Transformation towards long-term sustainability beyond Sustainable Development Goals

Project Information

BeyondSDG

Grant agreement ID: 101077492

DOI

10.3030/101077492

EC signature date 20 April 2023

Start date 1 September 2023

End date 31 August 2028

Funded under

• European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 499 997,50

EU contribution

€ 1 499 997,50

Coordinated by

RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN
Netherlands

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (24)

Trade-offs among human, animal, and environmental health hinder the uniform progress of global One Health

Author(s): Tian, Y.; Zhang, J.; Li, Z.; Wu, K.; Cao, M.; Lin, J.; Pradhan, P.; Lai, S.; Meng, J.; Fu, B.; Chen, M.; Lin, H.
Published in: iScience, 2024, ISSN 2589-0042
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/J.ISCI.2024.111357

A Systematic Review Highlights the Need for Holistic Modeling of the Sustainable Development Goals

Author(s): Teun Kluck; Chaohui Li; Prajal Pradhan
Published in: Sustainable Development, 2025, ISSN 1099-1719
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/SD.70096

A global scoping review of alternative food movements calls for food justice and justice beyond individual humans

Author(s): Laxmi Prasad Pant, Sharada Prasad Wasti, Charoula Konstantia Nikolaou, Prajal Pradhan, Georgie Hurst, Kiran Kumari Bhattarai
Published in: Global Food Security, Issue 46, 2025, ISSN 2211-9124
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.GFS.2025.100877

Synergizing sustainable development goals for disaster risk reduction: Lessons from China

Author(s): Qinhan Ye, Junze Zhang, Weiyi Sun, Shihui Gao, Prajal Pradhan, Shuai Wang, Bojie Fu
Published in: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Issue 129, 2025, ISSN 2212-4209
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.IJDRR.2025.105765

Carbon footprint of the construction sector is projected to double by 2050 globally

Author(s): Chaohui Li, Prajal Pradhan, Guoqian Chen, Jürgen P. Kropp, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
Published in: Communications Earth & Environment, Issue 6, 2025, ISSN 2662-4435
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S43247-025-02840-X

Beyond borders: Assessing global sustainability through interconnected systems

Author(s): Junze Zhang, Keith R. Skene, Saige Wang, Qiulei Ji, Heran Zheng, Chaowei Zhou, Kailan Tian, Prajal Pradhan, Michael E. Meadows, Bojie Fu
Published in: Sustainable Development, Issue 33, 2025, ISSN 0968-0802
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/SD.3218

Persistent disparities in urban tree exposure across global demographics

Author(s): Jian Lin, Prajal Pradhan, Zhongchang Sun, Min Cao, Qiang Wang, Huadong Guo, Bo Huang, Min Chen
Published in: The Innovation Geoscience, 2025, ISSN 2959-8753
Publisher: Innovation Press Co., Limited
DOI: 10.59717/J.XINN-GEO.2026.100186

Revisiting social foundations and well-being indicators for sustainability: Insights from a systematic literature review

Author(s): Jing Li; Anne Warchold; Prajal Pradhan
Published in: Ecological Indicators, 2025, ISSN 1872-7034
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.ECOLIND.2025.113890

Nonlinear and weak interactions among sustainable development goals (SDGs) drive China's SDGs growth rate below expectations

Author(s): Junze Zhang, Weiyi Sun, Prajal Pradhan, Shihui Gao, Changhong Su, Keith R. Skene, Bojie Fu
Published in: Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Issue 115, 2025, ISSN 0195-9255
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.EIAR.2025.107990

Assessment of the sustainable development status of districts and counties in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration

Author(s): Rui Huang; Qing Huang; Prajal Pradhan; Yixuan Wang; Klaus Hubacek
Published in: Ecological Modelling, 2025, ISSN 1872-7026
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.ECOLMODEL.2025.111191

Urban rooftops for food and energy in China

Author(s): Rui Yang; Chao Xu; Haoran Zhang; Zhen Wang; Prajal Pradhan; Xihong Lian; Limin Jiao; Xuemei Bai; Shenghui Cui; Yuanchao Hu; Yong-Guan Zhu
Published in: Nature Cities, 2024, ISSN 2731-9997
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/S44284-024-00127-4

Addressing urban tree loss and inequality in the USA: the need for targeted policies

Author(s): Lin, J.; Chen, M.; Pradhan, P.; Wu, K.; Huang, B.; Lü, G.
Published in: Science Bulletin, 2025, ISSN 2095-9281
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.SCIB.2024.12.024

Urban agriculture supports China’s vegetable supply without raising greenhouse gas emissions

Author(s): Yuanchao Hu; Prajal Pradhan; Haoran Zhang; Zhen Wang; Qianyuan Huang; Qiqi Jia; Xihong Lian; Chao Xu; Rui Yang; Yuxi Tian; Zhibang Xu; Limin Jiao; Jürgen P. Kropp
Published in: Resources, Environment and Sustainability, 2025, ISSN 2666-9161
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.RESENV.2025.100254

Possibilities and challenges for converting waste biomass into fuel, feed, and fertilizer in Nepal

Author(s): Sagar Kafle; Manoj Gyawali; Sushil Adhikari; Jürgen P. Kropp; Prajal Pradhan
Published in: Regional Environmental Change, 2024, ISSN 1436-378X
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/S10113-024-02285-6

Intranational synergies and trade-offs reveal common and differentiated priorities of sustainable development goals in China

Author(s): Qiang Xing, Chaoyang Wu, Fang Chen, Jianguo Liu, Prajal Pradhan, Brett A. Bryan, Thomas Schaubroeck, L. Roman Carrasco, Alemu Gonsamo, Yunkai Li, Xiuzhi Chen, Xiangzheng Deng, Andrea Albanese, Yingjie Li, Zhenci Xu
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-024-46491-6

Quantifying the cooling effects of blue-green spaces across urban landscapes: A case study of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Author(s): Saurav Bhattarai, Prabhat Banjara, Vishnu Prasad Pandey, Anil Aryal, Prajal Pradhan, Firas Al-Douri, Nawa Raj Pradhan, Rocky Talchabhadel
Published in: Urban Climate, Issue 61, 2025, ISSN 2212-0955
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.UCLIM.2025.102493

Urban agriculture matters for sustainable development

Author(s): Prajal Pradhan, Daya Raj Subedi, Kshitij Dahal, Yuanchao Hu, Prakriti Gurung, Sijal Pokharel, Sagar Kafle, Biplav Khatri, Sudeeksha Basyal, Monika Gurung, Aruna Joshi
Published in: Cell Reports Sustainability, Issue 1, 2025, ISSN 2949-7906
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.CRSUS.2024.100217

Decoupling of environmental impacts in the iron and steel sector is still needed beyond emissions

Author(s): Chaohui Li, Prajal Pradhan
Published in: Sustainable Development, Issue 33, 2025, ISSN 0968-0802
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/SD.3204

Bioeconomy and sustainable development goals: How do their interactions matter?

Author(s): Anne Warchold; Prajal Pradhan
Published in: Geography and Sustainability, 2025, ISSN 2666-6839
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.GEOSUS.2025.100293

Nepal's carbon stock and biodiversity are under threat from climate exacerbated forest fires

Author(s): Kshitij Dahal; Rocky Talchabhadel; Prajal Pradhan; Sujan Parajuli; Dinesh Shrestha; Ramesh Chhetri; Ambika P. Gautam; Rajee Tamrakar; Shakti Gurung; Saurav Kumar
Published in: Information Geography, 2025, ISSN 3050-5208
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.INFGEO.2025.100003

Policy relevance of IPCC reports for the Sustainable Development Goals and beyond

Author(s): Prajal Pradhan, Sushobhan Joshi, Kshitij Dahal, Yuanchao Hu, Daya Raj Subedi, Muhammad Panji Islam Fajar Putra, Shrijana Vaidya, Laxmi Prasad Pant, Shobhakar Dhakal, Klaus Hubacek, Maheswar Rupakheti, Debra C. Roberts, Bart van den Hurk
Published in: Resources, Environment and Sustainability, Issue 19, 2025, ISSN 2666-9161
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.RESENV.2025.100192

European bioeconomy strategies could better integrate sustainability agendas

Author(s): Anne Warchold, Jing Li, Prajal Pradhan
Published in: Sustainability Science, 2025, ISSN 1862-4065
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S11625-025-01752-1

Revisiting the sustainability science research agenda

Author(s): Mesfin Sahle; Shruti Ashish Lahoti; So-Young Lee; Katja Brundiers; Carena J. van Riper; Christian Pohl; Herlin Chien; Iris C. Bohnet; Noé Aguilar-Rivera; Peter Edwards; Prajal Pradhan; Tobias Plieninger; Wiebren Johannes Boonstra; Alexander G. Flor; Annamaria Di Fabio; Arnim Scheidel; Chris Gordon; David J. Abson; Erik Andersson; Federico Demaria; Jasper O. Kenter; Jeremy Brooks; Joanne Kauffman; Maike Hamann; Martin Graziano; Nidhi Nagabhatla; Nobuo Mimura; Nora Fagerholm; Patrick O’Farrell; Osamu Saito &; Kazuhiko Takeuchi
Published in: Sustainability Science, 2024, ISSN 1862-4057
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/S11625-024-01586-3

Three foci at the science-policy interface for systemic Sustainable Development Goal acceleration

Author(s): Prajal Pradhan, Nina Weitz, Vassilis Daioglou, Gabriel M. Abrahão, Cameron Allen, Geanderson Ambrósio, Frederike Arp, Furqan Asif, Therese Bennich, Tim G. Benton, Frank Biermann, Min Cao, Henrik Carlsen, Fang Chen, Min Chen, Michiel N. Daams, Jonathan H. P. Dawes, Shobhakar Dhakal, Elisabeth Gilmore, Luis J. Miguel, Klaus Hubacek, Yuanchao Hu, Wander Jager, Samir KC, Norman M. Kearney, Utkarsh Ashok Khot, Teun Kluck, Shridhar Kulkarni, Julia Leininger, Chaohui Li, Jing Li, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Gonzalo Parrado-Hernando, Matteo Pedercini, Ram Kumar Phuyal, Christina Prell, Arpan Rijal, Vanessa Schweizer, Frans J. Sijtsma, Bjoern Soergel, Nathalie Spittler, Detlef van Vuuren, Anne Warchold, Eartha Weber, Birka Wicke, Oscar Widerberg, Rienne Wilts, Christopher Wingens, Chaoyang Wu, Qiang Xing, Jin Yan, Zifeng Yuan, Xin Zhou, Caroline Zimm
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-024-52926-X

Book chapters (3)

Network analysis

Author(s): Anne Warchold, Utkarsh Khot, Prajal Pradhan
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd

Modelling

Author(s): Chaohui Li, Teun Kluck, Prajal Pradhan
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd

Climate change and sustainable development

Author(s): Shrijana Vaidya, Jing Li, Prajal Pradhan
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd