Resilience Science Must-Knows

Resilience has become central to decision-making as societies face a growing set of overlapping and persistent crises, making volatility the new norm rather than the exception. This report distills decades of resilience science into nine clear, actionable Must-Knows that equip decision-makers across sectors and scales with a shared, science-based foundation to cope, adapt, and transform in the face of ongoing uncertainty.

Produced by: Stockholm Resilience Centre, Global Resilience Partnership, and Future Earth

Layout and graphics: Jerker Lokrantz/Azote

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17466370

Cite this report as: Norström A.*, Queiroz C.*, Nyström M.*, Jiménez-Aceituno A., Jonsson A., McFadden A., Milton N., Peterson G., Barnes M., Béné C., Biggs R., Boyd E., Broadgate W., Brown K., Carpenter S.R., Collins G., de Coning C., Denton F., Ferreira R., Folke C., Gordon L., Hamann M., Hornberg J., McPhearson T., Nagendra H., Ringler C., Rockström J., RomeroLankao P., Scheffer M., Westley F., Ziervogel G. (2025). Resilience Science Must-Knows: Nine Things Every Decision-Maker Should Know About Resilience. Stockholm Resilience Centre, Global Resilience Partnership, Future Earth, Stockholm, Sweden. *equal contributors to this work and designated as co-first authors