRS 2025 we wish to discuss effective climate action, particularly related to the energy-water-land nexus.

What works? What are the best science-driven practices? How can climate action be compatible with other environmental values? How can we foster long-term change? Who are the key target-groups we, as a scientific community, must engage and help to action?

Contributions from the following areas are welcome:

– Strategies to cope with the energy-climate-water-land nexus, with an emphasis on integrated solutions for complex problems;

– Advances in the mapping of the carbon cycle;

– Strategies to promote energy savings and energy efficiency;

– Nature-based strategies for carbon capture and storage, e.g. changing land use, restoring natural habitats;

– Prediction of mutual impacts of climate change, energy systems and ecosystems, from resource supply to energy services demand, including impacts of renewable (but not necessarily sustainable) energy sources;

– Integrated methods and tools, e.g. integrated assessment modelling, indigenous knowledge, risk assessment;

–  Communication of impacts of climate change, but also success stories of multi-stakeholder climate action.

Length and content of the proposed abstract to the track

Each proposed abstract (in connection to an area pointed out above) of between 300 and 500 words (including all aspects),

1. shall be best organized (without headlines) along usual structures (e.g. intro/method/findings or results/ discussion/conclusions)
2. does not need to, but can include references
3. shall provide in a final section
   a. to which SDG(s) and SDG-target(s) their proposed abstract especially relate to (e.g. “SDG+Target: 14.1.”).
   b. a brief indication how the proposed contribution relates to the topic of the Conference “Sustainability and Beyond“

Abstracts which do not outline points 3.a.) AND 3.b.) might be considered less relevant in the Review.

Potential publication channels

Depending on the number and quality of contributions, several publication opportunities will be considered.