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Research news | 2020-11-13
For change to happen, large companies need help from interest groups around them
The clothing industry is dominated by a clutch of powerful companies, but interest groups around it are crucial in efforts to make it more sustainable
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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
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Research news | 2020-01-29
Time is of essence when restoring ecosystems
How social interventions become opportunities for accelerated policy implementation
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Research news | 2020-01-22
Social tipping mechanisms could spark societal change
Changes in opinions and behaviour can trigger a global sustainability transformation
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Research news | 2019-12-19
The bigger picture of deforestation in Latin America
Expansion of agriculture in Latin America has come at the cost of losing vast areas of forest. A new study brings together and compares case studies of land use change from the region
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Research news | 2019-11-26
A digital backlash on the planetary health diet
How a pro-meat social media campaign attacking research related to healthy diets may have influenced social media audiences
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Research news | 2019-09-19
Solutions that could rapidly cut greenhouse gas emissions
New report provides 36 solutions, ranging from solar and wind to electric bikes, commercial shipping and reduced red meat consumption, with the potential to scale rapidly
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Research news | 2019-08-06
Nurturing nature
New research explores how environmental stewardship attitudes are influenced by the benefits humans receive from their environment
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Research news | 2019-07-28
Existing risk analyses often ignore rapidly evolving environmental change, researchers warn
Sophisticated risk frameworks operated by many international organizations, companies and governments ignore rapidly evolving global risks driven by environmental change
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Research news | 2019-06-24
Bottom-up approaches not always good for natural resource management
New study tests the theoretically popular notion that bottom-up approaches to urban environmental governance lead to a better match between social institutions and ecological realities
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General news | 2019-05-28
Where sustainability means business
In order for sustainability issues to permeate the business world, CEOs and board members need to develop their own understanding of these issues. A centre executive programme helps unleash their potential to contribute to a prosperous planet
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Research news | 2018-10-30
Nature’s steep decline
Centre contributes to new WWF report which reveals staggering extent of human impact on planet
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Research news | 2018-10-30
Connecting the dots between social inequalities and environmental change
Six ways inequality affects our environment and vice versa
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Research news | 2018-10-17
A smarter scenario
Club of Rome report states that inequality reduction and new economic models are necessary for long-term economic and planetary stability
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General news | 2018-09-06
Global leaders in seafood step up their actions for ocean stewardship
Ten of the world’s largest seafood companies announce they will increase their efforts to strengthen sustainable practices in the seafood industry
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Research news | 2018-08-13
The hidden environmental consequences of tax havens
New analysis reveals connections between tax havens and resource degradation in both the Amazon rainforest and global fisheries
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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
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Research news | 2018-01-29
Broadening the definition of a povery trap
Review study of poverty traps examines the concept’s use across disciplines, and how it is defined and applied in a rural context
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Research news | 2017-10-11
How pro-environmental interest groups were able to push for reforms of the EU Common Fisheries Policy
How pro-environmental interest groups were able to push for reforms of the EU Common Fisheries Policy
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Research news | 2017-09-27
Connecting over a sustainable future
Better understanding of human-nature connections can provide a powerful window into how to drive sustainable behaviour
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Research news | 2017-08-08
Scientists as change-makers
Centre scientists and CEO’s of world largest seafood companies form coalition to turn seafood industry more sustainable. New PNAS study highlights the importance and process of science-business partnerships
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Research news | 2017-07-19
Governing increasingly fast and complex systems in financial markets
Financial markets example of how information flows are turning increasingly faster and more complex in the Anthropocene
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Research news | 2017-07-11
New centre seafood initiative captures world’s attention
More companies join largest seafood producers’ quest for ocean stewardship
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Research news | 2017-06-29
A dialogue for the ocean
Henrik Österblom is concerned about the ocean and engaged in ensuring that his work reaches outside of academia
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Research news | 2017-06-15
Creating positive visions of southern Africa
How an ongoing project aims to develop positive visions of the Anthropocene for southern Africa and beyond
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Research news | 2017-03-23
Curbing emissions with a new "carbon law"
New carbon roadmap offers pathway to halve emissions every decade, say researchers
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Research news | 2016-12-14
International seafood business commits to stronger sustainability efforts
“Keystone dialogue" between scientists and seafood-industry leaders creates breakthrough in ocean stewardship
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Research news | 2015-01-09
How to make China's aquaculture more sustainable
Centre researchers in latest issue of Science: "China's aquaculture can tip the balance in world fish supplies"
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Research news | 2014-12-17
An empire of fisheries
How the rise and fall of the Soviet Union contributed to marine regime shifts and a transition in governance