The centre is a collaboration between Stockholm University and the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

[3] The centre advises policymakers and industry on ecosystem management and long-term sustainable and equitable development in Europe and elsewhere around the world.

[8] There is also an international advisory board that provides strategic advice to the Centre in its efforts to have global impact within science, business, policy and practice, currently led by Jim Balsillie.

[10] This distinguished group includes: Sarah Cornell, Thomas Elmqvist, Max Troell, Johan Rockström and Carl Folke.

[19] In 2009, Stockholm Resilience Centre's then director Johan Rockström led an international group of 28 leading academics, who proposed a new Earth system framework, the "planetary boundaries", for government and management agencies as a precondition for sustainable development.

[21] By now, the concept of planetary boundaries had gained significant international media attention and was covered in, among others, the Economist[22] and National Geographic.

[27] In 2021 Netflix released the documentary film Breaking Boundaries: the Science of Our Planet, directed by Jonathan Clay and presented by Sir David Attenborough and Johan Rockström.

[35] Later on, it was found that this critique was part of a concerted campaign started by pro-meat advocates a few days ahead of the launch of the report.