A Just World on a Safe Planet
The health of planet Earth and its people are at risk. The deterioration of the global commons - the natural systems that support life - is exacerbating energy, food, and water insecurity, and increasing the risk of disease, disaster, displacement, and conflict warn Joyeeta Gupta, Xuemei Bai, Diana Liverman, Johan Rockström
et al in
their Lancet Planetary Health–Earth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, and transformations. They quantify safe and just Earth-system boundaries (ESBs) and assess the minimum access to natural resources required for human dignity and to enable an escape from poverty. They also estimate resource-access needs for human populations in 2050 and the associated Earth-system impacts these could have. Collectively, these assessments describe a safe and just corridor that is essential to ensuring sustainable and resilient human and planetary health and thriving in the Anthropocene. htps://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2542-5196%2824%2900042-1
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