Global Change and Sustainability Institute| CHANGE

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Innovating in Science for Natural, Social and Economical Regeneration

Innovating in Science for Natural, Social and Economical Regeneration

New governance strategies and public policies strengthening territorial sustainability.

CHANGE

Global Change and Sustainability Institute

We identify governance solutions and public policies, properly supported by science, through a team that develops, evaluates, and recommends innovative public policies in the context of global changes and sustainability.

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Global Changes and Sustainability

Global Changes and Sustainability

We respond to the challenges of global changes through the development of new governance strategies and public policies that strengthen the economy and the environment.

Public Policies

Public Policies

We promote scientific research that contributes to informing new scientifically supported and sustainability-integrated public policies.

Collaboration

Collaboration

We collaborate with partners from the public and private sectors, academic and cooperative to increase the social and economic impact of the knowledge produced.

CHANGE

A more sustainable world hand in hand with scientific research

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Research Units

CHANGE's
Thematic Lines

The activities of CHANGE are organized into five independent but interconnected thematic lines (TL).

TL1 . Safeguarding and promoting biodiversity and ecosystem services  

Safeguarding and promoting biodiversity and ecosystem services focuses on detecting and projecting biological responses to major environmental and socio-economic pressures such as habitat loss, overexploitation of resources, climate change, pollution, invasive species and other socio-economic dynamics, including demographic fluxes and urbanisation.

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TL1 . Safeguarding and promoting biodiversity and ecosystem services  

TL2 . Ensure sustainable food and biomass systems

Tackling the challenges of increasing yields in agricultural and forestry production systems while increasing the sustainability of the whole system, thus contributing to food security, safety and quality.

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TL2 . Ensure sustainable food and biomass systems  

TL3 . Ensure the preservation and regeneration of natural resources

Address challenges for diagnosing, monitoring and proposing solutions to deal with the effects of global change on the availability and quality of key natural resources (i.e., soil, water, air and genetic resources) for ecosystems’ structure and function, people’s health or food production.

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TL3 . Ensure the preservation and regeneration of natural resources

TL4 . Promote a circular and carbon-neutral economy

To contribute to the advancement of knowledge that supports policy and promotes the energy transition towards a circular, carbon-neutral, and regenerative economy.

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TL4 . Promote a circular and carbon-neutral economy

TL5 . Strengthen territorial cohesion to reduce disparities

Contribute to supporting policies that strengthen territorial cohesion towards a more balanced and sustainable development while enabling people to make the most of the inherent features of the areas in which they live.

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TL5 . Strengthen territorial cohesion to reduce disparities
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