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planetary boundaries
Also known as: planetary boundary, environmental planetary boundaries
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How governments address climate change through carbon pricing ... nature.com Apr 15, 2025 2 facts
referenceDryzek identifies two competing groups in environmental policy: one group that emphasizes planetary boundaries and the Earth system's capacity to absorb stress, and a second group called 'Prometheans' who defend industrial economy and economic growth by arguing that Earth's resources or human ingenuity are unlimited.
referenceDryzek (1954) categorizes environmental perspectives into two groups: those emphasizing planetary boundaries and the limits of the Earth system to absorb stress, and 'Prometheans' who defend industrial economy and economic growth by arguing that resources or human ingenuity are unlimited.
ESS Subtopic 6.2: Climate change – Causes and Impacts mrgscience.com 2 facts
measurementCurrent atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have surpassed 400 parts per million (ppm), which is beyond the planetary boundary for maintaining climate stability.
claimThe IPCC warns that unless CO2 emissions are reduced rapidly, global temperatures could exceed 2°C by the end of the century, which would cross critical planetary boundaries and lead to potentially catastrophic impacts.
Health and environmental impacts of diets worldwide globalnutritionreport.org 2 facts
referenceThe EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems developed new recommendations for healthy diets, science-based targets for sustainable food production including planetary boundaries, analyses of health and environmental impacts of dietary changes, and strategies for a 'great food transformation' towards healthy diets by 2050.
claimThe global food system is a major driver of environmental pollution and resource demand, contributing to the crossing of key planetary boundaries that define a safe operating space for humanity on Earth.
How do the indices based on the EAT-Lancet recommendations ... medrxiv.org May 14, 2024 1 fact
claimPlanetary boundaries are essential environmental limits that must be respected to maintain the global balance and overall functioning of the Earth system, but current food production practices threaten these limits significantly.
Measurement of diets that are healthy, environmentally sustainable ... frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimThe suite of indicators used for modeling climate and environmental dynamics is relatively standardized in relation to accepted concepts of planetary boundaries, though the number and type of indicators continue to grow as new data become available.
An integrated climate-biodiversity framework to improve planning ... ecologyandsociety.org 1 fact
referenceSteffen et al. (2015) published 'Planetary boundaries: guiding human development on a changing planet' in Science, which discusses the concept of planetary boundaries in the context of human development.
Energy Transition Literature - PSU Center for Energy Law and Policy celp.psu.edu May 20, 2024 1 fact
claimChild et al. (2018) argue that current environmental planetary boundaries are inadequate because they focus primarily on CO2 emissions rather than other implications of energy transitions, such as stress on biochemical flows or biodiversity.
Europe and the New World (Dis)Order - The Globalist theglobalist.com May 22, 2025 1 fact
perspectiveEurope needs to adopt economic thinking beyond GDP, incorporating well-being indicators, circular economy strategies, and social innovation into the economic mainstream to address planetary boundaries.