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General news | 2024-08-14

“Artists like Taylor Swift should tell fans to be stewards of the planet”

Artists, music companies and festivals can play an important role in addressing climate change.

General news | 2024-05-17

"If the planet doesn’t work, we will not be able to live on it”

The decisions that humanity makes this decade will shape the living conditions on our planet for many generations to come.

General news | 2024-04-24

Greentopia: music and sports events, a highway to sustainability?

Can music and sports events help societal transformations toward sustainability? During one of Sweden's premier festivals, Way Out West, the Centre co-hosts a climate summit to help answer that question.

Research news | 2023-11-13

New research maps 14 potential evolutionary dead ends for humanity and ways to avoid them

Humankind risks getting stuck in 14 evolutionary dead ends, ranging from global climate tipping points to misaligned artificial intelligence, chemical pollution, and accelerating infectious diseases

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

General news | 2023-04-12

Centre researchers awarded for groundbreaking paper on urban sustainability

Centre researchers Thomas Elmqvist, Erik Andersson, Timon McPhearson, Per Olsson, Owen Gaffney and Carl Folke are selected as recipients of the Ecological Society of America’s Sustainability Science Award 2023

General news | 2022-11-15

Centre researchers listed among the world's most influential scientists

Carl Folke, Johan Rockström, Thomas Elmqvist, Per Olsson, Max Troell and Jonathan Donges ranked as some of the globally most cited researchers

Research news | 2022-10-24

What is the future of synthetic chemicals and GMOs in sustainable food systems?

Synthetic chemicals and GMOs can lead to lock-ins and surprises in food systems that must be navigated in transformations to sustainability

Research news | 2021-11-17

Centre researchers among world's most cited again

Carl Folke, Johan Rockström, Reinette “Oonsie” Biggs, Thomas Elmqvist and Per Olsson on exclusive list of world’s most influential researchers

Research news | 2021-09-23

New book on how culture and context affect transformative change

The book provides insights from researchers, activists, public servants, the private sector and others across five continents

Research news | 2021-01-28

In the quest to become climate neutral, beware of the unintended and undesired consequences

Sida-commissioned report demonstrates how good business intentions might “bite back” in low- and middle-income countries and offers insights into how to avoid it

Research news | 2020-11-19

Eight centre researchers among world's most cited in 2020

Stephan Barthel, Oonsie Biggs, Örjan Bodin, Thomas Elmqvist, Carl Folke, Per Olsson, Garry Peterson and Johan Rockström on exclusive list of world’s most influential researchers

Research news | 2020-09-21

A tipping point alone will not guarantee a transformation, what comes afterwards is crucial

A successful transformation goes through phases, and each phase must be navigated carefully

Research news | 2019-11-29

How many change-makers does it take to challenge the status quo ?

Study assesses what it takes to make good meetings become venues for change

Research news | 2019-11-20

Five centre researchers among world's most cited

Carl Folke, Johan Rockström, Reinette “Oonsie” Biggs, Stephan Barthel and Per Olsson on exclusive list of world’s most influential researchers

Research news | 2019-04-17

Centre researchers recipients of the 2019 Ecological Society of America awards

Recognised for their outstanding contributions to ecology

Research news | 2019-04-09

If a city is resilient, is it also sustainable?

Researchers present a new framework to resolve this question

Research news | 2018-10-07

Centre partners in new postdoc programme on sustainability and transformation in Europe

Robert Bosch Stiftung launches "Postdoc Academy for Transformational Leadership" with four leading academic centers in Europe

Research news | 2018-04-16

Growth overriding green in Ethiopia’s agricultural transformation

Entrepreneurs, NGO’s and others working on transforming the agricultural system into a more sustainable one struggle amid dominant focus on growth-oriented strategies

Research news | 2018-03-12

A little less conversation, a little more action, please

Ten essentials for guiding action-oriented research on energy transformation and climate change

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