The Global Challenges University Alliance (GCUA) meets the global challenges that humanity is facing in the 21st century by acquiring scientific knowledge and translate it into relevant, global action. Many global challenges require agricultural, forestry and fisheries systems to produce food, animal feed, fibres, energy and materials in a sustainable way. The crucial issue of our time is how to intensify and increase agricultural production in a manner that will not compromise sustainable management of natural resources – water, soils, microbes, plants, animals and ecosystems – and that will contribute to climate change adaptation as well as mitigation. Translating knowledge into relevant action The GCUA serve as a forum and a collaborative network for exchange of ideas, knowledge sharing, identification and formulation of research questions as well as opportunities for concerted efforts aimed at finding solutions to global challenges. We welcome partner universities with a strong profile in agricultural sciences (including food, veterinary medicine, landscape architecture and forestry), environmental science and/or the life sciences. Locations of participating universities to date www.slu.se/gcua