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Gustav Engström
Researcher at Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Publications - 26
Citations - 1420
Gustav Engström is an academic researcher from Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Climate change & Climate model. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 26 publications receiving 1136 citations. Previous affiliations of Gustav Engström include Stockholm University & Swedish Academy.
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Looming Global-Scale Failures and Missing Institutions
Brian Walker,Brian Walker,Scott Barrett,Stephen Polasky,Stephen Polasky,Victor Galaz,Cari Folke,Cari Folke,Gustav Engström,Frank Ackerman,Frank Ackerman,Kenneth J. Arrow,Stephen R. Carpenter,Kanchan Chopra,Gretchen C. Daily,Paul R. Ehrlich,Terry P. Hughes,Nils Kautsky,Simon A. Levin,Karl-Göran Mäler,Karl-Göran Mäler,Jason F. Shogren,Jeffrey R. Vincent,Tasos Xepapadeas,Aart de Zeeuw,Aart de Zeeuw +25 more
TL;DR: The core of the problem is inducing cooperation in situations where individuals and nations will collectively gain if all cooperate, but each faces the temptation to take a free ride on the cooperation of others.
General Resilience to Cope with Extreme Events
Stephen R. Carpenter,Kenneth J. Arrow,Scott Barrett,Reinette Biggs,William A. Brock,Anne-Sophie Crépin,Gustav Engström,Carl Folke,Terry P. Hughes,Nils Kautsky,Chuan-Zhong Li,Geoffrey R. McCarney,Kyle C. Meng,Karl-Göran Mäler,Stephen Polasky,Marten Scheffer,Jason F. Shogren,Thomas Sterner,Jeffrey R. Vincent,Brian Walker,Anastasios Xepapadeas,Aart de Zeeuw +21 more
TL;DR: General resilience is the capacity of social-ecological systems to adapt or transform in response to unfamiliar, unexpected and extreme shocks as discussed by the authors, which includes diversity, modularity, openness, reserves, feedbacks, nestedness, monitoring, leadership, and trust.
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General Resilience to Cope with Extreme Events
Stephen R. Carpenter,Kenneth J. Arrow,Scott Barrett,Reinette Biggs,William A. Brock,Anne-Sophie Crépin,Gustav Engström,Carl Folke,Terry P. Hughes,Nils Kautsky,Chuan-Zhong Li,Geoffrey R. McCarney,Kyle C. Meng,Karl-Göran Mäler,Stephen Polasky,Marten Scheffer,Jason F. Shogren,Thomas Sterner,Jeffrey R. Vincent,Brian Walker,Anastasios Xepapadeas,Aart de Zeeuw +21 more
TL;DR: General resilience is the capacity of social-ecological systems to adapt or transform in response to unfamiliar, unexpected and extreme shocks as discussed by the authors, which includes diversity, modularity, openness, reserves, feedbacks, nestedness, monitoring, leadership, and trust.
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Policy design for the Anthropocene
Thomas Sterner,Edward B. Barbier,Ian J. Bateman,Inge van den Bijgaart,Anne-Sophie Crépin,Anne-Sophie Crépin,Ottmar Edenhofer,Ottmar Edenhofer,Carolyn Fischer,Wolfgang Habla,John Hassler,John Hassler,Olof Johansson-Stenman,Andreas Lange,Stephen Polasky,Johan Rockström,Henrik G. Smith,Will Steffen,Will Steffen,Gernot Wagner,James E. Wilen,Francisco Alpízar,Christian Azar,Donna Carless,Carlos Chávez,Jessica Coria,Gustav Engström,Sverker C. Jagers,Gunnar Köhlin,Åsa Löfgren,Håkan Pleijel,Amanda Robinson +31 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the complexities of designing policies that can keep Earth within the biophysical limits favorable to human life, and examine the underlying mechanisms across scientific disciplines and approaches, and take politics into account.
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Resilience offers escape from trapped thinking on poverty alleviation
TL;DR: The model-based approach and insights offer a systematic way to review the consequences of the causal mechanisms that characterize poverty traps in different agricultural contexts and identify appropriate strategies for rural development challenges.