This Executive Summary provides an overview of the three scientific background reports prepared for the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability: Transforming the World in an Era of Global Change, to be held in Stockholm on 16–19 May 2011.

The Symposium is being organised jointly by the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Stockholm Environment Institute, the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. The Symposium gathers Nobel Laureates, high-level representatives of politics, business and civil society and renowned experts on sustainability and development to discuss the challenges the world is facing.
3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability. Transforming the World in an Era of Global Change. Executive Summary of Scientific Background Reports. 2011. Stockholm Resilience Centre