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General news | 2023-11-30

“We need to transition back within all Planetary Boundaries”

Phase out fossil fuels, transform the food system, and remove pressures on all planetary boundaries — in a just way. Centre researchers send a clear message to all participants at COP28

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 | 2023-06-28

Harnessing aquaculture for SDGs: A pathway to human and planetary health

Aquaculture contributes substantially to the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, but its future potential needs careful consideration of trade-offs, a new study shows

Research news | 2023-06-26

Aquatic foods around the world face severe risks from environmental change, finds new research

Aquatic foods are essential for global diets, but they are also vulnerable to environmental change. This vulnerability has been largely understudied, according to a new paper

Research news | 2023-05-16

Grasping food supply risks: how self-sufficient and resilient are nations?

Lack of self-sufficiency and diversity in crop production remain main risks to national food supply, new study finds

Research news | 2023-05-03

Five steps to design diets that are good for people and planet

What we eat globally needs to shift. National dietary guidelines can play a major role in improving peoples’ environmental food footprint. A new framework looks at how to create them

Research news | 2023-02-22

Blue foods can help solve multiple global challenges

Blue foods – fish, shellfish, algae and aquatic plants – can be instrumental in solving multiple global crises, new analysis shows

Research news | 2023-01-30

The best way to deal with shocks is by combining diverse responses

Humankind’s best chance to deal with looming turbulences and crises is by diversifying response strategies

Research news | 2023-01-30

Policymakers need to work more closely with researchers to fight the global food crisis

We are facing the worst food crisis in modern history – Sweden and the EU need to take action to shift how food is produced and consumed. That was the message from researchers to policymakers during a high-level meeting for the Swedish government at Stockholm Resilience Centre

Research news | 2023-01-13

Going beyond dichotomies of local versus global food systems

Food systems are becoming increasingly stressed, but whether they are local or global is not the big issue

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 | 2022-10-05

Centre strengthens its food system research with five new postdocs

Amid ongoing global food crises, the Stockholm Resilience Centre adds to its portfolio of food system research by hiring five new postdoctoral fellows

Research news | 2022-09-19

Turning food by-products into fodder could feed a billion people

Using waste from food production to feed livestock and aquaculture could help feed more people with less

Research news | 2022-08-22

Current food production is missing a crucial ingredient

Sustainable food production techniques ignore crucial interactions in the Earth’s natural system. Incorporating them can be a game-changer

Research news | 2022-06-02

Amid new crises, a sustainable diet is still possible

Despite the war in Ukraine and the Covid pandemic, feeding humankind a healthy diet is still possible, argues Line Gordon during Stockholm University’s Stockholm+50 conference

Research news | 2022-05-27

World stumbling into a new era of risk, concludes climate security report

New report illustrates the complex ways that the climate and security crises are starting to interact around the world

Research news | 2022-03-22

How to secure global access to crucial omega-3 oils

Current supply of omega-3 cannot meet global demand but there are ways to deal with this, new study shows

Research news | 2022-02-28

IPCC: risks over the next decades are unavoidable

Latest report puts emphasis on urgent action but warns vulnerable regions will face inevitable effects due to already locked-in changes to the climate

Research news | 2021-08-18

Want peace and security? Start by fixing the global food system

Ahead of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit researchers push for solutions that contribute to sustainable and just food system transformations

Research news | 2020-08-10

How extreme heat events threaten global food security

And why they can occur simultaneously in distant world regions

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