Nature Communications: “The role of nitrogen across the SDGs remains poorly understood” (study)

“Achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires balancing well-being with environmental protection, yet the role of nitrogen across these goals remains poorly understood”, states a study published in Nature Communications on 15 August 2026.

The article, titled “Quantifying the role of nitrogen in achieving global Sustainable Development Goals”, was carried out by a group of researchers affiliated with Zhejiang University and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in China. The study aims to assess how dietary nitrogen intake and nitrogen release to air and water relate to SDG progress across 166 countries between 2000 and 2022.

The authors stressed that the achievement of the 17 interconnected objectives set by the United Nations is “increasingly…