Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet

Science, Journal Year: 2015, Volume and Issue: 347(6223)

Published: Jan. 16, 2015

Crossing the boundaries in global sustainability The planetary boundary (PB) concept, introduced 2009, aimed to define environmental limits within which humanity can safely operate. This approach has proved influential policy development. Steffen et al. provide an updated and extended analysis of PB framework. Of original nine proposed boundaries, they identify three (including climate change) that might push Earth system into a new state if crossed also have pervasive influence on remaining boundaries. They develop framework so it be applied usefully regional context. Science , this issue 10.1126/science.1259855

Language: Английский

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Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2018, Volume and Issue: 115(33), P. 8252 - 8259

Published: Aug. 6, 2018

We explore the risk that self-reinforcing feedbacks could push Earth System toward a planetary threshold that, if crossed, prevent stabilization of climate at intermediate temperature rises and cause continued warming on "Hothouse Earth" pathway even as human emissions are reduced. Crossing would lead to much higher global average than any interglacial in past 1.2 million years sea levels significantly time Holocene. examine evidence such might exist where it be. If is resulting trajectory likely serious disruptions ecosystems, society, economies. Collective action required steer away from potential stabilize habitable interglacial-like state. Such entails stewardship entire System-biosphere, climate, societies-and include decarbonization economy, enhancement biosphere carbon sinks, behavioral changes, technological innovations, new governance arrangements, transformed social values.

Language: Английский

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Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2015, Volume and Issue: 30(11), P. 673 - 684

Published: Oct. 4, 2015

Language: Английский

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Social-ecological resilience and biosphere-based sustainability science

Ecology and Society, Journal Year: 2016, Volume and Issue: 21(3)

Published: Jan. 1, 2016

Folke, C., R. Biggs, A. V. Norström, B. Reyers, and J. Rockström. 2016. Social-ecological resilience biosphere-based sustainability science. Ecology Society 21(3):41.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08748-210341

Language: Английский

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Natural capital and ecosystem services informing decisions: From promise to practice

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2015, Volume and Issue: 112(24), P. 7348 - 7355

Published: June 15, 2015

The central challenge of the 21st century is to develop economic, social, and governance systems capable ending poverty achieving sustainable levels population consumption while securing life-support underpinning current future human well-being. Essential meeting this incorporation natural capital ecosystem services it provides into decision-making. We explore progress crucial gaps at frontier, reflecting upon 10 y since Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. focus on three key dimensions ongoing challenges: raising awareness interdependence ecosystems well-being, advancing fundamental interdisciplinary science services, implementing in decisions restore use sustainably. Awareness dependence nature an all-time high, rapidly advancing, talk now common from governments corporate boardrooms. However, successful implementation still early stages. why service information has yet fundamentally change decision-making suggest a path forward that emphasizes: ( i ) developing solid evidence linking impacts then well-being; ii working closely with leaders government, business, civil society knowledge, tools, practices necessary integrate everyday decision-making; iii reforming institutions policy better align private short-term goals societal long-term goals.

Language: Английский

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Resilience (Republished)

Ecology and Society, Journal Year: 2016, Volume and Issue: 21(4)

Published: Jan. 1, 2016

Resilience thinking in relation to the environment has emerged as a lens of inquiry that serves platform for interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration. is about cultivating capacity sustain development face expected surprising change diverse pathways potential thresholds between them. The evolution resilience coupled social-ecological systems truly intertwined human-environment planet. persistence, adaptability, transformability complex adaptive focus, clarifying dynamic forward-looking nature concept. emphasizes systems, from individual, community, society whole, are embedded biosphere. biosphere connection an essential observation if sustainability be taken seriously. In continuous advancement there efforts aimed at capturing finding ways people institutions govern dynamics improved human well-being, local, across levels scales, global. Consequently, thinking, issues planet, framed context understanding governing part

Language: Английский

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Getting the message right on nature‐based solutions to climate change

Global Change Biology, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 27(8), P. 1518 - 1546

Published: Feb. 1, 2021

Abstract Nature‐based solutions (NbS)—solutions to societal challenges that involve working with nature—have recently gained popularity as an integrated approach can address climate change and biodiversity loss, while supporting sustainable development. Although well‐designed NbS deliver multiple benefits for people nature, much of the recent limelight has been on tree planting carbon sequestration. There are serious concerns this is distracting from need rapidly phase out use fossil fuels protect existing intact ecosystems. also expansion forestry framed a mitigation solution coming at cost rich biodiverse native ecosystems local resource rights. Here, we discuss promise pitfalls framing its current political traction, present recommendations how get message right. We urge policymakers, practitioners researchers consider synergies trade‐offs associated follow four guiding principles enable provide society: (1) not substitute rapid fuels; (2) wide range land in sea, just forests; (3) implemented full engagement consent Indigenous Peoples communities way respects their cultural ecological rights; (4) should be explicitly designed measurable biodiversity. Only by following these guidelines will design robust resilient urgent sustaining nature together, now into future.

Language: Английский

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How to implement biodiversity-based agriculture to enhance ecosystem services: a review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development, Journal Year: 2015, Volume and Issue: 35(4), P. 1259 - 1281

Published: June 10, 2015

Language: Английский

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A framework to assess the resilience of farming systems

Agricultural Systems, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 176, P. 102656 - 102656

Published: Aug. 8, 2019

Agricultural systems in Europe face accumulating economic, ecological and societal challenges, raising concerns about their resilience to shocks stresses. These issues need be addressed with a focus on the regional context which farming operate because farms, farmers' organizations, service suppliers supply chain actors are embedded local environments functions of agriculture. We define system as its ability ensure provision increasingly complex social, environmental institutional stresses, through capacities robustness, adaptability transformability. (i) develop framework assess systems, (ii) present methodology operationalize view Europe's diverse systems. The is designed specific challenges (specified resilience) well system's capacity deal unknown, uncertainty surprise (general resilience). provides heuristic analyze properties, (shocks, long-term stresses), indicators measure performance functions, resilience-enhancing attributes. Capacities attributes refer adaptive cycle processes agricultural practices, farm demographics, governance risk management. novelty pertains focal scale analysis, i.e. level, consideration various processes, that provide multiple can change over time. Furthermore, distinction between three (robustness, adaptability, transformability) ensures goes beyond narrow definitions limit robustness. deploys mixed-methods approach: quantitative methods, such statistics, econometrics modelling, used identify underlying patterns, causal explanations likely contributing factors; while qualitative interviews, participatory approaches stakeholder workshops, access experiential contextual knowledge more nuanced insights. More specifically, analysis along explores nested levels (e.g. farm, household, chain, system) time horizon 1–2 generations, thereby enabling reflection potential temporal scalar trade-offs across richness illustrated for arable Veenkoloniën, Netherlands. reveals relatively low this transform farmers feeling distressed transformation, other members households have experienced many examples transformation.

Language: Английский

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Our future in the Anthropocene biosphere

AMBIO, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 50(4), P. 834 - 869

Published: March 14, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed an interconnected and tightly coupled globalized world in rapid change. This article sets the scientific stage for understanding responding to such change global sustainability resilient societies. We provide a systemic overview of current situation where people nature are dynamically intertwined embedded biosphere, placing shocks extreme events as part this dynamic; humanity become major force shaping future Earth system whole; scale pace human dimension have caused climate change, loss biodiversity, growing inequalities, resilience deal with uncertainty surprise. Taken together, actions challenging biosphere foundation prosperous development civilizations. Anthropocene reality-of rising system-wide turbulence-calls transformative towards sustainable futures. Emerging technologies, social innovations, broader shifts cultural repertoires, well diverse portfolio active stewardship support highlighted essential parts transformations.

Language: Английский

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