Dear Colleagues,

Emerging technologies play a pivotal role in revolutionizing sustainability to support the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. This Special Issue theme will address the following SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals):

Society and human needs SDG2 Zero Hunger—(i) smart  and precision agriculture technologies to increase productivity and reduce waste; (ii) water safety innovation for consumption and flood preventions; (iii) food safety innovation to maintain good health;  SDG3 Good Health and Well Being—(i) smart and personalized health to improve quality of life and wellbeing; (ii) health care safety and quality;  SDG4 Quality Education—(i) smart  and personalized educational technologies to support self-regulatory learning, critical thinking and creativity; (ii) safe learning environment innovations;  sustainable amenities and utilities for the environment SDG7 Affordable and Clean Energy—(i) smart grid, smart microgrid, smart renewable energy management system to reduce carbon footprint and safe transmissions; SDG13 Climate Change via Low Carbon Growth—(i)  smart technologies to reduce energy as well as resource consumption and waste emissions; (ii) safety innovations for nuclear power plants; SDG11 Sustainable Cities and Communities—(i) smart  sustainable cities and infrastructure;  sustainable industry SDG9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure—(i) smart technologies to support Industry 4.0; (ii) safe working environment; SDG12 Responsible Consumption and Production—smart technologies for resource optimization, energy efficiency, and waste reduction.  

• I encourage you to contribute a research or comprehensive review article for consideration for publication in Sustainability, an international open access journal which provides an advanced forum for research findings in areas related to sustainability and sustainable development. The journal publishes original research articles, reviews, conference proceedings (peer-reviewed full articles) and communications. The Special Issue, entitled “Emerging Technologies for Sustainability and Safety”, is calling for emerging technology-enabled research (position, theoretical, or applied) which address relevant SDGs across the following sectors (listed in GESI’s Smarter 2020 initiative): business, power, transportation, manufacturing, services (education and health), agriculture, and buildings.

Prof. Dr. Jiamei Deng
Dr. Ah-Lian Kor
Dr. Akbar Sheikh Akbari
Guest Editors

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• emerging technology
• sustainability
• safety