Research news | 2023-06-27

A crisis is not always an opportunity for transformation — this new study explains why

For change agents, the COVID-19 pandemic created new barriers and uncertainties rather than a chance for positive change, a new study finds

Research news | 2022-11-22

Fair access to water is a subjective issue in post-drought Cape Town

Who should pay for and benefit from water services? It depends on who you ask, finds a study that revisited Cape Town after its 2015-2018 water crisis

Research news | 2022-01-27

Five reasons current risk assessments don't work

Researchers doubt current risk assessments are suited for a world whose future is expected to deal with complex, large-scale changes

Research news | 2021-10-25

The rise of Earth altruism

Humanity may only be a short distance away from new norms needed to tackle the growing global sustainability challenges

Research news | 2020-11-12

COVID-19’s impact on the seafood industry

The pandemic is hitting the seafood industry hard. How can past crises help it survive this one?

Research news | 2020-07-19

Humans need to do better to avoid ocean system collapse

Should the ocean system collapse, the resultant crisis would be as devastating as the COVID-19 crisis

Research news | 2020-06-17

How covid-19 undermines sustainability

The tragic pandemic seems to have given the planet a bit of respite. But doubts remain whether it will be a lasting change

Research news | 2020-06-16

Collaboration in uncertain times can turn tragedy into comedy

Caring for the future can spur long-term collective action but the severity of a perceived threat is what will eventually determine whether action will be taken

Research news | 2020-04-03

Risk for armed conflict increases immediately after climate-related disasters

Study shows one third of cases erupt within seven days. Countries with political exclusion, low human development and large populations most vulnerable

Research news | 2019-07-28

Falling off the radar

Sophisticated risk frameworks operated by many international organizations, companies and governments ignore rapidly evolving global risks driven by environmental change

Research news | 2018-10-30

Nature’s steep decline

Centre contributes to new WWF report which reveals staggering extent of human impact on planet

Research news | 2018-06-26

Better to be safe than sorry?

Profit-maximizing approaches are most likely to produce outcomes that harm people or the environment. But it depends on the circumstances whether a sustainable or a safe approach is most suitable, new study argues

Research news | 2017-11-28

After disasters, look for the virtuous cycle

How urban greening and civic ecology projects can improve human well-being and restore crucial ecosystem services

Research news | 2016-11-18

Turning disasters into success

Threat of abrupt resource decline can trigger more effective communication and cooperation

Research news | 2016-09-30

Cooling conflict in climate disasters

PNAS study examines if climate-related disasters increase the risk of conflict outbreaks

Research news | 2016-05-26

From disaster management to resilience building

Luca Alinovi, Executive Director, Global Resilience Partnership and centre executive director Johan Rockström on why we need to rethink our approach to recurring humanitarian crises

Research news | 2016-02-20

A recipe for disaster

The key factors helping small scale fisheries after 2010 earthquake in Chile

Research news | 2015-10-12

A new landscape of global crises

Recent crises are increasingly global and follow new kinds of patterns

Research news | 2015-07-03

A chain of fools?

New article asks why it is so hard to stop overfishing

Research news | 2015-07-01

A much different dinner plate

Future seafood supply will be substantially altered by climate change, overfishing and habitat destruction if we do not take actions