报告题目：Is the future of agriculture perennial? Imperatives and opportunities to reinvent agriculture by shifting from annual monocultures to perennial polycultures

Abstract:Modern agriculture is associated with numerous environmental predicaments, such as land degradation, water pollution, and greenhouse gas emission. Socio-economically, it is characterized by a treadmill of technological change, increased mechanization, and economic consolidation, while depressing economic returns to farmers. A root cause is the dominance of annual plants cultivated in monocultures. Annual crops require the yearly clearing of vegetation resulting in soil erosion and other forms of ecosystem degradation. Monocultures are susceptible to agricultural pests and weeds. By contrast, perennial polycultures informed by natural ecosystems, promise more sustainable agroecosystems with the potential to also revitalize the economic foundation of farming and hence rural societies. But what is the prospect for such a profound transformation of the oldest sector of society in just a few decades?

报告人：Lennart Olsson教授

报告时间：2025年11月5日(星期三)下午 2：40

报告地点：草业与草原学院 228会议室

报告人简介：Lennart Olsson教授是瑞典隆德大学可持续性中心（LUCSUS）创始主任（2000-2016），瑞典研究理事会可持续性社会与自然融合示范中心创始主任（2008-2018）。长期从事全球气候变化、土地退化与粮食安全背景下人类—自然系统可持续性科学研究，在Science、Nature Sustainability、Science Advance等期刊发表学术论文230多篇，Google Scholar引用率2.5万次。曾任瑞典皇家科学院地理学科国家委员会主席（2009-2012），Future Earth地球系统治理计划科学指导委员会核心成员（Elected member）（2011-2017），美国国家社会环境综合中心（SESYNC）执行顾问委员会主席（2012-2015）、美国土地研究所（The Land Institute）的理事会执行理事（Elected member）（2018-至今）。曾担任IPCC第五次评估报告第十三章《Livelihoods and Poverty》及气候变化与土地特别报告（SRCCL）第四章《Land Degradation》的主要牵头人。2023年获欧盟研究理事会前沿项目资助（ERC Advanced Grant），系统研究多年生农业变革与可持续发展。

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报告题目：Gender for sustainability and sustainability science

Abstract: People, places, and production contributing the least to climate change will suffer the most. This calls for adaptation as a key climate change response. But adaptation is surrounded by problems. Finance is uncertain and fragmented, mainstreaming into development is complicated, and technical solutions often overshadow existing social relations and institutions. From a gender perspective, and as a critical research initiative to support the building of sustainability science as an umbrella field, this lecture raises three pertinent questions on adaptation in the global South: what is its purpose, how can development inform it, and what institutions in terms of rights and responsibilities are core to it? Focusing on sub-Saharan small-scale agriculture, three main points emerge. Regarding the purpose, adaptation should be a transformative pathway out of poverty, ill-health, and food insecurity. Regarding development, adaptation can learn from how development theory, policy, and practice have addressed women, gender, and environment in varied settings and debates. Regarding core institutions, adaptation must address gender regimes that regulate access to, use of, and control over resources, especially those defining land distribution, labour division, and strategic decision-making power. To conclude, I propose gender-informed research questions for further inquiry.

报告人：Anne Jerneck 教授

报告时间：2025年11月5日(星期三)下午 3：20

报告地点：草业与草原学院 228会议室

报告人简介：Anne Jerneck是瑞典隆德大学可持续发展研究中心（LUCSUS）教授，长期致力于可持续发展科学与发展研究领域，涵盖可持续性、发展、经济史及方法学，重点关注气候变化、食品政治、性别平等、土地利用变迁、贫困与社会不平等等议题。以跨学科视角，将自然科学与社会科学知识结合，探索社会、结构与制度变革，关注当代及未来世代的可持续发展问题。在Science Advance、Sustainability Science等期刊发表学术论文50余篇，主持参与了欧盟地平线（EU Horizon）、联合国全球环境基金（UN/GEF)、瑞典FORMAS等项目，在可持续性科学教学与研究方面做出突出贡献。作为国际Earth System Governance联盟的主要成员，担任《Earth System Governance》期刊编委。

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