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  Human impacts on planetary boundaries amplified by Earth system interactions

Lade, S. J., Steffen, W., Vries, W. d., Carpenter, S. R., Donges, J. F., Gerten, D., Hoff, H., Newbold, T., Richardson, K., Rockström, J. (2020): Human impacts on planetary boundaries amplified by Earth system interactions. - Nature Sustainability, 3, 2, 119-128.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0454-4

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Lade, S. J.1, Author
Steffen, W.1, Author
Vries, W. de1, Author
Carpenter, S. R.1, Author
Donges, Jonathan Friedemann2, Author              
Gerten, Dieter2, Author              
Hoff, Holger2, Author              
Newbold, T.1, Author
Richardson, K.1, Author
Rockström, Johan2, Author              
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2Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, ou_persistent13              

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 Abstract: The planetary boundary framework presents a ‘planetary dashboard’ of humanity’s globally aggregated performance on a set of environmental issues that endanger the Earth system’s capacity to support humanity. While this framework has been highly influential, a critical shortcoming for its application in sustainability governance is that it currently fails to represent how impacts related to one of the planetary boundaries affect the status of other planetary boundaries. Here, we surveyed and provisionally quantified interactions between the Earth system processes represented by the planetary boundaries and investigated their consequences for sustainability governance. We identified a dense network of interactions between the planetary boundaries. The resulting cascades and feedbacks predominantly amplify human impacts on the Earth system and thereby shrink the safe operating space for future human impacts on the Earth system. Our results show that an integrated understanding of Earth system dynamics is critical to navigating towards a sustainable future.

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 Dates: 2020
 Publication Status: Finally published
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1038/s41893-019-0454-4
PIKDOMAIN: RD1 - Earth System Analysis
PIKDOMAIN: Director / Executive Staff / Science & Society
eDoc: 8650
Research topic keyword: Planetary Boundaries
Research topic keyword: Climate impacts
Research topic keyword: Biodiversity
Research topic keyword: Ecosystems
Research topic keyword: Complex Networks
Model / method: Model Intercomparison
Model / method: Nonlinear Data Analysis
Regional keyword: Global
Organisational keyword: FutureLab - Earth Resilience in the Anthropocene
Organisational keyword: RD1 - Earth System Analysis
Organisational keyword: Director Rockström
Working Group: Terrestrial Safe Operating Space
Working Group: Whole Earth System Analysis
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Title: Nature Sustainability
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 3 (2) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 119 - 128 Identifier: Other: 2398-9629
CoNE: https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/cone/journals/resource/nature-sustainability
Publisher: Nature