The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed an interconnected and tightly coupled globalized
world in rapid change. This article sets the scientific stage for understanding and responding …

Environmental variability and shock events can be propagated or attenuated along food
supply chains by various economic, political and infrastructural factors. Understanding these …

We are part of Nature, not separate from it. We rely on Nature to provide us with food, water
and shelter; regulate our climate and disease; maintain nutrient cycles and oxygen …

Despite the growing knowledge that food system solutions should account for interactions
and drivers across scales, broader societal debate on how to solve food system challenges …

Executive summary Food systems have the potential to nurture human health and support
environmental sustainability; however, they are currently threatening both. Providing a …

Much of the Earth's biosphere has been appropriated for the production of harvestable
biomass in the form of food, fuel and fibre. Here we show that the simplification and …

Humanity has emerged as a major force in the operation of the biosphere. The focus is
shifting from the environment as externality to the biosphere as precondition for social …

Social-ecological systems (SES) are complex adaptive systems. Social-ecological system
phenomena, such as regime shifts, transformations, or traps, emerge from interactions …

We are approaching a reckoning point in 2020 for global targets that better articulate the
interconnections between biodiversity, ecosystem services and sustainable development …

The Anthropocene is characterized by accelerating change and global challenges of
increasing complexity. Inspired by what some have called a polycrisis, we explore whether …