The Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics

The Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics

The Beijer Institute is an international research institute under the auspices of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Core funding is provided by the Kjell and Märta Beijer Foundation.

smallPhoto: Flickr/Joegoauk Goa Healthy and sustainable diets

Eat Lancet Report: diets and food production must radically change to improve health and avoid potentially catastrophic damage to the planet

 

smallPhoto: Alamy Global environmental policies

New study show how policy instruments must be adjusted and combined to address and provide synergies for global environmental problems.

smallphoto: Alamy Regime shifts

New study in Science reveals hidden links and potential domino effects between tipping points in climate, ecosystems and societies.

smallManish Nag; data source: nceas.ucsb.edu Human-Machine-Ecology

The Beijer Institute co-organises workshop on the Emerging Risks, Opportunities, and Governance of Artificial Intelligence.

smallFlickr/Centre for neighbourhood technology Economics of resilience

Article reviews economic models and theories linked to resilience with special focus social-ecological systems and regime shifts.

small New funding

Grants received to study human responses to Arctic environmental change, the new reality for small-scale fisheries and more.

smallPhoto. Tore Marklund Seminar video

Cities-the frontlines for global sustainability.  With Xuemei Bai, Will Steffen, Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Åsa gren and Thomas Elmqvist.

smallPhoto. Alamy Stock Photo Inequality and the Biosphere

Beijer Young Scholars reveal links between social inequalities and environmental change and receive planning grant for further studies.

small Food sustainability

Feeding 10 billion people by 2050 within planetary limits may be achievable.

smallWildfires California. Flickr/slworking2 Global warming

The planet is at risk of heading towards “Hothouse Earth” state even if Paris agreement is met.