Global warming and climate change call for urgent minimization of human activities on the environment. Therefore, there is a great need for the improvement of resource efficiencies by integrating various life-supporting systems. The challenge is on the energy, water and environment systems to integrate and become more sustainable. This field of research has received increased attention over the past years with studies across the energy, water and environment systems that optimized different engineering problems. This Special Issue is motivated by the Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Conference held in October 2019, in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The purpose of this review introduction article is to provide a brief introduction to the field and the articles included in this Special Issue.

全球变暖和气候变化要求紧急减少人类对环境的活动。因此，非常需要通过集成各种生命支持系统来提高资源效率。挑战在于能源，水和环境系统的整合并变得更加可持续。在过去的几年中，该领域的研究得到了越来越多的关注，其中涉及对能源，水和环境系统的研究，这些研究优化了各种工程问题。本期专刊是由2019年10月在克罗地亚杜布罗夫尼克举行的能源，水和环境系统的可持续发展会议推动的。本文的目的是简要介绍该领域以及本期特刊中的文章。