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Resilience and Sustainable Development 2.0

A report by Stockholm Resilience Centre produced for the Swedish Government’s Commission on Sustainable Development, March 2009

Åsa Gerger Swartling, Annika E. Nilsson / Published on 31 March 2009
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Folke, C., Hahn, T., Rockström, J., Österblom, H., Walker, B., Moberg, F., Schultz, M., Enfors, E., Crona, B., Bodin, Ö., Olsson, P., Galaz, V., Nilsson, A.E., Swartling, Å. (2009). Resilience and Sustainable Development 2.0. A report by Stockholm Resilience Centre produced for the Swedish Government’s Commission on Sustainable Development, March 2009. Stockholm, Sweden.

The authors present recent advances in the understanding of the role of resilience for sustainability, from local to global scales. The report emphasizes the concepts of social and ecological resilience, advancements in resilience thinking (particularly related to the risk of abrupt changes and transformations) and the opportunities from applying resilience thinking in governance and management.

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SEI authors

Åsa Gerger Swartling
Åsa Gerger Swartling

Head of Division - Societies, Climate and Policy Support

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Annika E. Nilsson

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