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Understanding biodiversity – ecosystem service linkages in real landscapes

The article examines the impact of human-driven biodiversity loss and its consequences for ecosystem functions and services, emphasizing its role in the global polycrisis. It highlights the need for large-scale, real-world studies to understand biodiversity-ecosystem service linkages beyond small-scale experiments. In response to these research needs, the authors introduce a Topical Collection comprising 13 studies […]

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Report: 10 new insights in climate science 2024/2025

The report provides an overview of recent advancements in climate change research, highlighting key issues such as rising methane emissions, and the interconnected risks posed by climate change. It emphasizes the growing displacement of populations, intensification of extreme weather events, and compounded impacts on vulnerable groups. The report also stresses the disruption of vital Earth

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Re-imagining Earth System Governance in an Era of Polycrisis

The 2024 Forum on ‘Re-Imagining Earth System Governance in an Era of Polycrisis’ convened academics, researchers, practicioners and government representatives exchanging critical insights on earth system governance in an era of polycrisis. Hosted by the Earth System Governance Project and co-hosted by Utrecht University, Canada Research Chairs, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), the

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When one crisis comes after another: successive shocks, food insecurity, and coastal precarity in the Philippines

The authors examine the layering and succession of social and environmental crises—including a catastrophic typhoon, the COVID-19 pandemic, and economic inflation—and their impacts on food security in Capiz, Philippines. The authors investigate how these crises manifest in poor coastal communities and how vulnerable populations navigate such challenges.

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Governance for Earth System Tipping Points – A Research Agenda

The authors propose a new interdisciplinary research agenda to address the challenges that earth system tipping points pose for global governance. They argue that current institutions and policy tools are inadequate for managing the rapid, non-linear, and potentially irreversible nature of tipping processes. The paper seeks to develop a governance framework specifically suited to the

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Global Tipping Points Report 2023

Global Tipping Points is a report, led by the University of Exeter’s Global Systems Institute and funded by the Bezos Earth Fund, that identifies negative and positive tipping points with regards to ongoing global crises. According to the report, the existence of negative tipping points shows that the threats posed by the current crises we

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Principles for Systemic Risk Assessment and Response

In this publication, the Accelerator for Systemic Risk Assessment presents the Principles for Systemic Risk Assessment and Response. Co-developed with a diverse network of experts, these principles aim to redefine our understanding of risk, accelerate awareness of the interconnected threats we face, and guide transformative action to safeguard Earth’s ecological systems and human well-being from

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Global Polycrisis: The Causal Mechanisms of Crisis Entanglement

The authors translate polycrisis from a loose concept into a research agenda by providing the concept with a substantive definition, highlighting its value-added in comparison to related concepts, and developing a theoretical framework to explain the causal mechanisms currently entangling many of the world’s crises. In this framework, a global crisis arises when one or

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Global Risks Report 2024

This 19th edition of the World Economic Forum’s annual Global Risk Report is based on a risk perception survey conducted with nearly 1500 experts from academia, government, business, and civil society. Chapter 1 focuses on three risks that have grown of increasing concern over the next two years: false information, interstate violent conflict, and economic

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