Dr Leticia Garcia from Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, National Champion for Brazil , provides the first high-resolution, countrywide mapping of climate-resilient terrestrial landscapes in Brazil, integrating microclimatic heterogeneity and local connectedness to identify areas with higher potential to buffer climate change.

Dr Nicolas Roux from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, National Champion for Austria, explores how to integrate sufficiency into EU domestic policies and EU trade strategies to align trade with biosphere integrity.

Dr Rutger Hoekstra from Leiden University, National Champion for the Netherlands, strengthens the Beyond GDP movement, by stressing the common focus on Sustainable and Inclusive Wellbeing and providing a ready-to-use dashboard linking planetary boundaries to broader socio-economic developments.

Prof Ann van Griensven from Vrije University Brussels, National Champion for Belgium, provides an actionable pathway for climate adaptation by integrating land-use management directly into water resource policy across Africa.

Ms Hong Wang from the Southern University of Science and Technology, National Champion for China, provides the first global-scale detection and attribution of how anthropogenic climate change is reshaping the seasonal rhythm of the world’s rivers.

Dr Olga Mayorga from AGROSAVIA Tibaitatá Research Center, National Champion for Colombia, provides quantitative, reproducible evidence for smallholders in the tropical highlands that shrub intervention increases productivity and reduces GHG emissions intensity.

Prof Helen Findlay from Plymouth Marine Laboratory, National Champion for the United Kingdom, established that the ocean acidification (OA) planetary boundary has now been breached, delivering a comprehensive reanalysis, proposing that the boundary was surpassed in the early 2020s.

Dr Joan Sanchez-Matos from Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, National Champion for Peru, presents an update of the characterization factors (CFs) used for water scarcity in the Available Water Remaining (AWARE) model for the entire Peruvian territory based on official national databases.

Prof Michal Bogdziewicz from Adam Mickiewicz University , National Champion for Poland, identifies reproductive overinvestment as an early-warning signal of forest decline and provides a way to monitor and mitigate it.

Dr Xunchang Fei from Nanyang Technological University, National Champion for Singapore, issues a wake-up call to the landfill CH4 emission problem to ensure that solid waste management plays a pivotal role in a sustainable and equitable future.

Dr Andrea E. Izquierdo from the Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal (IMBV-CONICET), National Champion for Argentina, proposes a participatory methodology to translate local and Indigenous perceptions of lithium mining impacts into measurable indicators aligned with the SDGs.

Prof Ahmed Abdulla from Carleton University, National Champion for Canada, lays out actionable insights for policymakers and investors to best support carbon removal technologies.

Dr Gustavo Brant Paterno from University of Göttingen, National Champion for Germany, addresses a primary driver of planetary boundary transgression - the rapid expansion of tropical agriculture - offering a science-based, experimentally validated solution.

Prof Manuel Soler Arnedo from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, National Champion for Spain, quantifies the disproportionate climate impact of aviation's non-CO2 emissions, which account for two-thirds of the sector's net radiative forcing.

Prof Takuzo Aida from Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo, National Champion for Japan, has developed a supramolecular plastic which never generates microplastics and enables closed-loop recycling.

Mr Daniel Hernández Carrasco from University of Canterbury, National Champion for New Zealand, shows that altered seasonality will have wide-ranging impacts on biodiversity across the web of life.