General news | 2025-04-04

Investing in nature for human prosperity

Investments play a crucial role in how deforestation and the destruction of nature can be reversed. "By far the biggest challenge is that humans continue to invest far more in sectors and activities that destroy nature, than in activities that can revert that destruction," says Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, the pioneer behind Costa Rica’s remarkable sustainability transition.

General news | 2025-03-12

Saving white winters: Sports, business and science unite for climate action

As climate change threatens the future of winter sports, the Nordic Sustainability Arena brought together athletes, scientists, business leaders, and politicians in Åre to push for urgent action and inspire sustainable transition.

Research in short | 2025-03-03

Food system change needs alliances, not just policies or grassroots change

A new study calls for “transformation alliances”, where different actors deploy different capabilities for accelerating food system change.

Research in short | 2025-03-03

A new tool for navigating just food system transformations

The JUSTRA matrix uses key questions to examine how justice has shaped food systems in the past, how it affects them now, and how it should guide future decisions. By using this tool food system players can work toward a fairer food system.

General news | 2025-01-07

New funding for sustainable diplomacy and circular economy

Two projects led by researchers from the Centre have secured new funding from Mistra, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research.

Research in short | 2024-11-28

Reaping what we sow: Centering values in food systems transformations research

Researchers striving for sustainability transformations must reflect on their own values—not just those of stakeholders. To create meaningful change, scientist need to embody the principles they advocate. By aligning with values like care, inclusivity, and reflexivity, researchers can strengthen collaboration, deepen impact, and better contribute to systemic change.

Research story | 2024-11-27

Lessons learned from the Citizens’ Assembly on Climate

Within the framework of the Fairtrans research program, Sweden’s first national Citizens’ Assembly on Climate was held this spring. Now, the lessons learned are being presented in a report and at a seminar in Parliament.

Research story | 2024-09-25

Walking together in a world of many worlds

Embracing “the uncommons” – the many different ways of knowing, being and doing – may contribute to transformations to sustainability, argues a new study.

Research story | 2024-09-12

New research reveals path to a just world on a safe planet

The planet will only remain able to provide even a basic standard of living for everyone in the future if economic systems and technologies are dramatically transformed and critical resources are more fairly used, managed and shared.

Research in short | 2024-08-26

Power and protein – how to close the justice gap in food transformations

The global shift away from animal-source foods and towards plant-based and alternative proteins is crucial to reducing the food system's impact on our planet. However, focusing solely on closing the 'protein gap' risks overlooking a more pressing issue: the justice gap.

Research story | 2024-06-13

Redirecting investments can pave the way for a just and resilient Amazon

The Amazon Basin stands at a critical juncture: Pressing environmental challenges on one hand, with immense potential for transformative change on the other. A new report illuminates how to foster resilience across the region.

General news | 2024-06-12

Centre science featured in new Spotify podcast hosted by Alexander Skarsgård

“How We Fix This”, a new podcast series from Spotify and Norrsken, delves into concrete solutions to some of the world's most pressing sustainability issues. It is hosted by Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning actor Alexander Skarsgård and features several Centre researchers.

Research in short | 2024-04-22

The power of shared narratives to bring nature into decision-making

A new study by Centre Chair Carl Folke and Marty Anderies from Arizona State University argues that a paradigm shift in addressing the climate crisis and other global challenges is long overdue.

Research in short | 2024-04-22

Using art to challenge energy paradigms

How can artistic practices multiply our understanding of energy transitions? And how can they contribute to more equitable and just energy futures?

Research story | 2024-04-16

New indicators to guide companies towards a sustainable future

Many companies claim to be sustainable, but when Centre researcher Beatrice Crona looked at how they measure sustainability, she found that they often map the wrong things.

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 | 2023-11-14

Norms must change in order for academia to walk the talk on sustainability, new paper argues

Sustainability research is rarely sustainable, neither for the planet nor for academics, argues a new paper. In it, researchers call for a rethink of current norms and practices

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

General news | 2023-10-19

Centre programme educates Swedish trade union leaders on sustainability

Representatives from twenty Swedish trade unions attend a centre-hosted course for becoming leaders in a just climate transformation