Articles tagged planetary boundaries
Limits Revisited
democracy
economy
environment
Tim Jackson, Robin Wesbter
We are rapidly approaching environmental limits in our search for economic growth
Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity
democracy
environment
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, and Jonathan Foley
Humanity has transgressed 3 of 9 planetary boundaries within which we can safely operate