We have entered the urban century and addressing a broad suite of sustainability
challenges in urban areas is increasingly key for our chances to transform the entire planet …

While there is much debate on transformative change among academics and policymakers,
the discussion on how to govern such change is still in its infancy. This article argues that …

Transformative governance is key to addressing the global environmental crisis. We explore
how transformative governance of complex biodiversity–climate–society interactions can be …

The notion of 'transformations towards sustainability'takes an increasingly central position in
global sustainability research and policy discourse in recent years. Governance and politics …

Many frameworks exist across the sciences and science-policy interface, but it is not always
clear how they are developed or can be applied. It is also often vague how new or existing …

The potential consequences of cross-scale systemic environmental risks with global effects
are increasing. We argue that current descriptions of globally connected systemic risk poorly …

The international climate regime represented by the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change has been widely critiqued. However,'new'dynamic forms of climate …

Africa has rich and diverse biological and environmental resources, but both are vulnerable
to rising human population and the effects of climate change. Also, intense poverty and food …

Many democracies find it difficult to act swiftly on problems such as climate change and
biodiversity loss. This is reflected in long-standing debates in research and policy about …

Humanity has emerged as a major force in the operation of the biosphere, with a significant
imprint on the Earth System, challenging social–ecological resilience. This new situation …