About the Authors

Henrik Österblom

henrik.osterblom@su.se

Affiliation Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden

Jean-Baptiste Jouffray

Affiliations Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden, Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere Academy Programme, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, PO Box 50005, 104 05, Stockholm, Sweden

Carl Folke

Affiliations Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden, Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere Academy Programme, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, PO Box 50005, 104 05, Stockholm, Sweden, Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, PO Box 50005, 104 05, Stockholm, Sweden

Beatrice Crona

Affiliations Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden, Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere Academy Programme, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, PO Box 50005, 104 05, Stockholm, Sweden

Max Troell

Affiliations Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere Academy Programme, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, PO Box 50005, 104 05, Stockholm, Sweden, Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, PO Box 50005, 104 05, Stockholm, Sweden

Andrew Merrie

Affiliation Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden

Johan Rockström

Affiliation Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CF HÖ. Performed the experiments: HÖ JBJ. Analyzed the data: HÖ JBJ CF BC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HÖ JBJ CF BC MT AM JR. Wrote the paper: HÖ JBJ CF BC MT AM JR.