Tag Archives: planetary boundaries

Global Environmental Governance, Technology and Politics: The Anthropocene Gap

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Giorgio Bertini

We live on an increasingly human-dominated planet. Our impact on the Earth has become so huge that researchers now suggest that it merits its own geological epoch – the ‘Anthropocene‘ – the age of humans. Combining theory development and case … Continue reading →

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Human Progress within Planetary Boundaries

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Giorgio Bertini

The year 2015 has special importance for the transformation towards sustainable development. New Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are then supposed to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The aim is to offer a new orientation for political action in the … Continue reading →

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Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Giorgio Bertini

Anthropogenic pressures on the Earth System have reached a scale where abrupt global environmental change can no longer be excluded. We propose a new approach to global sustainability in which we define planetary boundaries within which we expect that humanity … Continue reading →