"We will soon see the majority of the Planetary Health Check parameters in the high-risk zone,” Johan Rockström

Earth exceeds safe limits: First Planetary Health Check issues red alert
“When we look at the trends of Earth’s health indicators, we see that soon the majority of them will be in the high-risk zone. We need to reverse this trend. We know that all Planetary Boundary processes act together and each one needs protection to protect the whole system.”
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https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/earth-exceed-safe-limits-first-planetary-health-check-issues-red-alert
#EarthSystem #GlobalCommons #GlobalBoundaries #ESBs #PlanetaryHealth #SafePlace #harm #risks #safety #justice #extractivism #resources #IndigenousKnowledge #stewardship #FossilFuels #coal #limits #transformation #transition

The Global Commons: The Safe and Just Space is shrinking

"The planet will only remain able to provide even a basic standard of living for everyone in the future if economic systems and technologies are dramatically transformed and critical resources are more fairly used, managed and shared."
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https://earthcommission.org/news/new-research-reveals-paths-to-prosperity-for-planet-and-people-if-earths-critical-resources-are-better-shared/

Earth-system boundaries - reducing harm to people and the planet

"The health of the planet and its people are at risk. The deterioration of the global commons—ie, the natural systems that support life on Earth—is exacerbating energy, food, and water insecurity, and increasing the risk of disease, disaster, displacement, and conflict. In this Commission, we quantify safe and just Earth-system boundaries (ESBs) and assess minimum access to natural resources required for human dignity and to enable escape from poverty. Collectively, these describe a safe and just corridor that is essential to ensuring sustainable and resilient human and planetary health and thriving in the Anthropocene. We then discuss the need for translation of ESBs across scales to inform science-based targets for action by key actors (and the challenges in doing so), and conclude by identifying the system transformations necessary to bring about a safe and just future."
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Gupta J, et al. A just world on a safe planet: a Lancet Planetary Health-Earth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, and transformations. Lancet Planet Health. 2024 Sep 10:S2542-5196(24)00042-1.
doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00042-1
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(24)00042-1/fulltext
#Earth #EarthSystem #GlobalCommons #GlobalBoundaries #ESBs #PlanetaryHealth #SafePlace #harm #destruction #extractivism #limits #safety #justice #transformation #transition #FossilFuels

Safe and just Earth system boundaries
"#Nature study quantifies "planetary boundaries" for aerosol pollution, fresh water, nutrient cycles, #biodiversity, land use and #climate, beyond which the planet is longer "safe and just" for humans."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-06-01/health-report-card-for-the-planet-science-boundaries/102405754

“These rapid changes to the Earth system undermine critical life-support systems with significant societal impacts already felt and they could lead to triggering #TippingPoints that irreversibly destabilize the #Earth system...These changes are mostly driven by social and economic systems run on #unsustainable resource #extraction and #consumption."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06083-8
#Stability #EarthSystem #EarthSystemBoundaries #Limits #Growth #OutOfControl #ESBs #Interdependencies #PlanetaryBoundaries #Destabilising #Planet #Extractivism #Risks #MetabolismWithNature #SafeAndJust