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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 09/06/2026

🌱Origin matters: Where does the #biodiversity impact of your lunch actually come from? "A canteen is not just a place where people eat lunch. It is one of the most direct levers an institution has to align sustainability commitments with everyday practice" Read more: go.nature.com/4omDpO9

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 14/04/2026

🌎The world is adapting to climate change and the evidence is exploding. Traditional methods can’t keep pace. Global #Adaptation Mapping Initiative turned to AI and crowd-sourced expertise to track adaptation informing #IPCC. 🧪https://www.nature.com/articles/s44458-026-00071-5

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 13/04/2026

🌱Where we plant trees matters. New study finds that optimized afforestation can slash peak river flows by 43% and cut water losses by 60%. Smart planning is essential to protect the climate and our waters @fredrikwetterhall.bsky.social 🧪🔗www.nature.com/articles/s44458-026-00057-3

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 24/03/2026

💰Financial stress doesn’t just shape our social and economic future — it quietly reshapes our #environment🦋 too. Financial crisis can create both positive and negative environmental effects — but any improvements are usually short-lived. 🧪🔗https://www.nature.com/articles/s44458-026-00049-3

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 16/03/2026

🌎Three decades of #UN climate negotiations have required thousands of people to fly across the world. New estimates show 710,282 tonnes of CO₂e from attendee travel to COPs between 1995 and 2024, with emissions increasing 25-fold since the first conference ❗ www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 18/02/2026

Hey all, take a look at what we’ve just published👇 🔗🧪https://www.nature.com/commssustain/ #sustainability

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 10/02/2026

What happens on land shape the coastal health 🌱riparian vegetation reduces coastal turbidity up to 800 m offshore, right where #coral reefs and #seagrass thrive. Pasture and roads increase turbidity @lauradee.bsky.social @oceannoe.bsky.social 🧪▶️: www.nature.com/articles/s44458-025-00031-5

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 09/02/2026

🪸The #carbon captured by mangroves and other blue carbon systems could be used to support #reef restoration, creating a powerful synergy between #climate action and marine #conservation. 🔗🧪Read Perspective by Mojtaba Fakhraee in @natsustain.nature.com 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 02/02/2026

🏢Low-carbon concrete emerges as the most scalable, resource-feasible pathway for #GHG reductions in #construction. Low #carbon #concrete isn’t constrained by resource availability and could deliver 14.3 Gt CO₂(eq.) in savings from 2025–2050. 🔗Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 28/01/2026

👉Digital industries were responsible for 4.1% of global #greenhousegasemissions in 2021, and 42% of #digital emissions actually land in non-digital industries' value chains due to limitations in accounting methods. @rifs-potsdam.bsky.social 💻Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 28/01/2026

🌧️Too Much Rain is Now a Bigger Price Driver Than Drought in Midwest US. Excessive #precipitation became a statistically significant driver of #agricultural commodity prices in 2000-2019, whereas it had NO impact in 1971-1990. Read more:🔗🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 26/01/2026

Explore more articles in our cross-journal collection: Justice and Decarbonization collection Here: www.nature.com/collections/... @natcomms.nature.com

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 26/01/2026

👉 In #Japan, perceived realism of #net-zero scenarios hinges on #economic costs, while desirability is shaped by #environmental and lifestyle impacts. A study is a reminder that public #climate attitudes are complex, layered, and deeply pragmatic. 🔗🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s44458-025-00021-7

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 26/01/2026

🏢Data from #Chinese cities, combined with modeling, paints an actionable picture of the #building #CO2 emissions. Without intervention, emissions could rise by 2060. #Zero-carbon buildings cut annual CO₂, though it requires $446.8B in investment. 🔗🧪www.nature.com/articles/s44458-025-00024-4

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 26/01/2026

📢Australia's emissions accounting can affect the accuracy of certified #emissions and the cost of #hydrogen. Geographic and relaxed temporal correlation requirements for the use of renewable #energy certificates keep emissions and costs low. 🔗🧪www.nature.com/articles/s44458-025-00019-1

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 26/01/2026

Also check our cross-journal collection on sustainable agriculture practices: www.nature.com/collections/chaifjdada #sustainableagriculture @commsearth.nature.com @natcomms.nature.com #scientificreports

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 26/01/2026

🌱Sustainability is about the people who care for the land. Javier Montoya-Zumaeta et al. show that #farmers in Peru who participate in sustainability governance report higher levels of well-being than those operating independently. Read more: 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s44458-025-00020-8

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 26/01/2026

🌎Discover featured articles and curated collections at Communications Sustainability and stay connected to the conversations driving global change. #sustainability #research ▶️Read more here: www.nature.com/commssustain/

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 14/01/2026

🌲🌳 Tree restoration is effective at mitigating climate change under enhanced carbon dioxide and continued warming. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Near-surface air temperature response to global tree restoration

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 14/01/2026

🌍💵📉 Persistent correlations between traded goods and foreign aid purposes reveal connections to human and environmental crises that could be exacerbated by aid cuts. 👉 Read the new publication by asjadnaqvi.bsky.social and co-authors at www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Each layer represents a directed network. The top layer represents the HS category of Mineral Products, with edge weights corresponding to imports in current USD and nodes (blue) corresponding to world regions. The bottom layer represents the ODA sector Conflict, Peace, & Security, with edge weights corresponding to disbursements in current USD, and nodes (red) again representing world regions. Our analysis performs a pairwise comparison of the network neighborhoods of the U.S. and the E.U. for each pair of aid and trade layers. For both layers, flows can go in both directions, however bilateral flows typically only appear in the trade layer.

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 12/01/2026

💧Yellow River Basin water stress has eased over recent 20 years through improved efficiency, precipitation, and resources but may persist until 2045 without sustainable farming and better #watermanagement. #sustainability 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Water stress in the Yellow River Basin (YRB) and the underlying drivers from 1980 to 2020

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 12/01/2026

Embedding domain knowledge as constraints improves energy efficiency and reduces lifetime carbon emissions by 60.2 million tons across 56 global coal power plants. #sustainability 🧪 👉Read more about this human-in-the-loop constraint-based optimization framework at www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Design parameters of global coal power plants

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 12/01/2026

🗳️🌍Organizations with strong institutional performance achieve better ecological outcomes such as reduced air #pollution. #sustainability #governance 🧪 👉New publication by Thomas Böhmelt www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Dynamic simulation of Ecological Effectiveness

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 12/01/2026

🌧️New Human activities dampen the expected increase in evapotranspiration during California’s transition from extreme #drought to an exceptionally wet year during 2022 to 2023. #sustainability 🧪 👉New study by @zoeapie.bsky.social and co-authors www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Annual average precipitation across California

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 12/01/2026

Loss of major health surveys once backed by US aid and proposed cuts to environmental programs threaten tracking sustainable development. #citizenscience should be central to building stronger, more resilient data systems. @dilekfraisl.bsky.social et al @iiasa.ac.at www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Key steps to transition citizen science from complementary to essential in official statistics.

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 12/01/2026

An alternative concept of sustainable development, based on the two-way flow of contributions between nature, the economy, and social systems, provides a theoretical foundation for an inclusive and diverse notion of #sustainability. 🧪 By @davidobura.bsky.social et al. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Systems model of sustainable development illustrating the layering, nestedness and key linkages between nature, economy and society.

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 12/01/2026

🤒Higher temperatures are associated with more violence-related visits, particularly for younger individuals and those with lower income or educational attainment. 👉Read the study by @robbieparks.bsky.social and co-authors at www.nature.com/articles/s44... #sustainability #climatechange 🧪

Annual Medicaid interpersonal (n = 327,577) and self-inflicted (n = 17,271) violence-related hospital visits, by sex and age for 1999–2012

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 12/01/2026

In the river Rhine, almost 70% of litter particles above 1 cm in diameter are plastics, most of which come from single-use items, often from private consumers, but they comprise less than 15% of all litter by weight. 🧪 #sustainability #plasticpollution www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 24/07/2025

📢Hello #sustainability enthusiasts. We are seeking editorial board members to help shape our journal's strategy and handle interesting manuscripts. If you are interested, please visit our website, complete the form, or send us an email. 👉https://www.nature.com/commssustain/editorial-board

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