PLOS Sustainability and Transformation

A growing body of literature has documented the links between extreme ecological shocks and poor mental well-being. Nonetheless, postharvest loss remains an underexplored shock to farmers that has the potential to trigger suicidal ideation. The need to examine the connection between postharvest loss and...

In the hope to make a difference in facing today’s formidable global socio-ecological challenges, scientists provide profuse input to global intergovernmental environmental science-policy processes. For example, around 450 scientists contributed around 156,000 voluntary person-hours to the IPBES Global Assessment of the state and trends of nature...

The clean energy transition, while critical for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, poses a threat to regions specialized in fossil fuel extraction. Advocates point to the development of green industries in those places as a solution. However, it is not clear that these industries will emerge in the same regions as fossil fuel...