A safe operating space for humanity
- J. Rockström, W. Steffen, J. Foley
- PsychologyNature
- 23 September 2009
Identifying and quantifying planetary boundaries that must not be transgressed could help prevent human activities from causing unacceptable environmental change, argue Johan Rockstrom and colleagues.
Resilience thinking: integrating resilience, adaptability and transformability
- C. Folke, S. Carpenter, B. Walker, M. Scheffer, T. Chapin, J. Rockström
- Psychology
- 15 November 2010
The capacity to transform at smaller scales draws on resilience from multiple scales, making use of crises as windows of opportunity for novelty and innovation, and recombining sources of experience and knowledge to navigate social-ecological transitions.
Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet
- W. Steffen, K. Richardson, S. Sörlin
- Environmental ScienceScience
- 13 February 2015
An updated and extended analysis of the planetary boundary (PB) framework and identifies levels of anthropogenic perturbations below which the risk of destabilization of the Earth system (ES) is likely to remain low—a “safe operating space” for global societal development.
Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
- W. Willett, J. Rockström, Christopher J. L. Murray
- MedicineThe Lancet
- 2 February 2019
Solutions for a cultivated planet
- J. Foley, N. Ramankutty, D. Zaks
- EconomicsNature
- 20 October 2011
It is shown that tremendous progress could be made by halting agricultural expansion, closing ‘yield gaps’ on underperforming lands, increasing cropping efficiency, shifting diets and reducing waste, which could double food production while greatly reducing the environmental impacts of agriculture.
Planetary boundaries: Exploring the safe operating space for humanity
- J. Rockström, W. Steffen, J. Foley
- Environmental Science
- 18 November 2009
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…
The Lancet Commission on pollution and health
- P. Landrigan, R. Fuller, Ma Zhong
- BiologyThe Lancet
- 19 October 2017
Social-Ecological Resilience to Coastal Disasters
- W. Adger, T. Hughes, C. Folke, S. Carpenter, J. Rockström
- EconomicsScience
- 12 August 2005
Social and ecological vulnerability to disasters and outcomes of any particular extreme event are influenced by buildup or erosion of resilience both before and after disasters occur. Resilient…
Policy: Sustainable development goals for people and planet
- D. Griggs, M. Stafford-Smith, I. Noble
- EconomicsNature
- 20 March 2013
Planetary stability must be integrated with United Nations targets to fight poverty and secure human well-being, argue David Griggs and colleagues.
Resilience and vulnerability: Complementary or conflicting concepts?
- Fiona Miller, H. Osbahr, D. Nelson
- Psychology
- 7 September 2010
Resilience and vulnerability represent two related yet different approaches to understanding the response of systems and actors to change; to shocks and surprises, as well as slow creeping changes.…
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