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Research story | 2024-03-19

Centre report assesses criticism of Nordic Nutrition Recommendations

Including environmental considerations in the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations has received much praise from authorities and scientists. But it has also sparked criticisms. Centre expertise clears the confusion in a new policy report.

Research news | 2024-02-08

Eating new plant-based foods can be good for the environment, your health and your economy

Replacing animal-source foods with plant-based alternatives or whole foods decreases environmental impact, meets nutrition recommendations, and can be cost-competitive with the current average Swedish diet

Research news | 2023-12-08

Five key actions to fight the food crisis

A new science brief from Stockholm Resilience Centre and Global Resilience Partnership launched during COP28 discusses why the current food crisis has escalated so quickly up to global proportions. The researchers list five key actions for policy-makers to address.

Research news | 2023-05-03

Five steps to design diets that are good for people and planet

What we eat globally needs to shift. National dietary guidelines can play a major role in improving peoples’ environmental food footprint. A new framework looks at how to create them

Research news | 2023-01-30

Policymakers need to work more closely with researchers to fight the global food crisis

We are facing the worst food crisis in modern history – Sweden and the EU need to take action to shift how food is produced and consumed. That was the message from researchers to policymakers during a high-level meeting for the Swedish government at Stockholm Resilience Centre

Research news | 2023-01-13

Going beyond dichotomies of local versus global food systems

Food systems are becoming increasingly stressed, but whether they are local or global is not the big issue

Research news | 2022-11-03

Sustainability claims behind booming food technologies lack evidence

Money is pouring into food tech. But despite rosy claims, food innovations are rarely empirically assessed from a broader sustainability perspective

Research news | 2021-03-02

Eight ways to change Nordic food and lifestyles

Transforming food systems is a shortcut to more sustainable lifestyles. Insights from a Nordic collaboration reveal significant potential for change

Research news | 2021-02-15

Hungry for change

Centre researcher Amanda Wood explains why food is a crucial but very challenging place to start a global sustainability transformation

Research news | 2021-01-27

What the Nordics can do to fix the food systems

The Nordic countries’ most important global contribution to achieving food related sustainability goals may come from their strong innovation networks

Research news | 2020-11-24

Nordic countries are well suited to collaborate on food systems transformation

While hurdles remain, the region can build on the shared history of collaboration to tackle food system challenges together, new insight papers show

Research news | 2020-06-25

How sustainable are Swedes’ eating habits?

Benchmarking the Swedish diet relative to global and national environmental targets shows more action on sustainable dietary shifts and more research needed

Research news | 2020-03-19

Centre partner in programme designed to improve Swedish food system

Four-year programme receives SEK 64 million from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (Mistra)

General news | 2019-11-18

EAT-Lancet Commission wins the 2019 Utstickarpriset

Praised for its efforts to disseminate knowledge and hope about the transition to a more sustainable system

Research news | 2019-04-03

Within reach

Nordics in unique position to lead global food transformation, but not without overcoming major challenges

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