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Research story | 2025-11-05

Responsible AI can help science tackle the planetary crises

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping almost every aspect of society. Now, a new international report argues it could also help accelerate science and research about climate change, biodiversity loss, and other urgent crises related to planetary boundaries.

General news | 2025-02-26

“Humanity needs to scale up the good AI solutions for our planet”

How can AI be used for the benefit of humanity and our planet – and what are the risks? Researchers from across the world are now teaming up to explore this in a new science initiative led by Stockholm Resilience Centre and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in collaboration with Google DeepMind.

Research story | 2025-02-17

To beat the heat, cities need to scale up green infrastructure

A new study on Sweden’s largest sustainable urban development project finds that individual Nature-based solutions (NbS) have minimal impact on local climate, emphasizing the need for large-scale, interconnected green infrastructure for substantial cooling.

General news | 2023-04-12

Centre researchers awarded for groundbreaking paper on urban sustainability

Centre researchers Thomas Elmqvist, Erik Andersson, Timon McPhearson, Per Olsson, Owen Gaffney and Carl Folke are selected as recipients of the Ecological Society of America’s Sustainability Science Award 2023

Research news | 2022-08-11

Adding the technological to the social-ecological

Researchers make the case for a more systematic way of thinking when designing urban, nature-based solutions

Research news | 2022-02-28

IPCC: risks over the next decades are unavoidable

Latest report puts emphasis on urgent action but warns vulnerable regions will face inevitable effects due to already locked-in changes to the climate

Research news | 2021-10-11

Low exposure to green areas may lead to higher rates of COVID-19 cases

New analysis links COVID-19 to nature inequity, showing communities of color face starkest burden

Research news | 2021-09-21

Three things needed for successful climate adaptation in cities

Freiburg, Durban and Singapore show why combining social, nature-based and technological solutions to urban climate challenges can work

Research news | 2021-06-01

Uncovering the traits of an urban social-ecological system

Why a different language for ecosystems and biodiversity is needed for taking on today’s urban challenges

Research news | 2020-05-27

Cooling down our increasingly dense cities

How green areas reduce the urban heat island effect

Research news | 2019-11-13

New network on nature-based solutions for cities

Centre joins “Nature-based Solutions for Urban Resilience in the Anthropocene” network

Research news | 2019-11-12

Championing cities for the climate

A state-of-the art review of urban data infrastructure reveals how cities can become powerful agents in the fight against climate change

Research news | 2019-08-21

Life is often greener on the other side of the fence

Access to green spaces in cities is a class issue. How can ecosystem services be distributed more equally?

Research news | 2019-06-03

A tale of two transformative cities

Rotterdam and New York are global pioneers in urban climate adaption, but mainstreaming their sustainability strategies remains a struggle

Research news | 2019-04-17

Centre researchers recipients of the 2019 Ecological Society of America awards

Recognised for their outstanding contributions to ecology

Research news | 2019-04-09

If a city is resilient, is it also sustainable?

Researchers present a new framework to resolve this question

Research news | 2019-01-30

Context is key

When it comes to efforts to improve health and well-being of city-dwellers, same approach can have varying effects in different areas and with different groups of people

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