Johan Rockström is a Professor in Environmental Science with emphasis on water resources and global Sustainability at Stockholm University, and the Executive Director of Stockholm Resilience Centre. He is an internationally recognized scientist on global sustainability issues and led the recent development of the new Planetary Boundaries framework. He is a leading scientist on global water resources, and strategies to build resilience in water scarce regions of the world, with more than fifteen years of experience from applied water research in tropical regions and more than 100 research publications in fields ranging from applied land and water management to global sustainability. He served as co-chair of the Future Earth transition team and is currently the Chair of the Earth League, the EAT Initiative on health, food and sustainability, and the CGIAR program on Water, Land and Ecosystems.