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Food in the Anthropocene
Notable Reports
The 37 scientists from 16 countries, led by Walter Willett and Johan Rockström, warn that most of the world population is inadequately nourished and many environmental systems and processes are...
Food, Transformation/Change
Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change
Notable Reports
An especially worrisome report from Britain’s premier medical journal, warning that public health gains of past decades are being reversed and offset by climate change.  Prepared  by 150 experts from...
Climate Change, Disasters, Health
Transformation is Feasible: How to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals Within Planetary Boundaries
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A report by the Stockholm Resilience Centre to The Club of Rome.  Jergen Randers, Johan Rockström, and four others describe four scenarios in detail: 1) Same: baseline of current policies;...
Climate Change, Development, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development Goals
Living Planet Report: Aiming High
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The 12th edition the World Wildlife Fund's biennial flagship report, provides the latest data of the Living Planet Index, which tracked over 4,000 vertebrate species in the 1970-2014 period.  The...
Animal Species, Data
Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Sustainable Development
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This report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development highlights the value of natural ecosystems in economic growth and good practices in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries. They focus on...
Biodiversity, Economy, Sustainable Development
Ocean Connections: An Introduction to Rising Risks from a Warming, Changing Ocean
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This report by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature looks into the impact of climate change on the maritime environment. “The ocean is now changing more rapidly than...
Climate Change, Risks
Global Catastrophic Risks
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The annual report of the new Global Challenges Foundation in Stockholm overlaps with the WEF Risks Report in concerns about nuclear weapons, chemical and biological weapons, catastrophic climate change, ecological...
Risks, Security, Sustainability
Assessment Report on Land Degradation and Ecosystem Services
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Published by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, this is a powerful eye-opening work by 184 authors, summarizing some 4,000 sources. Insights: Land degradation—a pervasive, systemic phenomenon...
Assessment, Ecosystems, Land Use/ Management
Re-defining Value—The Manufacturing Revolution
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A report by produced by the International Resource Panel that stresses the need for a circular economic system to create a sustainable global economy, enabled by remanufacturing, refurbishing, repair, reuse,...
Economy, Sustainability, Systems Thinking & Analysis
Unlocking the Inclusive Growth Story of the 21st Century: Accelerating Climate Action in Urgent Times
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This report by the World Resources Institute argues that “we are not making progress anywhere near fast enough.”  Current economic models “are deeply inadequate” in capturing opportunities for a transformational...
Climate Change, Environment, Transformation/Change