Exactly a year ago today, our big update of the Planetary Boundaries Framework was published.
It quantified for the first time all 9 planetary boundaries, showed that 6 of 9 are currently transgressed, some substantially, and redefined and refined a few.
The paper has been downloaded a mind-blowing 473.439 times 💥 since then. That's an unbelievably large number for a scientific paper.
Let's draw the conclusions.
We need to re-stabilise 🌍🌎🌏.
#Sufficiency
@PIK_climate
Imagine you are trying to balance 9 things on a 1 legged stool.
This is what the ancient Hopis meant when they spoke of Koyaanisqatsi - Life out of Balance
The technical explanation -
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adh2458
Simplified -
https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/134-johan-rockstrom
#Earth #ClimateChange #Environment #Culture
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