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Articulating the effect of food systems innovation on the Sustainable Development Goals

2021, Herrero, Mario, Thornton, Philip K., Mason-D'Croz, Daniel, Palmer, Jeda, Bodirsky, Benjamin L., Pradhan, Prajal, Barrett, Christopher B., Benton, Tim G., Hall, Andrew, Pikaar, Ilje, Bogard, Jessica R., Bonnett, Graham D., Bryan, Brett A., Campbell, Bruce M., Christensen, Svend, Clark, Michael, Fanzo, Jessica, Godde, Cecile M., Jarvis, Andy, Loboguerrero, Ana Maria, Mathys, Alexander, McIntyre, C. Lynne, Naylor, Rosamond L., Nelson, Rebecca, Obersteiner, Michael, Parodi, Alejandro, Popp, Alexander, Ricketts, Katie, Smith, Pete, Valin, Hugo, Vermeulen, Sonja J., Vervoort, Joost, van Wijk, Mark, van Zanten, Hannah HE, West, Paul C., Wood, Stephen A., Rockström, Johan

Food system innovations will be instrumental to achieving multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, major innovation breakthroughs can trigger profound and disruptive changes, leading to simultaneous and interlinked reconfigurations of multiple parts of the global food system. The emergence of new technologies or social solutions, therefore, have very different impact profiles, with favourable consequences for some SDGs and unintended adverse side-effects for others. Stand-alone innovations seldom achieve positive outcomes over multiple sustainability dimensions. Instead, they should be embedded as part of systemic changes that facilitate the implementation of the SDGs. Emerging trade-offs need to be intentionally addressed to achieve true sustainability, particularly those involving social aspects like inequality in its many forms, social justice, and strong institutions, which remain challenging. Trade-offs with undesirable consequences are manageable through the development of well planned transition pathways, careful monitoring of key indicators, and through the implementation of transparent science targets at the local level.

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Reply to Burgess et al: Catastrophic climate risks are neglected, plausible, and safe to study

2022, Kemp, Luke, Xu, Chi, Depledge, Joanna, Ebi, Kristie L., Gibbins, Goodwin, Kohler, Timothy A., Rockström, Johan, Scheffer, Marten, Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim, Steffen, Will, Lenton, Timothy M.

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Reply to Bhowmik et al.: Democratic climate action and studying extreme climate risks are not in tension

2022, Kemp, Luke, Xu, Chi, Depledge, Joanna, Ebi, Kristie L., Gibbins, Goodwin, Kohler, Timothy A., Rockström, Johan, Scheffer, Marten, Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim, Steffen, Will, Lenton, Timothy M.

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We need biosphere stewardship that protects carbon sinks and builds resilience

2021, Rockström, Johan, Beringer, Tim, Hole, David, Griscom, Bronson, Mascia, Michael B., Folke, Carl, Creutzig, Felix

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