Research story | 2025-10-27

Chinese mountain model shows new way for building resilience

Chinese cities, farms, and conservation zones all compete for limited land, while rising temperatures, land degradation, and erosion threaten local livelihoods. A new study in Huangshui River Basin, by an international team of researchers, shows how decision-makers on local and national level can collaborate better and create more resilient societies.

General news | 2025-06-25

New report: Strong support for ambitious climate policy among Swedes

A new report from the Fairtrans research programme, hosted at Stockholm Resilience Centre, reveals that a clear majority of Swedes support ambitious climate action, regardless of political affiliation. The findings suggest that both right- and left-leaning voters are willing to prioritise tackling climate change, particularly when policies are perceived as fair.

General news | 2024-09-23

Global science-policy initiative aims to supercharge planetary resilience

With a “Key Must-Knows in Resilience Science” report, sustainability researchers from across the world are coming together in a new science-policy initiative. The report will inform UN agencies, governments, civil society, and businesses to build resilience to safeguard the planet.

Research story | 2024-06-19

Basic income could solve global poverty and stop environmental destruction, study finds

Providing a basic income could boost global gross domestic product (GDP) by $US163 trillion while acting to curb environmental degradation, Centre research has found.

General news | 2024-04-18

Centre research listed among top ten of most cited papers in policy

Three scientific works with heavy involvement from the Stockholm Resilience Centre have been included on a list of the ten most cited non-economics papers in policy documents by Nature

Research in short | 2024-03-18

Science-based targets can mean change within the system – or involve challenging it

Is it possible to fundamentally transform a system while you’re working within it? Or do you have to challenge the system?

Research news | 2023-12-08

Five key actions to fight the food crisis

A new science brief from Stockholm Resilience Centre and Global Resilience Partnership launched during COP28 discusses why the current food crisis has escalated so quickly up to global proportions. The researchers list five key actions for policy-makers to address.

Research news | 2023-11-10

The bumpy road towards a global plastics treaty

Plastic pollution needs to end. While most countries agree on this, negotiations for a legally binding UN plastics treaty are going slowly. Centre researcher Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez explains why.

Research news | 2023-03-08

Growing “plastic smog” of 170 trillion particles afloat in the ocean

More than 170 trillion microplastic particles are floating in the World’s oceans, new study finds

Research news | 2023-01-19

Time for an "IPCC for the ocean"

Leading ocean experts propose a new International Panel for Ocean Sustainability (IPOS) to build consensus and inform policy

Research news | 2022-05-20

Relaunch of hub on environment, climate and security

Swedish government launches second phase of the Stockholm Hub on Environment, Climate and Security, building knowledge on how climate and environmental change lead to human insecurities

Research news | 2022-02-25

Why it’s time we change the way we debate science

New study suggests three ways to change how researchers interact in order to increase science’s capacity to inform sustainable decisions

Research news | 2021-05-31

What it takes to address several challenges at the same time

Four insights into dealing with environmental policy issue interdependencies

Video news | 2021-05-20

Nobel Prize Summit, second science session

The second of two days of science sessions focused on new technologies, social innovation, governance, inclusiveness and stewardship

Research news | 2020-09-08

Amid policy disagreements, the oceans continue to suffer

No one agrees on what a healthy ocean looks like. That is bad news in a time when tough decisions on conservation are needed

Research news | 2020-05-25

In some cases, a push and pull between interests can prevent unsustainable outcomes

How resource management can benefit from competition between interest groups

Research news | 2020-05-17

Can we avoid environmental pitfalls through a not-for-profit economy?

Environmental degradation is an inherent feature of the for-profit economy. What are the alternatives?

Research news | 2020-03-16

What it will take to fly less

Growing knowledge about climate change makes people want to reduce their flying. But more sustainable travelling still hampered by a striking lack of political incentives

Research news | 2019-05-09

IPBES and the role of the SRC

The centre’s contribution to intergovernmental platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services

Research news | 2019-01-11

Solutions that provide synergies

Environmental policy instruments must be used to deal with global environmental problems