Topical Advisory Panel Collection Series: Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Multi- and Inter-disciplinary Implications of the Relationship

Dear Colleagues,

Sustainability is one of the most multi- and inter-disciplinary fields of study because it encapsulates both the technical and non-technical subject matters cutting through its three principal dimensions: the social/ethical, economic and environmental. These three dimensions can also be found within the context of climate change with similar implications. One demonstration of this is that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) introduced by the United Nations particularly emphasize climate change in the 13: Climate Action SDG. On the other hand, climate change as a process has drivers/inputs (which are causing it) and the impacts/outputs of the process manifests in the environment all around us, either directly and indirectly. Controlling the drivers/inputs is referred to as climate change mitigation, while adjusting to the impacts/outputs is known as climate change adaptation. The sustainability philosophy, along with its three fundamental dimensions, is applicable to both climate change processes, i.e., in terms of being the drivers and mitigators of climate change as well as considering the impacts of this and the adaptations which will have to be made. There are knowledge gaps regarding the relationship between sustainability and climate change, particularly along the three fundamental dimensions, both individually and collectively, and yet on both sides of the climate change ‘equation’ or process. Manuscripts that cover the diverse implications of the relationship between climate change and sustainability are welcome to contribute to this Special Issue. Due to the wide diversity in the multi- and inter-faceted nature of the topic, authors/researchers are expected to be from any background and field of study.

Dr. Talib E. Butt
Guest Editor

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