Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet

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  • Will Steffen
    Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Katherine Richardson
    Center for Macroecology, Evolution, and Climate, University of Copenhagen, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, Building 3, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Johan Rockström
    Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Sarah E. Cornell
    Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Ingo Fetzer
    Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Elena M. Bennett
    Department of Natural Resource Sciences and McGill School of Environment, McGill University, 21, 111 Lakeshore Road, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada.
  • Reinette Biggs
    Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Stephen R. Carpenter
    Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin, 680 North Park Street, Madison WI 53706 USA.
  • Wim de Vries
    Alterra Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 47, 6700AA Wageningen, Netherlands.
  • Cynthia A. de Wit
    Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Carl Folke
    Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Dieter Gerten
    Research Domain Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Telegraphenberg A62, 14473 Potsdam, Germany.
  • Jens Heinke
    Research Domain Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Telegraphenberg A62, 14473 Potsdam, Germany.
  • Georgina M. Mace
    Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research (CBER), Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
  • Linn M. Persson
    Stockholm Environment Institute, Linnégatan 87D, SE-10451 Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Veerabhadran Ramanathan
    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, 8622 Kennel Way, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA.
  • Belinda Reyers
    Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Sverker Sörlin
    Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden.

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<jats:title>Crossing the boundaries in global sustainability</jats:title> <jats:p> The planetary boundary (PB) concept, introduced in 2009, aimed to define the environmental limits within which humanity can safely operate. This approach has proved influential in global sustainability policy development. Steffen <jats:italic>et al.</jats:italic> provide an updated and extended analysis of the PB framework. Of the original nine proposed boundaries, they identify three (including climate change) that might push the Earth system into a new state if crossed and that also have a pervasive influence on the remaining boundaries. They also develop the PB framework so that it can be applied usefully in a regional context. </jats:p> <jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> , this issue <jats:related-article xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="doi" related-article-type="in-this-issue" xlink:href="10.1126/science.1259855">10.1126/science.1259855</jats:related-article> </jats:p>

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  • Science

    Science 347 (6223), 1259855-, 2015-02-13

    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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