Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Comment
  • Published:

Making sustainability science a cumulative effort

Nature Sustainability volume 3, pages 2–4 (2020)Cite this article

Subjects

In light of pressing societal and environmental problems, sustainability science must advance faster than before. In order to contribute to a cumulative body of knowledge, such research needs shared infrastructure, database development and changes in research culture.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Relevant articles

Open Access articles citing this article.

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Liu, J. et al. Science 347, 1258832 (2015).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. European Commission. JLIS.it 3, 8649 (2012).

  3. Peng, R. D. Science 334, 1226–1227 (2011).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Astudillo, M. F., Treyer, K., Bauer, C., Pineau, P. & Amor, M. B. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 22, 374–386 (2017).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Pfenninger, S., DeCarolis, J., Hirth, L., Quoilin, S. & Staffell, I. Energy Policy 101, 211–215 (2017).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Science 515, 7 (2014).

  7. Bruckner, T. et al. in Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change (eds Edenhofer, O. et al.) 511–598 (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2014).

  8. Rogelj, J. et al. in Global Warming of 1.5 °C (eds Masson-Delmotte, V. et al.) 93–174 (IPCC, 2018).

  9. Nature 537, 138 (2016).

  10. Hanson, B., Sugden, A. & Alberts, B. Science 331, 649 (2011).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Sovacool, B. K. et al. Energy Res. Soc. Sci. 45, 12–42 (2018).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Nature 555, 142 (2018).

  13. Science as an Open Enterprise: Summary Report (The Royal Society, 2012).

  14. Hertwich, E. et al. J. Ind. Ecol. 22, 6–17 (2018).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. McCormick, K. et al. J. Clean. Prod. 123, 1–4 (2016).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. Irwin, E. G. et al. Nat. Sustain. 1, 324–326 (2018).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. Reid, W. V. et al. Science 330, 916–917 (2010).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Spoelstra, S. F. NJAS-Wagen. J. Life Sci. 66, 75–81 (2013).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Stefan Pauliuk

Authors
  1. Stefan Pauliuk
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Stefan Pauliuk.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Pauliuk, S. Making sustainability science a cumulative effort. Nat Sustain 3, 2–4 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0443-7

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0443-7

This article is cited by

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing