Rethinking development

Planetary boundaries

In collaboration with partnering research institutions such as Stockholm Resilience Centre, we present novel research on the governance of earth systems and boundaries.

New approaches are needed to help humanity deal with climate change and other global environmental threats that lie ahead in the 21st century.

A group of 28 internationally renowned scientists propose that global biophysical boundaries, identified on the basis of the scientific understanding of the Earth System, can define a ‘safe planetary operating space´ that will allow humanity to continue to develop and thrive for generations to come.

This new approach to sustainable development is conveyed in the coming issue of Nature where the scientists have made a first attempt to identify and quantify a set of nine planetary boundaries.

Read more about the planetary boundaries on the Stockholm Resilience Centre website.