Nature Sustainability will publish significant original research from a broad range of natural, social and engineering fields about sustainability, its policy dimensions and possible solutions. Understanding how to ensure the well-being of current and future generations within the limits of the natural world is the overarching goal of sustainability research. Nature Sustainability will cover topics including water, air and soil pollution, agriculture and food security, water–energy–land nexus, water-soil-waste nexus and climate change, among many others. http://feeds.nature.com/natsustain/rss/current Nature Publishing Group en © 2025 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved. Nature Sustainability © 2025 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved. permissions@nature.com https://www.nature.com/uploads/product/natsustain/rss.gif http://feeds.nature.com/natsustain/rss/current https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01532-w Nature Sustainability, Published online: 11 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01532-w

Agroforestry is a natural climate solution providing ecological and socio-economic benefits at local scales, however whether it reduces deforestation at landscape scale is still unclear. Authors use causal inference to examine the effects of agroforestry on deforestation across Southeast Asia.]]> Hoong Chen TeoAakash LambaSean J. W. NgAnh Tuan NguyenAdrian DwiputraAnnabel Jia Yi LimMinh Nhat NguyenPantana Tor-ngernYiwen ZengSonya DewiLian Pin Koh doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01532-w Nature Sustainability, Published online: 2025-03-11; | doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01532-w 2025-03-11 Nature Sustainability 10.1038/s41893-025-01532-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01532-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01524-w Nature Sustainability, Published online: 11 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01524-w

Developing recyclable circular plastics is a viable approach to reshape the currently unsustainable plastics consumption pattern. Here the authors show a design to obtain recyclable polyolefin plastics with a tailored macromonomer–polymer–tailored macromonomer circular lifecycle.]]> Peng-An ChenXiaohui KangKangkang LiZhongbao Jian doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01524-w Nature Sustainability, Published online: 2025-03-11; | doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01524-w 2025-03-11 Nature Sustainability 10.1038/s41893-025-01524-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01524-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01512-0 Nature Sustainability, Published online: 10 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01512-0

Satellites have become integral to our everyday life, but space debris threatens the sustainability of low Earth orbital space. Greenhouse gases are complicating the problem, leading to longer orbital retention of defunct satellites and increasing the risk of collision.]]> William E. ParkerMatthew K. BrownRichard Linares doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01512-0 Nature Sustainability, Published online: 2025-03-10; | doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01512-0 2025-03-10 Nature Sustainability 10.1038/s41893-025-01512-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01512-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01517-9 Nature Sustainability, Published online: 06 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01517-9

History can enhance the robustness of scenario planning for the food system. Through cases in Mozambique, Bangladesh and Holland, this Perspective illustrates how historical insights can guide interventions on various scales for more resilient food systems.]]> Nel de MûelenaereJessica DijkmanMatthew HannafordLeslie LipperRathana Peou Norbert-MunnsA M Nasir Uddin doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01517-9 Nature Sustainability, Published online: 2025-03-06; | doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01517-9 2025-03-06 Nature Sustainability 10.1038/s41893-025-01517-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01517-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01511-1 Nature Sustainability, Published online: 04 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01511-1

Credible sustainability certifications require robust evaluation to ensure trustworthiness; however, judgements of sustainable practices may differ between the practitioners and the certifiers. Stakeholder engagement can help bridge this gap to provide robust certification evaluation.]]> Steve J. SinclairKhorloo BatpurevCanran LiuOtgonsuren AvirmedBatbold AvirmedBertrand RicardMatt D. WhiteAriunbold ErdengerelDaniel J. MillerKirk Olson doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01511-1 Nature Sustainability, Published online: 2025-03-04; | doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01511-1 2025-03-04 Nature Sustainability 10.1038/s41893-025-01511-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01511-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01525-9 Nature Sustainability, Published online: 03 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01525-9

Only a holistic approach can help to mitigate the intensified global systemic environmental risks under climate change.]]> Jing Yang doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01525-9 Nature Sustainability, Published online: 2025-03-03; | doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01525-9 2025-03-03 Nature Sustainability 10.1038/s41893-025-01525-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01525-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01520-0 Nature Sustainability, Published online: 03 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01520-0

Understanding the urbanization-driven vegetation dynamics is currently limited but would be important knowledge to guide sustainable urban development. This study explores such impacts across 4,718 cities worldwide and reveals divergent dynamics of vegetation loss and urban vegetation growth.]]> Jiuyi ChenBo QiuTC ChakrabortyXin MiaoYipeng CaoLingfeng LiSiwen ZhaoYueyang NiXiaohui TianYun QianWeidong Guo doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01520-0 Nature Sustainability, Published online: 2025-03-03; | doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01520-0 2025-03-03 Nature Sustainability 10.1038/s41893-025-01520-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01520-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01513-z Nature Sustainability, Published online: 03 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01513-z

As a ‘safe’ alternative to harmful monomeric halogenated flame retardants, the use of polymeric flame retardants has surged in recent years. The authors show that polymeric flame retardants break down in the environment into small toxic molecules that can pose environmental hazards.]]> Xiaotu LiuYinran XiongXiao GouLei ZhaoShanquan WangYanhong WeiXiaoyun FanYang YuArlene BlumLydia JahlMiriam L. DiamondYiping DuZhuyi ZhangShuxin JiangXiaowei ZhangTing WuDa Chen doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01513-z Nature Sustainability, Published online: 2025-03-03; | doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01513-z 2025-03-03 Nature Sustainability 10.1038/s41893-025-01513-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01513-z