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Research news | 2023-12-05

Powerful financial giants could play vital role in preventing the next pandemic

A relatively small number of powerful financial institutions, such as investment companies, pension funds, and banks could help accelerate actions that mitigate the risks of new pandemics

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

Research news | 2023-05-11

Building back better: Resilience means more than bouncing back

Adapting, transforming and creating new ways of functioning as a society: This is how reshaping a resilient future in the aftermath of a shock should look like, argue researchers

Research news | 2021-10-11

Low exposure to green areas may lead to higher rates of COVID-19 cases

New analysis links COVID-19 to nature inequity, showing communities of color face starkest burden

Research news | 2021-09-16

Pandemic lockdown reveals humans as both threats and custodians of the environment

Nature may have received some respite during lockdowns, but there were negative effects too

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?

Video news | 2020-11-11

Building business resilience: what has Covid-19 taught us?

Economies around the world have been shaken by the COVID-19 pandemic and revealed serious vulnerabilities and weaknesses. What can we learn from today’s crisis to build more resilience into our systems?

Research news | 2020-10-15

This virus makes us question our established ways

With this pandemic, the opportunity to think outside the box is now

Video news | 2020-10-15

Crisis and renewal: what COVID-19 says about our world

Covid-19 brought the modern world to its knees. Established lifestyles and habits had to change overnight. How did we get to this point?

Video news | 2020-09-10

Social resilience during times of crisis: what can we learn from those hit the hardest?

The impacts of COVID-19 have hit some communities harder than others, especially in the Global South

Video news | 2020-06-30

Food security, shocks and transformations - is there a silver lining?

Food has amplified the devastating effects caused by COVID-19 and exposed vulnerabilities across our food system

Video news | 2020-06-30

Misinformation and sense making in crisis

Rethink Talks: Understanding the viral spread of misinformation

Video news | 2020-06-30

Pandemics, health and global change: how are they connected?

Rethink Talks: What is the connection between environmental change and diseases such as coronaviruses? How strong is this connection, can we really blame bats, and what does the future of disease risks look like?

Video news | 2020-06-30

Forests, fires and tipping points: should we be worried?

Rethink Talks: while all eyes are on the COVID-19 pandemic, the Amazon forest is burning to the point of becoming a planetary emergency

Research news | 2020-06-21

How COVID-19 is bringing ocean actors together

Over the course of 30 days, industries, governments, researchers and NGOs mobilized to protect ocean supply chains and make sure they are more sustainable in the future

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 | 2020-06-04

Conflict and collaboration in pandemic times

How network analysis can help understand why some actors choose to pick a fight while others want to collaborate

Research news | 2020-05-29

What cities need to learn from Covid-19

If the coronavirus has taught urban planners anything, it is that public access to green areas is more important than ever

Research news | 2020-05-29

Why Covid-19 and systemic risks are part of the hyper-connected world we live in

Transforming our planet into a production plant for food, fiber and fuel paves the way for new and widespread risks. It may define our future

Here you will find a complete overview of the latest news from the Stockholm Resilience Centre

Powerful financial giants could play vital role in preventing the next pandemic

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

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

Building back better: Resilience means more than bouncing back

Low exposure to green areas may lead to higher rates of COVID-19 cases

Pandemic lockdown reveals humans as both threats and custodians of the environment

COVID-19’s impact on the seafood industry

Building business resilience: what has Covid-19 taught us?

This virus makes us question our established ways

Crisis and renewal: what COVID-19 says about our world

Social resilience during times of crisis: what can we learn from those hit the hardest?

Food security, shocks and transformations - is there a silver lining?

Misinformation and sense making in crisis

Pandemics, health and global change: how are they connected?

Forests, fires and tipping points: should we be worried?

How COVID-19 is bringing ocean actors together

How covid-19 undermines sustainability

Conflict and collaboration in pandemic times

What cities need to learn from Covid-19

Why Covid-19 and systemic risks are part of the hyper-connected world we live in