Long-term global scenarios have underpinned research and assessment of global
environmental change for four decades. Over the past ten years, the climate change …

Many challenges posed by the current Anthropocene epoch require fundamental
transformations to humanity's relationships with the rest of the planet. Achieving such …

Effective policies to halt biodiversity loss require knowing which anthropogenic drivers are
the most important direct causes. Whereas previous knowledge has been limited in scope …

Human use of land has been transforming Earth's ecology for millennia. From hunting and
foraging to burning the land to farming to industrial agriculture, increasingly intensive human …

Global freshwater biodiversity is declining dramatically, and meeting the challenges of this
crisis requires bold goals and the mobilisation of substantial resources. While the reasons …

Adverse impacts of climate change, development deficits and inequality exacerbate each
other. Existing vulnerabilities and inequalities intensify with adverse impacts of climate …

Despite decades of increasing investment in conservation, we have not succeeded in"
bending the curve" of biodiversity decline. Efforts to meet new targets and goals for the next …

National and local governments need to step up efforts to effectively implement the post‐
2020 global biodiversity framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity to halt and …

Anthropogenic planetary disruptions, from climate change to biodiversity loss, are
unprecedented challenges for human societies. Some societies, social groups, cultural …

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