Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity
Anthropogenic pressures on the Earth System have reached a scale where abrupt global environmental change can no longer be excluded. We propose a new approach to global sustainability in which we define planetary boundaries within which we expect that humanity can operate safely. Transgressing one o...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:1164a01628b4422fb0721db6d3dd95a3 2023-05-15T17:51:01+02:00 Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity Johan Rockström Will Steffen Kevin Noone Åsa Persson F. Stuart III Chapin Eric Lambin Timothy M. Lenton Marten Scheffer Carl Folke Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Björn Nykvist Cynthia A. de Wit Terry Hughes Sander van der Leeuw Henning Rodhe Sverker Sörlin Peter K. Snyder Robert Costanza Uno Svedin Malin Falkenmark Louise Karlberg Robert W. Corell Victoria J. Fabry James Hansen Brian Walker Diana Liverman Katherine Richardson Paul Crutzen Jonathan Foley 2009-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03180-140232 https://doaj.org/article/1164a01628b4422fb0721db6d3dd95a3 EN eng Resilience Alliance http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss2/art32/ https://doaj.org/toc/1708-3087 1708-3087 doi:10.5751/ES-03180-140232 https://doaj.org/article/1164a01628b4422fb0721db6d3dd95a3 Ecology and Society, Vol 14, Iss 2, p 32 (2009) atmospheric aerosol loading biogeochemical nitrogen cycle biological diversity chemical pollution climate change Earth global freshwater use land system change ocean acidification phosphorus cycle planetary boundaries stratospheric ozone sustainability Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5 article 2009 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03180-140232 2022-12-31T09:07:06Z Anthropogenic pressures on the Earth System have reached a scale where abrupt global environmental change can no longer be excluded. We propose a new approach to global sustainability in which we define planetary boundaries within which we expect that humanity can operate safely. Transgressing one or more planetary boundaries may be deleterious or even catastrophic due to the risk of crossing thresholds that will trigger non-linear, abrupt environmental change within continental- to planetary-scale systems. We have identified nine planetary boundaries and, drawing upon current scientific understanding, we propose quantifications for seven of them. These seven are climate change (CO2 concentration in the atmosphere Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Ecology and Society 14 2 |
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Anthropogenic pressures on the Earth System have reached a scale where abrupt global environmental change can no longer be excluded. We propose a new approach to global sustainability in which we define planetary boundaries within which we expect that humanity can operate safely. Transgressing one or more planetary boundaries may be deleterious or even catastrophic due to the risk of crossing thresholds that will trigger non-linear, abrupt environmental change within continental- to planetary-scale systems. We have identified nine planetary boundaries and, drawing upon current scientific understanding, we propose quantifications for seven of them. These seven are climate change (CO2 concentration in the atmosphere |
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Johan Rockström Will Steffen Kevin Noone Åsa Persson F. Stuart III Chapin Eric Lambin Timothy M. Lenton Marten Scheffer Carl Folke Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Björn Nykvist Cynthia A. de Wit Terry Hughes Sander van der Leeuw Henning Rodhe Sverker Sörlin Peter K. Snyder Robert Costanza Uno Svedin Malin Falkenmark Louise Karlberg Robert W. Corell Victoria J. Fabry James Hansen Brian Walker Diana Liverman Katherine Richardson Paul Crutzen Jonathan Foley |
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Johan Rockström Will Steffen Kevin Noone Åsa Persson F. Stuart III Chapin Eric Lambin Timothy M. Lenton Marten Scheffer Carl Folke Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Björn Nykvist Cynthia A. de Wit Terry Hughes Sander van der Leeuw Henning Rodhe Sverker Sörlin Peter K. Snyder Robert Costanza Uno Svedin Malin Falkenmark Louise Karlberg Robert W. Corell Victoria J. Fabry James Hansen Brian Walker Diana Liverman Katherine Richardson Paul Crutzen Jonathan Foley |
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Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity |
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Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity |
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Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity |
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Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity |
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Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity |
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planetary boundaries: exploring the safe operating space for humanity |
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