The goal of the association is to promote a fair socio-ecological transition towards sustainability, carbon neutrality, and climate adaptation. It advances social and ecological justice through research and design in urban, landscape, and regional contexts, as well as through science and regenerative land use. The association develops and implements research and design projects, offers consultations, produces, organizes, and disseminates knowledge through events, publications, and digital media, and builds networks of collaboration between scientific communities and localized practice. Critical Earth aims to serve as an incubator and cultivates synergies between research and practice.