Editorial: Evolution of environmental economics and management in the age of artificial intelligence for sustainable development

An environmental economy is a realm in which economic practices and social and environmental effects are well-balanced and systemically high (Ramzan et al., 2023). This economy shows optimal conditions for implementing a set of environmentally Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (Popkova, 2022). The environmental economy includes the transition to climate-resilient (decarbonisation to support SDG13) and clean (renewable–which preserves the heritage of fossil fuel for future generations to support SDG7) energy (Popkova and Sergi, 2021), responsible communities and sustainable territories (SDG 11), practices of responsible production and consumption (SDG 12) and preservation of biodiversity and protection of ecosystems (SDGs 14–15). The COVID-19 pandemic and multiple new zoonotic diseases require coordinating efforts to protect the environment and healthcare. SDG 3 is supported in the environmental economy (Popkova and Shi, 2022). These new economic practices are deep-rooted in economic systems in developed and developing countries (Sharma et al., 2023). In the 21st century, the Fourth Industrial Revolution led to the evolution of the environmental economy. More perfect and leading technologies became affordable and widespread; they transformed the above institutes and the managerial mechanisms that influence them (Ayakwah and Damoah, 2022). The Decade of Action is the age of artificial intelligence since artificial intelligence technologies have become widespread and widely used in practice (Haq et al., 2022; Khan et al., 2023; Zador et al., 2023). Decision support, smart technologies and automatised OPEN ACCESS