Call for Papers: Global Challenges and Advances in Energy, Food and Water Sustainability to Strengthen Climate Resilience

Mar 18, 2025
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This joint Special Issue will highlight state-of-the-art research and foster scientific exchange in pursuit of sustainability-driven innovations relating to energy, food, and water to improve climate resilience. Submit your manuscript by September 30, 2025.

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In celebration of the ACS Presidential and Committee on Science Symposium at ACS Spring 2025 on “Global Challenges and Advances in Energy, Food and Water Sustainability in the Face of Climate Change,” this joint Special Issue will highlight state-of-the-art research and foster scientific exchange in pursuit of sustainability-driven innovations relating to energy, food, and water to improve climate resilience. The following journals seek submissions of high-quality Research Articles, Reviews, Viewpoints, and Perspectives on the latest advances and insights on solutions:

Organizing Editors

Laura McConnell, Deputy Editor, ACS Agricultural Science & Technology; Program Chair, ACS Committee on Science
Bayer Crop Science, United States

Dorothy Phillips, Guest Editor
ACS President, 2025

Robert Wingfield, Guest Editor
Associate Professor, Fisk University, United States
Director, Fisk Community Environmental Toxics Awareness and Sustainability Program

Young-Shin Jun, Guest Editor
Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, United States
Chair, ACS Committee on Science

Amy Prieto, Guest Editor
Professor, Colorado State University, United States
CEO, Prieto Battery, Inc.

Thalappil Pradeep, Associate Editor, ACS Sustainable Resource Management
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

Danielle Julie Carrier, Executive Editor, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
University of Tennessee, United States

Nour Abdoulmoumine, Associate Editor, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
University of Tennessee, United States

Ruben Morones-Ramirez, Associate Editor, ACS ES&T Water
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico

Submission Instructions

Log in to the ACS Publishing Center.
Select the "Journals" tab.
Choose one of the journals listed above.
Click "Submit."
Select your manuscript type, and under "Special Issue Selection" choose “Global Challenges and Advances in Energy, Food and Water Sustainability to Strengthen Climate Resilience."

If you have any general questions regarding submission to this Special Issue, please contact managing.editor@jafc.acs.org.

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