ECSES-26 2026 - 51st World Congress on Environmental, Cultural, Social & Economic Sustainability (ECSES-26)

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Category Environmental, Cultural, Social & Economic Sustainability

Deadline: March 01, 2026 | Date: March 16, 2026-March 18, 2026

Venue/Country: Milan, Italy

Updated: 2025-12-24 16:15:48 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Full Articles/ Reviews/ Shorts Papers/ Abstracts are welcomed in the following research fields:

1. Environmental Sustainability

This pillar focuses on the integrity of biological systems and the responsible management of natural resources.

Climate Action & Decarbonization:

Net-zero pathways for heavy industry and aviation.

Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies.

Methane emission monitoring and mitigation strategies.

Resource Regeneration & Circularity:

Closed-loop manufacturing and "cradle-to-cradle" design.

Sustainable water management: Desalination and wastewater reclamation.

Managing the "Critical Mineral" demand for the energy transition.

Ecosystem Resilience:

Biodiversity conservation and rewilding urban spaces.

Regenerative agriculture and soil health restoration.

Protection of "Life Below Water" (marine heatwaves and ocean acidification).

2. Cultural Sustainability

Often the "forgotten pillar," this focuses on maintaining cultural beliefs, heritage, and the transmission of knowledge.

Heritage & Preservation:

Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage (language, oral traditions, and rituals).

Adaptive reuse of historical buildings for modern sustainable living.

Digital archiving: Using AI and VR to preserve endangered cultural sites.

Indigenous Knowledge Systems:

Integrating traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) into climate policy.

Intellectual property rights for indigenous craftsmanship and medicine.

Land stewardship models led by first nations/indigenous communities.

Identity & Creative Industries:

The role of the arts in communicating the urgency of sustainability.

Sustainable fashion: Balancing traditional textiles with modern eco-requirements.

Cultural tourism: Moving from mass tourism to community-centric "Geotourism."

3. Social Sustainability

This pillar is about the "Social License" to operate, focusing on human rights, equity, and community well-being.

Equity & Human Rights:

Eliminating modern slavery and forced labor in global supply chains.

Gender equality and women's empowerment in the green economy.

Universal access to quality education and "Lifelong Learning."

Health & Urban Living:

Designing "15-minute cities" for walkable, low-emission urban life.

Mental health impacts of "Eco-Anxiety" and climate displacement.

Food security: Combating "Food Deserts" in marginalized urban areas.

Governance & Justice:

The "Just Transition": Ensuring workers in fossil fuel industries aren't left behind.

Participatory budgeting and community-led urban planning.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) vs. genuine ESG impact.

4. Economic Sustainability

This involves the ability of an economy to support a defined level of economic production indefinitely.

Sustainable Finance & Investment:

The rise of Green Bonds and Blue Finance (ocean-based sustainability).

Impact investing: Measuring "SROI" (Social Return on Investment).

Divestment strategies from carbon-intensive assets.

New Economic Models:

Doughnut Economics: Living within social foundations and planetary boundaries.

The Sharing Economy: Reducing individual ownership to lower resource consumption.

Degrowth Theory: Challenging the necessity of infinite GDP growth on a finite planet.

Business Transformation:

Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) resilience in the face of global shocks.

Fair Trade vs. Free Trade: Rebalancing global commodity prices.

The "Digital Economy" as a tool for reducing physical resource footprints.