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Research news | 2020-07-19
Humans need to do better to avoid ocean system collapse
Should the ocean system collapse, the resultant crisis would be as devastating as the COVID-19 crisis
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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
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Research news | 2020-05-05
Global shortages loom as Covid-19 is disrupting supply chains
United Nations Global Compact urges governments to work together to keep ocean-related supply chains moving
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Research news | 2020-03-09
Global food system vulnerable from reliance on fewer exporting countries
The world is enjoying a richer diet but most countries increasingly depend on food imports. That should worry many of them
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Research news | 2019-11-26
If it works here, perhaps it can work there
Food initiatives within the Stockholm-Mälaren region in Sweden offer insight into a transformation of the global food system
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Research news | 2019-11-06
An altered planetary anatomy
Humans have transformed much of the planet to produce more and more food, fibre and fuel, now we need to radically transform this global production ecosystem. Centre researchers offer perspectives in Nature's exclusive 150th anniversary collection
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Research news | 2019-10-16
Temporary refuge from an ocean of industry
How long will areas inaccessible to global fish industry remain refuges for small-scale fisheries?
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Research news | 2019-09-06
For fishers' behaviour in the Philippines, gender roles may be a stronger predictor than prices
In Philippine fishing communities, gender roles have a bigger influence than price on fishers’ business decisions
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Research news | 2019-06-20
Why the slogan ‘think global act local’ is inadequate
Local management of ecosystem services is often shaped by far-away power relations and decisions
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Research news | 2019-06-10
Dealing with the rapidly changing world of ocean finance
Resource mobilisation for ocean conservation outcomes and more sustainable fisheries is increasing, but transparency, coherence and the critical evaluation of interventions still lag behind
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Research news | 2019-06-10
Full of beans
There’s a whole social-ecological crisis behind your morning cup of joe. A new study examines how geographical, time, and legal and institutional scale (mis)matches interplay with the coffee leaf rust outbreak that is affecting small-scale Arabica coffee producers
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Research news | 2019-05-22
Call for ocean action in West Africa
Swedish-Liberian Blue Oceans Conference calls for sustainable blue development in West Africa and beyond
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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 | 2018-10-17
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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Research news | 2018-10-10
Perspectives on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 1.5C report
Resilience framework is central to the new report, with strong linkages to centre research
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Research news | 2018-08-30
New Swedish initiative to highlight climate-security links
Centre joins collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
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Research news | 2018-08-14
Climate risks without borders
New index reveals how climate risks are reinforced by global connectivity, leaving no country shielded from impact
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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 | 2018-03-09
Master of the local to the global
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we have been highlighting some of our women researchers at the centre. In our final profile this week, we showcase associate professor Beatrice Crona, whose work spans from small-scale fisheries governance to global drivers of change.
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General news | 2018-01-15
Centre presence at the 2018 World Economic Forum
Executive director Johan Rockström will discuss the "carbon law" and researcher Maja Schlüter will discuss “amplifying feedbacks” that make it more difficult for people to change their behaviour
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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 | 2017-06-21
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 | 2017-06-06
Engaging the private sector in SDG14
The Seafood Business for Ocean Stewardship (SeaBOS) initiative Friday, 9 June, 2017. Opening remarks by HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Advocate for the UN Sustainable Development Goals
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General news | 2017-06-02
"Renouncing its role as a global leader"
Centre director Johan Rockström addresses Donald Trump's decision to pull the US out of the Paris climate accord
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Research news | 2016-06-16
Plenty more fish in the sea – but only if fished sustainably
Why transnational corporations must become more important in global fishery management
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Research news | 2016-05-24
How to be heard as a small fish in a big pond
Study explores how NGOs can influence policies made by International Organizations
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Research news | 2016-04-21
From Fukushima to the USA in 1277 days
New study in Nature Communications models global connectivity of the entire planet’s ocean surface
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Research news | 2015-12-18
How international seafood trade impacts small-scale fisheries
How international seafood trade impacts small-scale fisheries
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Research news | 2015-05-25
The challenges of establishing marine protected areas through bottom-up processes
Establishment of bottom-up, no-take marine protected areas need trust, communication and support to succeed
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Research news | 2015-05-18
Practices of the European Court of Human Rights support adaptive governance
Practices of the European Court of Human Rights support adaptive governance
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Research news | 2015-03-19
Local action needed to protect iconic WorldHeritage sites
Think global, act local or risk losing the world’s iconic natural treasures, new study in Science argues
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Research news | 2014-12-01
Connected risks, connected solutions
New report explors pathways and gaps towards transformative change of governance
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Research news | 2014-11-29
The hidden cost of coerced resilience
Centre researchers look into forced resilience of intensive agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture systems
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Research news | 2014-07-02
Treat the sea like land
More than two billion people at risk unless tropical coastal seas are managed like farms, parks or cities, scientists warn
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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 | 2014-05-08
Connected risks, connected solutions?
Four experts on the global capacity to cope with surprise, shocks and propagating failures
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Research news | 2014-02-13
Transforming global finance
Seminar with Hunter Lovins from Natural Capitalism Solutions and John Fullerton from Capital Institute
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Research news | 2014-01-29
Incorporating local and traditional knowledge into international assessments
Why local, traditional and indigenous knowledge is crucial for biodiversity conservation
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Research news | 2013-06-25
Food production strategies in Pamir: international aid and local traditions
Strategies for food production reveals conflicts between international aid and local tradition
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