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Research news | 2020-08-13
In the SDGs upcoming “decade of action”, biodiversity and ecosystem services remain chronically undervalued
New study suggests how to better capture the role of biodiversity for sustainable development
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Research news | 2020-02-17
With business-as-usual, the 17 SDGs will not be achieved by 2030 or even 2050
Trying to reach the goals under current business-as-usual will come at a heavy price on the planetary boundaries
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Research news | 2019-12-03
Want sustainability? Think synergy
A more coherent approach to policy planning for the Sustainable Development Goals will save precious economic resources and enhance progress on the goals
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Research news | 2019-11-20
Local lessons for sustainable development
A study of local sustainability projects in Africa offers a new approach to understanding how grassroots projects address the SDGs
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Research news | 2019-11-10
Fishing for long-term development
Foreign aid for fisheries is too often short-sighted and used as a geopolitical tool not aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals
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Research news | 2019-09-13
Six transformations needed to reach the Sustainable Development Goals
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through six actionable steps
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Research news | 2019-05-09
IPBES and the role of the SRC
The centre’s contribution to intergovernmental platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services
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Research news | 2019-04-11
Agenda 2030 through the complexity lens
The UN Agenda 2030 is a step forward, but is still too fragmented, simplistic and linear in its design and monitoring
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Research news | 2019-02-28
The sustainable future of African agriculture
Second dialogue on Africa’s contribution to reaching the UN Sustainable Development Goals focused on agriculture and food systems
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Research news | 2019-02-16
Humans, nature and the SDGs
Centre partner in ambitious research to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between humans and their environment in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
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Research news | 2019-01-17
The EAT-Lancet report on how to transform the global food system
New Lancet report demonstrates why diet and food production must radically change to improve health and avoid potentially catastrophic damage to the planet
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Research news | 2018-11-28
Reimagining development practice
The seventh in a series of seven "deep dives" looking into the connections between resilience and development
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Research news | 2018-11-20
Why global perspectives matters for local development
The sixth in a series of seven "deep dives" looking into the connections between resilience and development
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Research news | 2018-11-15
Our intertwined planet: New understandings for development
The fifth in a series of seven "deep dives" looking into the connections between resilience and development
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Educational news | 2018-11-13
Centre contributes to new course in global environmental politics
Centre partners with other insitutions at Stockholm University to host a PhD/postdoc course in global and environmental governace
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Research news | 2018-11-08
The journey from theory to practice
The fourth in a series of seven "deep dives" looking into the connections between resilience and development
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Research news | 2018-11-01
Transformation and rethinking development practice
The third in a series of seven "deep dives" looking into the connections between resilience and development
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Research news | 2018-10-25
Taking action in a complex world
The second in a series of seven "deep dives" looking into the connections between resilience and development
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Research news | 2018-10-17
The new context for development and why it matters
The first in a series of seven "deep dives" looking into the connections between resilience and development
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Research news | 2018-07-10
Six transformations needed to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals
The World in 2050 initiative launches new report outlining synergies and benefits that render the goals achievable
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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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Educational news | 2018-04-12
Centre launches new online course on how to link resilience and development issues
Will help practitioners use resilience thinking as a tool to improve development practice
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General news | 2018-03-23
Centre new host for Global Resilience Partnership secretariat
Takes over from KPMG in Nairobi, Kenya. Will act as a support to the entire partnership, including several big actors in the international development sector
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Research news | 2018-03-05
How agriculture can contribute to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals
Ten key messages from the African Dialogue on The World In 2050
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Research news | 2018-02-28
Banned persistent organic pollutants still a serious threat to health and development in northern Pakistan
How ongoing use of banned chemicals and extensive deforestation now haunts northern Pakistan, leaving population prone to serious health issues
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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 | 2017-12-19
Monitoring our way towards global sustainable development
How a minimum set of essential variables offer a more coordinated monitoring system to help progress towards global sustainable development
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Research news | 2017-12-18
Why ecosystem services must be better accounted for to acheive the Sustainable Development Goals
Despite being essential for several of the Sustainable Development Goals the role of ecosystem services have largely been ignored
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Research news | 2017-10-25
Pollution and poverty a deadly mix
Centre contributes to new Lancet report showing one in six of all deaths worldwide is caused by pollution
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Research news | 2017-10-19
Eight ways to "rewire" the world's food system
The starting point for a rethink on how we produce our food
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Research news | 2017-10-16
Benefits of investing in solar energy in Tanzania
How investments in solar energy go beyond access to electricity to positively affect people’s life expectancy and years of schooling
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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 | 2017-06-21
Ecosystem assessments overlook “distant, diffuse and delayed” impacts
Placed-based sustainability efforts often fail to recognise the risk of piling up the environmental pressure elsewhere
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Research news | 2017-05-03
Breaking the cycle of poverty
Development aid must incorporate culture and nature better in efforts to push communities out of poverty, researchers argue
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Research news | 2017-04-06
Healthy ecosystems are crucial for the enjoyment of universal human rights
Resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council builds on first ever UN report addressing relationships between human rights and biodiversity
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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 | 2017-03-02
GRAID: looking back on first year of full funding
Our ambitious programme to apply resilience thinking to the challenges of poverty alleviation, human well-being and the maintenance of planetary life-supporting systems is picking up pace
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Research news | 2017-02-28
Contributions to Agenda 2030
How Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) contributed to the 2016 Swedish Agenda 2030 High Level Policy Forum report
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Research news | 2017-02-21
Agricultural landscapes: resilience-based interventions can help achieve Sustainable Development Goals
The impacts and benefits of agricultural landscapes are more visible through a resilience framework , new study argues
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Research news | 2017-01-09
Global sustainability, national responsibility
Study presents application of planetary boundaries framework at national decision-making scales
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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 | 2016-11-29
Many synergies and overlaps
New discussion paper demonstrates the links between the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the Sustainable Development Goals
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Research news | 2016-11-17
A strategy for sustainability transition in Stockholm
The ARTS project launches a road map for scaling up local sustainability initiatives
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Research news | 2016-11-02
How can coral reefs survive the Anthropocene?
How much more fishing, nutrient pollution and climate change can the world’s coral reefs endure?
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Research news | 2016-10-17
A social-ecological legacy
An integrated perspective of humans-in-nature more important than ever for both science and development
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Research news | 2016-09-01
Finding the right analysis tools is key for reaching SDGs
New study categorises key questions and evaluates what analysis tools to bet on in the race towards sustainability
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Research news | 2016-06-14
How food connects all the SDGs
Johan Rockström and Pavan Sukhdev present new way of viewing the Sustainable Development Goals and how they are all linked to food
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Research news | 2016-05-03
Report highlights outcomes from International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP) second International Learning Exchange in Tajikistan
Indigenous mountain communities share biocultural adaptation experiences to climate change
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Research news | 2016-03-23
The need to include crop water management in the Sustainable Development Goals
Improved water management could boost agricultural yields and halve global food gap by 2050
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Research news | 2016-02-22
Guidance for Resilience in the Anthropocene: Investments for development
New Sida funded programme to strengthen connections between resilience thinking and development
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Research news | 2015-03-19
Missing a great opportunity
Nature Commentary: Meeting global food needs requires increased rainwater harvesting in Africa
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Research news | 2015-03-12
The World in 2050: Pathways towards a sustainable future
New initiative will help establish pathways to attain the UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Research news | 2015-02-12
Global sustainability is everyone's business
Four ways to boost the effectiveness and implementation of the SDGs
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Research news | 2014-10-31
Three keys to successful SDGs
Researchers identify conditions necessary for the SDGs to be effective in the Anthropocene
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Research news | 2014-05-23
Development within Earth's limits
Why links between human wellbeing and the biosphere are central to formulation of the Sustainable Development Goals
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Research news | 2014-02-05
"Losing biodiversity erodes basis for sustainable development"
Clear message from side event to the UN Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals
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Research news | 2013-05-31
UN General Assembly debate on sustainability: the need for transformation
Centre provides crucial input to UN General Assembly debate on sustainable development
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Research news | 2013-03-27
Redefining sustainable development
Ending poverty and safeguarding Earth's life support system must be twin priorities
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Research news | 2013-02-07
Pointers for policymakers
Centre recommendations on post-2015 global sustainability presented to Nordic environment ministers
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