Article
Environmental Sciences
Peter M. Kopittke, Neal W. Menzies, Ram C. Dalal, Brigid A. McKenna, Soren Husted, Peng Wang, Enzo Lombi
Summary: Soils play a critical role in providing food, but excessive pressure on soils can lead to negative consequences such as climate change and ocean acidification. Urgent intervention is needed to improve soil management and minimize the harmful impact on the Earth, highlighting the importance of understanding and acting upon the role of soils in ensuring planetary boundaries are respected.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Johan Rockstroem, Joyeeta Gupta, Dahe Qin, Steven J. Lade, Jesse F. Abrams, Lauren S. Andersen, David I. Armstrong McKay, Xuemei Bai, Govindasamy Bala, Stuart E. Bunn, Daniel Ciobanu, Fabrice DeClerck, Kristie Ebi, Lauren Gifford, Christopher Gordon, Syezlin Hasan, Norichika Kanie, Timothy M. Lenton, Sina Loriani, Diana M. Liverman, Awaz Mohamed, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, David Obura, Daniel Ospina, Klaudia Prodani, Crelis Rammelt, Boris Sakschewski, Joeri Scholtens, Ben Stewart-Koster, Thejna Tharammal, Detlef van Vuuren, Peter H. Verburg, Ricarda Winkelmann, Caroline Zimm, Elena M. Bennett, Stefan Bringezu, Wendy Broadgate, Pamela A. Green, Lei Huang, Lisa Jacobson, Christopher Ndehedehe, Simona Pedde, Juan Rocha, Marten Scheffer, Lena Schulte-Uebbing, Wim de Vries, Cunde Xiao, Chi Xu, Xinwu Xu, Noelia Zafra-Calvo, Xin Zhang
Summary: The stability and resilience of the Earth system and human well-being are closely linked but often treated independently. This study proposes safe and just Earth system boundaries to maintain stability and minimize harm to humans from Earth system change. Findings show that justice considerations have a greater impact on setting boundaries than safety considerations.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Dongni Han, Deyong Yu, Jiangxiao Qiu
Summary: Human activities have had an unprecedented impact on the Earth System, leading to irreversible degradation. The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals provide a global action plan, but achieving regional sustainability within social-environmental constraints remains a challenge. The authors propose a framework that integrates safe and just operating space with the SDGs to assess regional sustainability and develop targeted strategies for sustainable development across scales. Despite China's incomplete achievement of sustainable development, significant improvements have been observed in most provinces.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Ian T. Cousins, Jana H. Johansson, Matthew E. Salter, Bo Sha, Martin Scheringer
Summary: It is hypothesized that environmental contamination by PFAS has exceeded the planetary boundary. Levels of PFAAs in various global environmental media often exceed guideline values, indicating widespread contamination. The high persistence of PFAAs in atmospheric deposition makes reversibility difficult, highlighting the urgent need to restrict PFAS uses and emissions.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Anjila Wegge Hjalsted, Alexis Laurent, Martin Marchman Andersen, Karen Holm Olsen, Morten Ryberg, Michael Hauschild
Summary: This study proposes a two-step approach for sharing the safe operating space within planetary boundaries, downscaling to individual level using ethical principles and upscaling to higher organizational level. The research demonstrates the impact of different allocation and upscaling approaches on the results through case studies of the Danish, Indian, and global dairy sectors.
JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Linn Persson, Bethanie M. Carney Almroth, Christopher D. Collins, Sarah Cornell, Cynthia A. de Wit, Miriam L. Diamond, Peter Fantke, Martin Hassellov, Matthew MacLeod, Morten W. Ryberg, Peter Sogaard Jorgensen, Patricia Villarrubia-Gomez, Zhanyun Wang, Michael Zwicky Hauschild
Summary: This article suggests that the safe operating space of the planetary boundary for novel entities is exceeded due to the increasing production and releases exceeding the global capacity for assessment and monitoring. Plastic pollution is highlighted as a major concern. The article presents an impact pathway from the production of novel entities to their impacts on Earth system processes and proposes several criteria for control variables. Urgent action is recommended to reduce the harm associated with exceeding the boundary by reducing the production and releases of novel entities.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Valentina Negri, Margarita A. Charalambous, Juan D. Medrano-Garcia, Gonzalo Guillen-Gosalbez
Summary: Despite the impact of the global pandemic on maritime transportation, emissions from the sector are still projected to increase steadily. The International Maritime Organization is focusing on improving fleet efficiency and investigating sustainable fuels. This study evaluates the feasibility of using CO2 capture technology on cargo ships as an interim solution for low-carbon shipping.
ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Jinfeng Chang, Petr Havlik, David Leclere, Wim de Vries, Hugo Valin, Andre Deppermann, Tomoko Hasegawa, Michael Obersteiner
Summary: The study demonstrates that mobilizing all nitrogen mitigation options simultaneously can substantially reduce hunger, even while respecting regional nitrogen surplus boundaries, with supply-side measures being more important than demand-side efforts. In addition, international trade plays a crucial role in sustaining global food security under nitrogen boundary constraints.
Article
Ecology
Anna C. Vinton, David A. Vasseur
Summary: Recent research has shown that changes in resource availability can impact a consumer's thermal performance curve. When resources decline, the optimal temperature and breadth of thermal performance also decrease, increasing the risk of warming. This study investigates how temperature affects consumer-resource dynamics and the potential for changes in the consumer's thermal performance curve to alter extinction risk.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ajishnu Roy, Yan Li, Tusheema Dutta, Aman Basu, Xuhui Dong
Summary: This study examines the relationship between globalization and the environment using case studies of 66 countries and administrative regions involved in the Belt and Road Initiative. The findings reveal an asymmetric relationship between the variables, with surpassing safe operating limits for the sake of globalization being the most prominent outcome. Economic, trade, and financial globalization are closely related to biophysical resource usage. The study calls for a reframing and redesigning of globalization to be more environmentally friendly and achieve long-term sustainable development goals.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Xuefeng Deng, Yi Shao, Jiaxin Song, Hui Wu
Summary: This article investigates the traffic flow formed by intelligent connected vehicles and proposes an improved cellular automata model, which significantly improves traffic congestion in the intelligent network environment.
PEERJ COMPUTER SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yanyu Su, Xuhui Dong, Yan Li, Quan Hong, Roger Flower
Summary: The safe and just operating space (SJOS) concept is a promising framework for guiding social-ecosystem management and sustainable global development goals (SDGs). It is necessary to proportion these elements according to global, regional and local scales for sustainability governance. Achieving SDG targets requires guidance based on SJOS environmental and social boundaries.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Thermodynamics
Patxi Garcia Novo, Yusaku Kyozuka
Summary: Tidal current energy offers predictability and stability, making it a viable option for providing stable and continuous power to the grid. By evaluating multiple combinations of turbine types at different tidal energy sites, this study found that tidal stream energy can achieve high capacity factors and low coefficients of variance, showing its potential as a reliable renewable energy source.
ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Hendrik Christiaan Oosterhoff, Laura Golsteijn, Alexis Laurent, Morten Walbech Ryberg
Summary: The planetary boundaries define a safe operating space for humanity. However, current methods for assessing environmental sustainability are more suitable for business-to-consumer industries, making it difficult to evaluate business-to-business industries. This study presents a systematic framework that can be applied to both B2C and B2B industries.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Applied
Alexis Pagomenos, David Rodwell, Gregoire S. Larue
Summary: Young drivers are more likely to be involved in road crashes, especially at intersections in urban areas. The dilemma zone, when a driver approaches a signalised intersection and is unsure whether to continue or stop, is a key focus for crashes at intersections. However, there has been a lack of research on young drivers' safe driving behaviors and the psychosocial factors that influence their decisions at intersections. This study aimed to explain young drivers' intentions and predict their self-reported behavior of stopping in the dilemma zone using psychosocial factors.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART F-TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR
(2023)
Letter
Biodiversity Conservation
Carolyn Lundquist, Shizuka Hashimoto, Machteld Schoolenberg
CONSERVATION LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Alain Maasri, Sonja C. Jaehnig, Mihai C. Adamescu, Rita Adrian, Claudio Baigun, Donald J. Baird, Angelica Batista-Morales, Nuria Bonada, Lee E. Brown, Qinghua Cai, Joao Campos-Silva, Viola Clausnitzer, Topiltzin Contreras-MacBeath, Steven J. Cooke, Thibault Datry, Gonzalo Delacamara, Luc De Meester, Klaus-Douwe B. Dijkstra, Van Tu Do, Sami Domisch, David Dudgeon, Tibor Eros, Hendrik Freitag, Joerg Freyhof, Jana Friedrich, Martin Friedrichs-Manthey, Juergen Geist, Mark O. Gessner, Peter Goethals, Matthew Gollock, Christopher Gordon, Hans-Peter Grossart, Georges Gulemvuga, Pablo E. Gutierrez-Fonseca, Peter Haase, Daniel Hering, Hans Juergen Hahn, Charles P. Hawkins, Fengzhi He, Jani Heino, Virgilio Hermoso, Zeb Hogan, Franz Hoelker, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Meilan Jiang, Richard K. Johnson, Gregor Kalinkat, Bakhtiyor K. Karimov, Aventino Kasangaki, Ismael A. Kimirei, Bert Kohlmann, Mathias Kuemmerlen, Jan J. Kuiper, Benjamin Kupilas, Simone D. Langhans, Richard Lansdown, Florian Leese, Francis S. Magbanua, Shin-ichiro S. Matsuzaki, Michael T. Monaghan, Levan Mumladze, Javier Muzon, Pierre A. Mvogo Ndongo, Jens C. Nejstgaard, Oxana Nikitina, Clifford Ochs, Oghenekaro Nelson Odume, Jeffrey J. Opperman, Harmony Patricio, Steffen U. Pauls, Rajeev Raghavan, Alonso Ramirez, Bindiya Rashni, Vere Ross-Gillespie, Michael J. Samways, Ralf B. Schaefer, Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber, Ole Seehausen, Deep Narayan Shah, Subodh Sharma, Janne Soininen, Nike Sommerwerk, Jason D. Stockwell, Frank Suhling, Ram Devi Tachamo Shah, Rebecca E. Tharme, James H. Thorp, David Tickner, Klement Tockner, Jonathan D. Tonkin, Mireia Valle, Jean Vitule, Martin Volk, Ding Wang, Christian Wolter, Susanne Worischka
Summary: Global freshwater biodiversity is declining dramatically, with investments in research and conservation lagging behind terrestrial and marine realms. Through a global consultation, 15 pressing priority needs have been identified to support informed stewardship of freshwater biodiversity. The proposed agenda aims to advance freshwater biodiversity research globally for its sustainable management and conservation.
Article
Anthropology
Marco Campenni, Lee Cronk, Athena Aktipis
Summary: The study compared the impacts of need-based and debt-based transfers on herd survival, and found that using need-based transfers, larger network size, and decreased correlation among shocks were associated with increased survival rates.
Article
Development Studies
Meike Will, Annika Backes, Marco Campenni, Lee Cronk, Gunnar Dressler, Christoph Gornott, Jurgen Groeneveld, Lemlem Teklegiorgis Habtemariam, Kati Kraehnert, Martin Kraus, Friederike Lenel, Daniel Osgood, Masresha Taye, Birgit Mueller
Summary: Extreme weather conditions caused by climate change disproportionately affect the most vulnerable members of society, and agricultural insurance programs designed for smallholders in developing countries are valuable tools. Combining different methods, especially by linking empirical analysis and modeling, can enhance the effectiveness of climate insurance products, especially under changing climatic conditions.
CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Andrea S. Downing, Manish Kumar, August Andersson, Amar Causevic, Orjan Gustafsson, Niraj U. Joshi, Chandra Kiran B. Krishnamurthy, Bert Scholtens, Beatrice Crona
Summary: Crop residue burning in Indian Punjab has detrimental impacts on health, climate, and agricultural production. Despite existing legal and technological barriers to burning, it continues due to lack of financial incentives for change. This study provides a systems perspective on the issue, highlighting the need for crop diversification, circular business models, and green financing. Financial institutions can play a crucial role in driving transformative changes by setting sustainability conditions on loans.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Andressa Mansur, Robert McDonald, Burak Guneralp, HyeJin Kim, Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira, Corey T. Callaghan, Perrine Hamel, Jan J. Kuiper, Manuel Wolff, Veronika Liebelt, Ines S. Martins, Thomas Elmqvist, Henrique M. Pereira
Summary: This paper introduces the Urban Nature Futures Framework (UNFF), which uses participatory methods and quantitative models to help stakeholders in cities build visions for three Nature Futures perspectives and explore different options for integrating nature into urban areas. It also evaluates how different community preferences result in various cityscapes and the distribution of associated benefits from nature.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Jan J. Kuiper, Dianneke van Wijk, Wolf M. Mooij, Roy P. Remme, Garry D. Peterson, Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, Charlotte J. Mooij, Georgette M. Leltz, Laura M. Pereira
Summary: Achieving global sustainability goals requires redefining the relationship between people and nature. This paper presents a new approach, developed through an application in Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen, that explores desirable futures for nature and people. The approach, co-designed with key stakeholders, combines frameworks for human-nature relationships and future development to catalyze sustainable change processes.
ECOSYSTEMS AND PEOPLE
(2022)
Article
Mathematical & Computational Biology
Jan J. Kuiper, Bob W. Kooi, Garry D. Peterson, Wolf M. Mooij
Summary: Ecologists face the challenge of integrating different approaches and theories to understand ecosystems in a changing world. Food web theory and regime shift theory provide insights into stability mechanisms from different perspectives. The stability of empirical food web models and the vulnerability of ecosystems to collapse are not consistently related. Further research is needed to bridge alternative modeling approaches in ecology.
ACTA BIOTHEORETICA
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jan J. Kuiper
Summary: Freshwater ecosystems are experiencing biodiversity loss at a faster rate than terrestrial or marine ecosystems, but they are not given equal priority in global environmental governance. The IPBES relies on voluntary contributions from independent experts to support international environmental agreements. Freshwater experts can contribute to IPBES through various avenues, including participating in the development of assessment reports, filling knowledge gaps, and implementing IPBES outcomes.
AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
America Paz Duran, Jan J. Kuiper, Ana Paula Dutra Aguiar, William W. L. Cheung, Mariteuw Chimere Diaw, Ghassen Halouani, Shizuka Hashimoto, Maria A. Gasalla, Garry D. Peterson, Machteld A. Schoolenberg, Rovshan Abbasov, Lilibeth A. Acosta, Dolors Armenteras, Federico Davila, Mekuria Argaw Denboba, Paula A. Harrison, Khaled Allam Harhash, Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, HyeJin Kim, Carolyn J. Lundquist, Brian W. Miller, Sana Okayasu, Ramon Pichs-Madruga, Jyothis Sathyapalan, Ali Kerem Saysel, Dandan Yu, Laura M. Pereira
Summary: In order to stop further destruction of the biosphere, it is necessary for most people and societies around the world to change their relationships with nature. The convention of Biological Diversity has set the vision of living in harmony with nature by 2050, valuing biodiversity, conserving and restoring it, and using it wisely to maintain ecosystem services and sustain a healthy planet. To explore different perspectives on achieving this vision, the Nature Futures Framework has been developed to facilitate the development of new scenarios and models that embrace a variety of desirable futures for nature and people.
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Andrea S. Downing
Summary: This article describes a method for understanding how local sustainable processes in social-ecological systems contribute to or hinder the achievement of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. The method involves constructing causal-loop diagrams, simplifying the diagrams for analysis, and providing a template for documentation and analysis.
Article
Ecology
Katherine H. Wyatt, Katie K. Arkema, Stacey Wells-Moultrie, Jessica M. Silver, Brett Lashley, Adelle Thomas, Jan J. Kuiper, Anne D. Guerry, Mary Ruckelshaus
Summary: Using alternative future scenarios in development planning helps integrate diverse perspectives and consider the needs of humans and nature. Through a collaborative process involving stakeholder participation and risk assessment, this approach can inform investments in sustainable development.
ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Hanna Ahlstrom, Jacob Hileman, Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Maria Mancilla Garcia, Michele-Lee Moore, Krisztina Jonas, Agnes Pranindita, Jan J. Kuiper, Ingo Fetzer, Fernando Jaramillo, Uno Svedin
Summary: The global hydrological cycle is influenced by complex interdependencies and self-regulating feedbacks, with increasing human impacts in the Anthropocene altering the dynamics of the cycle and posing challenges for water governance. Earth system law has the potential to bridge the gap between the global hydrological cycle and dispersed regulatory architecture, offering a solution to core problems in water governance. Through merging concepts from Earth system law with existing policy and legal principles, a framework is outlined for addressing hydrological issues in the Anthropocene and enhancing institutional compatibility between established governance systems and the global hydrological cycle.
EARTH SYSTEM GOVERNANCE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
P. Hamel, A. D. Guerry, S. Polasky, B. Han, J. A. Douglass, M. Hamann, B. Janke, J. J. Kuiper, H. Levrel, H. Liu, E. Lonsdorf, R. I. McDonald, C. Nootenboom, Z. Ouyang, R. P. Remme, R. P. Sharp, L. Tardieu, V. Viguie, D. Xu, H. Zheng, G. C. Daily
Summary: The article introduces an approach to support urban greening by quantifying and mapping the diverse benefits of natural infrastructure. Through three case studies, the spatially explicit information about the benefits of nature is shown to enhance urban management.
NPJ URBAN SUSTAINABILITY
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Laura Pereira, Jan J. Kuiper, Odirilwe Selomane, Ana Paula D. Aguiar, Ghassem R. Asrar, Elena M. Bennett, Reinette Biggs, Katherine Calvin, Steve Hedden, Angel Hsu, Jason Jabbour, Nicholas King, Alexandre C. Koberle, Paul Lucas, Jeanne Nel, Albert V. Norstrom, Garry Peterson, Nadia Sitas, Christopher Trisos, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Joost Vervoort, James Ward
Summary: To effectively contribute to global environmental decision-making, GEAs need diverse future tools operating at multiple scales to address challenges like anticipating unpredictable conditions, being relevant at different levels, including diverse actors and perspectives, and leveraging imagination to inspire action. By utilizing a toolbox of future-oriented approaches and methods, GEAs can better meet the information needs of policymakers and stakeholders.
ECOSYSTEMS AND PEOPLE
(2021)
