Values have been recognized as critical leverage points for sustainability transformations.
However, there is limited evidence unpacking which types of values are associated with …

Mountains play a key role in the provision of nature's contributions to people (NCP)
worldwide that support societies' quality of life. Simultaneously, mountains are threatened by …

Scientists have repeatedly argued that transformative, multiscale global scenarios are
needed as tools in the quest to halt the decline of biodiversity and achieve sustainability …

Grasslands are spontaneously occurring herbaceous vegetation types that are mostly
dominated by grasses or other graminoids and have usually> 10% herb-layer cover, while …

Reaching sustainable and just futures for people and nature requires tackling complex
social-ecological challenges across multiple scales, from local to global. Pathways towards …

Scenario analyses have been used in multiple science-policy assessments to better
understand complex plausible futures. Scenario archetype approaches are based on the …

Scenarios are a useful tool to explore possible futures of social-ecological systems. The
number of scenarios has increased dramatically over recent decades, with a large diversity …

Land use models operating at regional to global scales are almost exclusively based on the
single paradigm of economic optimisation. Models based on different paradigms are known …

The idea that human impacts on natural systems might trigger large‐scale, social–ecological
'crises' or 'breakdowns' is attracting increasing scientific, societal and political attention, but …

While nature and its contributions to people are on a deeply unsustainable trajectory (cf
Chapters 2, 3, and 4), there is a multitude of voices demanding fundamental changes in the …