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...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Ecology and society Vol. 14; no. 2; p. 32
Main Authors:	Rockström, Johan, Steffen, Will, Noone, Kevin, Persson, Åsa, Chapin, F. Stuart, Lambin, Eric, Lenton, Timothy M., Scheffer, Marten, Folke, Carl, Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim, Nykvist, Björn, de Wit, Cynthia A., Hughes, Terry, van der Leeuw, Sander, Rodhe, Henning, Sörlin, Sverker, Snyder, Peter K., Costanza, Robert, Svedin, Uno, Falkenmark, Malin, Karlberg, Louise, Corell, Robert W., Fabry, Victoria J., Hansen, James, Walker, Brian, Liverman, Diana, Richardson, Katherine, Crutzen, Paul, Foley, Jonathan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Resilience Alliance 01.01.2009
Subjects:	Aerosols atmospheric aerosol loading biogeochemical nitrogen cycle biological diversity chemical pollution Climate change Earth Ecosystems global freshwater use Human ecology land system change Marine ecology Marine ecosystems ocean acidification Oceans open climate campaign phosphorus cycle planetary boundaries Planetary boundary stratospheric ozone sustainability Sustainable agriculture TECHNOLOGY TEKNIKVETENSKAP
ISSN:	1708-3087, 1708-3087
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Be the first to leave a comment!