Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to submit a paper to a special issue about "Artificial Intelligence and Smart Technologies for Achieving Sustainable Goals https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Z1I87XD9C3".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: *30 August 2023*

*Introduction*

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a blueprint for a fairer and more sustainable world for everyone. One of the key ways to achieve these goals is through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and smart technologies.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been hailed as a game-changer for sustainable development. It has the potential to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a number of ways, including by providing decision support for sustainable development planning, helping to optimize resource use, and increasing transparency and accountability.

Smart technologies offer great potential for sustainable development applications. Smart technologies can help to improve the efficiency of resource use, e.g., by reducing wastage, and can also help to improve transparency and accountability.

In this Special Issue, we invite papers that explore the potential of AI and smart technologies for sustainable development. We are particularly interested in papers that describe applications of these technologies that have the potential to make a real difference to the achievement of SDGs. We welcome papers from all sectors, including academia, industry, government, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Applications of AI and smart technologies in sustainable development; - The potential of AI and smart technologies to help achieve the SDGs; - Barriers and challenges to the use of AI and smart technologies for sustainable development; - Future directions for the use of AI and smart technologies in sustainable development; - Ethical considerations in the use of AI and smart technologies for sustainable development; - The role of AI and smart technologies in sustainable development policy.

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers will be 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.

Special issue page: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Z1I87XD9C3