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23rd August 2012 Prof. Johan Rockström Stockholm Resilience Centre Stockholm Environment Institute Planetary boundaries and global sustainability
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1920 1960 2000 2040 2080
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Future Earth research for global sustainability photos: www.dawide.com
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Ban Ki-moon High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability
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Rio+20 and Planetary Boundaries UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon High Level Panel on Global Sustainability
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Walker, B. et al., 2009. Science, 325: 1345-1346 Looming global scale failures and missing institutions
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Humanity’s 10,000 years of grace
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(Hansen and Sato, 2011)
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Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the safe operating space for humanity in the Anthropocene (Nature, 461 : 472 – 475, Sept 24 - 2009)
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From: ”Limits to growth” ”Carrying capacity” ”Guardrails” ”Tipping Elements” To: ”Planetary Boundaries”
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Climate Change < 350 ppm CO 2 < 1W m 2 (350 – 500 ppm CO 2 ; 1-1.5 W m 2 ) Ocean acidification Aragonite saturation ratio > 80 % above pre- industrial levels (> 80% - > 70 %) Ozone depletion < 5 % of Pre-Industrial 290 DU (5 - 10%) Global Freshwater Use <4000 km 3 /yr (4000 – 6000 km 3 /yr) Rate of Biodiversity Loss < 10 E/MSY (< 10 - < 1000 E/MSY) Biogeochemical loading: Global N & P Cycles Limit industrial fixation of N 2 to 35 Tg N yr -1 (25 % of natural fixation) (25%-35%) P < 10× natural weathering inflow to Oceans (10× – 100×) Atmospheric Aerosol Loading To be determined Land System Change ≤15 % of land under crops (15-20%) Chemical Pollution Plastics, Endocrine Desruptors, Nuclear Waste Emitted globally To be determined Planetary Boundaries
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… Rockström et al. 2009 Nature, 461 (24): 472-475 Global fresh- water use Transgressing safe boundaries
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Adapted from Canadell et al., 2007 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Resilience of the Earth system Gt Carbon/yr land ocean atmosphere Interactions among Planetary Boundaries
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Global emission pathways in compliance with a 2 ºC guardrail (WBGU 2009)
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Submitted to PNAS August 2012
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Submitted to Geophysical Research Letters (August 2012)
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In Review, Ecology and Society, July 2012
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1.Stay within 350 ppm, an agricultural system that goes from being a source to a global sink 2. Essentially a green revolution on current cropland (expansion from 12 % to 15 %) 3. Keep global consumptive use of blue water < 4000 km 3 /yr, we are at 2,600 km 3 /yr today and rushing fast towards 4000 km 3 /yr 4. Reduce to 25 % of current N extraction from atmosphere 5. Not increase P inflow to oceans 6.Reduce loss of biodiversity to < 10 E/MSY from current 100-1000 E/MSY A new ”global spec” for world food production
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Planetary Boundaries 2.0 Interactions and feedbacks (integated Earth system modelling) Feeding the world within planetary boundaries Earth system governance and planetary boundaries Down-scaling (Baltic Sea) Planetary boundaries and SDGs Integating biophysical and social planetary boundaries Directions of Future Research
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