Project Publications

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Where the Water Flows: Asian Infrastructure Finance 2026. Beijing: AIIB, 2026. https://www.aiib.org/en/news-events/asian-infrastructure-finance/2026/introduction/index.html, author team includes Wang-Erlandsson, L.

Anamaghi, S.; Behboudian, M.; Emami-Skardi, M. J.; Kåresdotter, E.; Ferreira, C. S. S.; Destouni, G.; Wang-Erlandsson, L.; Tengberg, A.; Stenzel, F.; Fetzer, I.; Mahjouri, N.; Kerachian, R. & Kalantari, Z. Research efforts and gaps in the assessment of forest system resilience: A scoping review Ambio, 2025: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-025-02243-4

Behboudian, M.; Emami-Skardi, M. J.; Anamaghi, S.; Santos Ferreira, C. S.; Wang-Erlandsson, L.; Halbac-Cotoară-Zamfir, R. & Kalantari, Z.: Social resilience of tropical forest ecosystems: A systematic review of core principles and their application Journal of Environmental Management, 2025, 394, 127319, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127319

Braun, J.; Werner, C.; Gerten, D.; Stenzel, F.; Schaphoff, S. & Lucht, W.: Multiple planetary boundaries preclude biomass crops for carbon capture and storage outside of agricultural areas, Communications Earth & Environment, 2025, 6, 1-14, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02033-6

FAO, SEI, CI & TNC. 2025. Climate and ecosystem service benefits of forests and trees for agriculture. Rome, Stockholm, and Arlington. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd7599en

Gerten D.; Braun J.; Breier J.; Lucht W.; Tobian A.; Stenzel F.: A Software Package for Assessing Terrestrial Planetary Boundaries, One Earth, 2025, 8, 101341, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101341

Orth, R., C. Denissen, J. M., Kroll, J., O, S., Bastos, A., Li, W., Miralles, D. G., Ruiz-Vásquez, M., Feldman, A. F., Migliavacca, M., Wang-Erlandsson, L., Stocker, B. D., Teuling, A. J., Yang, H., Zhan, C., & Yu, X. (2025). Regional Emergence of Water-Related Browning in a Greening World. Global Change Biology, 31(12), e70620.

Plach, A., Bakels, L., Stohl, A. Reduction of residence time of air in the Arctic since the 1980s (2025). Geophysical Research Letters, 52(24), e2025GL118228. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL118228

Pranindita, A., Teuling, A.J., Fetzer, I. Wang-Erlandsson, L., Forests support global crop supply through atmospheric moisture transport. Nat Water 3, 1243–1255 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-025-00518-4

Sakschewski, B., Caesar, L., Andersen, L., Bechthold, M., Bergfeld, L., Beusen, A., Billing, M., Bodirsky, B. L., Botsyun, S., Dennis, D., Donges, J. F., Dou, X., Eriksson, A., Fetzer, I., Gerten, D., Häyhä, T., Hebden, S., Heckmann, T., Heilemann, A., Huiskamp, W. N., Jahnke, A., Kaiser, J., Kitzmann, N., Krönke, J., Kühnel, D., Laureanti, N. C., Li, C., Liu, Z., Loriani, S., Ludescher, J., Mathesius, S., Norström, A., Otto, F., Paolucci, A., Pokhotelov, D., Rafiezadeh Shahi, K., Raju, E., Rostami, M., Schaphoff, S., Schmidt, C., Steinert, N. J., Stenzel, F., Virkki, V., Wendt-Potthoff, K., Wunderling, N., Rockström, J.: Planetary Health Check 2025: A Scientific Assessment of the State of the Planet; Potsdam : Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), 144 p.; 2025; https://doi.org/10.48485/pik.2025.017

SIWI 2025. W-FLR Tool: Water-smart Forest and Landscape Restoration. Stockholm. https://siwi.org/project_page/water-smart-forest-and-landscape-restoration-tool/

Wang-Erlandsson, L., Moore M-L, Gordon L, Folke C, Falkenmark M. (2025). Fostering water resilience in the Anthropocene Global Sustainability, 8:e46. Editorial. 

Wang-Erlandsson, L., N. Knecht, R. Lotcheris, I. Fetzer. “Securing Freshwater for All” in Galaz, V. and M. Schewenius (eds, 2025). AI for a Planet Under Pressure. Stockholm Resilience Centre, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Stockholm. Report.

Xi, Q.; Gao, H.; Wang-Erlandsson, L.; Dong, J.; Fenicia, F.; Savenije, H. H. G. & Hrachowitz, M.: Terrestrial ecosystems enhanced root zone water storage capacity in response to climate change over the past four decades, Science Bulletin, 2025, 70, 3019-3028, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2025.06.027

Cao, M; Wang, W; Wei, J; Forzieri, G; Fetzer, I; Wang-Erlandsson, L (2024). Revegetation Impacts on Moisture Recycling and Precipitation Trends in the Chinese Loess Plateau. Water Resources Research 60(12), e2024WR038199.

Porkka, M., Virkki, V., Wang-Erlandsson, L., et al. (2024). Notable shifts beyond pre-industrial streamflow and soil moisture conditions transgress the planetary boundary for freshwater change. Nature Water, 2, 262–273.

Related Resources

Behboudian, M., Anamaghi, S., Kerachian, R., and Kalantari, Z. (2024). Comparison of three group decision-making frameworks for evaluating resilience time series of water resources systems under uncertainty. Ecological Indicators, 158, 111269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.111269

Stenzel, F., Braun, J., Breier, J., Erb, K., Gerten, D., Heinke, J., Matej, S., Ostberg, S., Schaphoff, S., and Lucht, W.: biospheremetrics v1.0.2: an R package to calculate two complementary terrestrial biosphere integrity indicators – human colonization of the biosphere (BioCol) and risk of ecosystem destabilization (EcoRisk), Geosci. Model Dev., 17, 3235–3258, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-3235-2024, 2024.