Synthesis reports

We produce reports that synthesise key processes or subjects within our fields of research. Below is an overview of our recent synthesis reports

AI for a planet under pressure

Published November 2025

Resilience Science Must Knows

Published October 2025

Doing business within Planetary Boundaries

Published November 2024

Redirecting flows – navigating the future of the Amazon

Published May 2024

Climate misinformation

Published May 2023

Economy and finance for a just future on a thriving planet

Published June 2022

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Research story | 2026-09-14

Coordinated reforms can transform Sweden and create well-being beyond growth

The climate crisis and increasing resource consumption raise questions about how high-income countries can reduce their environmental impact without simultaneously increasing unemployment and inequality.
Research story | 2026-09-11

Three ways to navigate the green backlash

Transformations towards sustainability have recently triggered a backlash that coincides with political polarization, violent conflict and democratic backsliding. New research by Per Olsson and Michele-Lee Moore together with Peter Søgaard Jørgensen and Carl Folke identifies three ways that can help keep transformations on track: Hope, Hospicing and Radical collaboration.
Research story | 2026-09-08

The biosphere is not only around you. It’s within you

Human beings constantly interact with their surroundings as part of the biosphere. But the biosphere doesn’t just stay on the outside. It is also in our guts, on our skin and in our breathing, shows a new scientific article from the Centre and Anthropocene Laboratory at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
General news | 2026-08-27

Glacier disaster highlights growing risks from a destabilising cryosphere

The devastating glacier-related Nepal floods underline the growing risks associated with a rapidly changing cryosphere. The cryosphere refers to all the frozen components of the planet, including ice, permafrost and snow cover. It is one of the most climate-sensitive parts of the Earth system, and it is experiencing widespread, accelerated, and partly irreversible changes.
General news | 2026-08-18

Johan Rockström: Sweden can become a fossil-free welfare economy

If Sweden becomes one of the world’s first fossil-free welfare economies, it would send a powerful signal that climate action and a thriving economy can go hand in hand.
General news | 2026-08-13

As Europe burns, water retention emerges as a critical climate solution

Europe is experiencing another summer of record-breaking heat, drought and wildfires. According to Centre researcher Thomas Elmqvist, the situation underscores the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions, but also to invest in climate adaptation.

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Synthesis reports

We produce reports that synthesise key processes or subjects within our fields of research. Below is an overview of our recent synthesis reports

AI for a planet under pressure

Resilience Science Must Knows

Doing business within Planetary Boundaries

Redirecting flows – navigating the future of the Amazon

Climate misinformation

Economy and finance for a just future on a thriving planet

News & events

Coordinated reforms can transform Sweden and create well-being beyond growth

Three ways to navigate the green backlash

The biosphere is not only around you. It’s within you

Glacier disaster highlights growing risks from a destabilising cryosphere

Johan Rockström: Sweden can become a fossil-free welfare economy

As Europe burns, water retention emerges as a critical climate solution