Journal call for paper:
Journal title: Sustainability
Special issue title: Impacts of Climate Change and Extreme Events on Global Food Security
Link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/J7UL5R10O7
Special Issue Information:
Dear Colleagues,

Against the background of intensifying global climate change, global food security is facing increasingly severe systemic risks. Major factors are profoundly impacting all stages of food production, distribution, consumption, and allocation through multiple pathways. These include rising global temperatures, shifting precipitation patterns, growing frequency and intensity of extreme events, and the looming threat of climate tipping points. These changes directly endanger the four core dimensions of food security: availability, access, utilization, and stability. This situation not only poses unprecedented challenges to regional and national food security governance systems but also imposes significant constraints on global efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) centered on “Zero Hunger”. Food security lies at the heart of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. SDG 2 explicitly calls for "ending hunger, achieving food security, improving nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture," underscoring its foundational role in the global sustainable development framework. Addressing climate shocks and tipping point risks has thus become an urgent task for safeguarding food security, driving agricultural system transformation, and realizing a sustainable future.

We are pleased to open up submissions to this Special Issue of Sustainability, titled “Impacts of Climate Change and Extreme Events on Global Food Security”. This Special Issue aims to delve into the complex interactions and feedback mechanisms between climate change, extreme weather and climate events, and global food security, with a particular focus on their multi-scale impacts and response pathways within the context of sustainable development. We welcome original research articles, reviews, and perspectives covering all relevant themes and encourage interdisciplinary, multi-methodological academic contributions. The scope of this Special Issue is broad and incorporates interdisciplinary perspectives including, but not limited to, atmospheric sciences, meteorology, climatology, geography, economics, environmental sciences, agricultural sciences, and global development. We encourage studies that utilize novel theoretical frameworks and quantitative and qualitative methodologies, as well as case studies conducted across diverse geographic regions.

We welcome contributions that address, but are not limited to, the following:

Attribution and impacts of extreme climate events and climate change;
Climate tipping points and cascading risks to food systems;
Compound extreme events and their impacts on agriculture and food security;
Construction of food security evaluation indicator systems at different scales (global, regional, and national) under climate change, and multi-dimensional spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of food security;
Impacts of climate change-driven food market fluctuations on socioeconomic vulnerability;
Applications of big data and artificial intelligence in monitoring, assessing, and early warning of food security risks under climate change;
Vulnerabilities in trade and supply chains for global food security;
Comparative case studies on food security responses to climate change and extreme events.
We welcome original research articles, comprehensive reviews, and conceptual frameworks that contribute to this pressing field of study.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Prof. Dr. Jieming Chou
Dr. Yuan Xu
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

The co-editor of this special issue, Dr. Yuan Xu, is an expert who has involved in UNCCD work for a long period. He is also a member of this Community of Learning and Practice.