Enhancing Decision-Making Processes for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Dear Colleagues,

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide the framework for the world's nations to address unprecedented environmental, social, and economic challenges; however, the existing decision-making process faces new situations and requirements to achieve these goals. The increasing complexity and interconnectedness of social, economic, and environmental issues have made it necessary for decisionmakers to go beyond single-domain thinking and adopt a systemic, interdisciplinary approach to achieve an integrated effect in decision making. In the actual decision-making process, problems such as a lack of systematization, weakened scientific evidence, ineffective cross-sectoral collaboration, and a lack of effective feedback and management mechanisms are still affecting the reliability and rationality of decision-making results for achieving the SDGs. With the 2030 deadline for achieving the SDGs less than a few years away, more effective decision-making processes are urgently required to significantly improve progress and accelerate the transition to a sustainable future.

This Special Issue primarily focuses on enhancing decision making for achieving SDGs. We believe that this kind of research, conducted under current complex situations, can provide guidance and support for the faster and better realization of the SDGs. We are seeking papers that involve the theory, models, methods, and applications of decision making for achieving the SDGs. Potential topics for submissions to this Special Issue include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Decision-making theory or mechanism for achieving the SDGs.
• Decision-making model or method for achieving the SDGs.
• Systematic thinking in the decision-making process for sustainable development.
• AI-involved decision making for sustainable development.
• Data-driven decision making for sustainable development.
• Risk management for sustainable development.
• Emergency management for sustainable development.
• Decision making in agriculture management for sustainable development.
• Decision making in marine management for sustainable development.
• Decision making in tourism management for sustainable development.
• Decision making for ecological security in plateau characteristic agriculture.
• Decision making for ecological security in marine ranching.
• Multiple-criteria decision making for sustainable development.
• Group decision making for sustainable development.
• Decision making under uncertainty for sustainable development.

Prof. Dr. Yuan-Wei Du
Dr. Ye-Cheng Wang
Guest Editors

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• sustainable development goals (SDGs)
• sustainable development
• ecological safety
• systematic thinking
• group decision making
• multiple-criteria decision making
• decision making under uncertainty
• risk management
• emergency management