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The Planetary Boundaries framework is a pivotal tool for tackling the climate crisis and safeguarding humanity's future on Earth. For the first time, the full story of the Planetary Boundaries is ...

More information: Johan Rockström et al, Planetary Boundaries guide humanity's future on Earth, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s43017-024-00597-z ...

According to the University of California-San Diego, "the planetary boundaries concept, first published in 2009, identifies nine global priorities relating to human-induced changes to the environment.

The new report describes the far-reaching impacts of land use change degradation on multiple planetary boundaries. Image by Mokhamad Edliadi/CIFOR via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

The Planetary Boundaries framework is a pivotal tool for tackling the climate crisis and safeguarding humanity’s future on Earth. For the first time, the full story of the Planetary Boundaries ...

Yet climate change is just one of the nine planetary boundaries that humanity must respect for Earth to remain a healthy planet for our species. Unfortunately, according to a recent study in the ...

A new study has found that human activities are pushing Earth ever closer to its planetary limits — threatening to destabilize Earth’s safe operating space, and triggering a “wake-up call ...

Crossing planetary boundaries does not mean the world has reached a disastrous tipping point. Hitting one does not mean “falling off a cliff,” Richardson said. But it is a clear warning signal.

The planetary boundaries framework defines biophysical and biochemical systems that regulate the stability of the Earth's systems. Boundaries mark points where each system diverges significantly from ...

Six of the boundaries are found to be transgressed, and transgression is increasing for all boundaries except the degradation of the Earth’s ozone layer. A global focus on climate is not enough.