Research news | 2021-06-18

The accidental chef

How a former PhD student’s book on food and life in the Pamir Mountains won the world’s most prestigious culinary book award

Research news | 2021-06-11

Getting the seafood sector’s big fish to swim together for sustainability

Centre researcher Jean-Baptiste Jouffray reflects on what it will take to get the world’s biggest seafood companies to transform and what science must do to help them

Research news | 2021-06-02

Centre research on social tipping points inspires push for new Dutch climate strategy

Open letter to Dutch cabinet signed by over 100 NGOs, universities, grassroots organisations and artists

Research news | 2021-04-12

Six targets for a sustainable textile industry

Combining circular economy and planetary boundaries can pave the way for a sustainable transformation of the fashion industry

Research news | 2021-03-22

We are taking astounding risks, warn researchers

New report summarises recent research on the scale of human activity. Inequality and environmental challenges are deeply linked, this must be a transformative decade 

Research news | 2021-03-17

Introducing the Nobel Prize Summit ‘Our Planet, Our Future’

Centre co-organiser of April 2021 summit where Al Gore, the Dalai Lama and Xiye Bastida and others will explore actions towards a more sustainable, prosperous future for all

Research news | 2021-01-28

In the quest to become climate neutral, beware of the unintended and undesired consequences

Sida-commissioned report demonstrates how good business intentions might “bite back” in low- and middle-income countries and offers insights into how to avoid it

Research news | 2021-01-27

What the Nordics can do to fix the food systems

The Nordic countries’ most important global contribution to achieving food related sustainability goals may come from their strong innovation networks

Research news | 2020-11-24

Nordic countries are well suited to collaborate on food systems transformation

While hurdles remain, the region can build on the shared history of collaboration to tackle food system challenges together, new insight papers show

Research news | 2020-11-13

For change to happen, large companies need help from interest groups around them

The clothing industry is dominated by a clutch of powerful companies, but interest groups around it are crucial in efforts to make it more sustainable

Research news | 2020-09-21

A tipping point alone will not guarantee a transformation, what comes afterwards is crucial

A successful transformation goes through phases, and each phase must be navigated carefully

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

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

Research news | 2020-05-05

Why we need a more inclusive approach to transformation research

Indigenous and local knowledge still not acknowledged despite offering a more diverse understanding of sustainability transformations

Research news | 2020-03-26

Past insights can shape future food systems

Three major innovations helped shape the global food system in the past. How can we learn from them to develop a more sustainable system for the future?

Research news | 2020-03-18

Four positive future visions of southern Africa

Researchers, practitioners and artists present previously unimagined ways of thinking about sustainability futures in the region

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 | 2019-12-17

Help from an unexpected source

Accounting can be much more than just crunching numbers. Imagine it saving our environment

Research news | 2019-12-09

Knowledge as a tool rather than an underlying requirement

New study demonstrates the benefits of developing new ideas about what knowledge and action are and how they relate to each other

Research news | 2019-11-29

How many change-makers does it take to challenge the status quo ?

Study assesses what it takes to make good meetings become venues for change