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Welcome to the Anthropocene

Welcome to the Anthropocene

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There is rising scientific evidence that humanity has now entered a new era that is defined as the Anthropocene, in which humanity is shaping the entire biosphere in a…
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The Quadruple Squeeze

The Quadruple Squeeze

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The planetary squeeze, or the driving forces that explain why we’ve ended up with rising environmental risks, originate from four different areas: population…
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Social and Economic Importance of Terrestrial…

Social and Economic Importance of Terrestrial Ecosystems

From SDG Academy

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Terrestrial ecosystems are important for social and economic reasons through both their products – such as timber, fruits, etc. – and their services –…
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How SDG 15 Links With Other SDGs

How SDG 15 Links With Other SDGs

From SDG Academy

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Sustainable Development means precisely the interconnection of economic, social, and environmental objectives. Therefore, it is important to try to achieve all of the…
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Social-Ecological Systems

Social-Ecological Systems

From SDG Academy

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Professor Carl Folke discusses a social-ecological system approach, in which people are looked at as being part of, and changing, the planet, in addition to being…
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Ecosystem Degradation

Ecosystem Degradation

From SDG Academy

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The Amazon has seen a fair amount of environmental degradation and humans have been degrading the environment since the use of fire. Thomas Lovejoy argues that we need…
09:14

Justification for Planetary Boundary Selection

Justification for Planetary Boundary Selection

From SDG Academy

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A planetary boundary process is an environmental process that is part of the Earth's regulatory system, helping it to remain in our current desired state of the…
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Cities: Challenges and Opportunities

Cities: Challenges and Opportunities

From SDG Academy

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This chapter is about the challenges and opportunities that urban centers face. Urban centers are expanding beyond traditional urban boundaries in a process called urban…
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Valuing Ecosystem Services

Valuing Ecosystem Services

From SDG Academy

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Ecosystem services can be divided among those that are provisioning; those that produce market goods that are consumed by human beings; those that regulate the provision…
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Introduction to SDG 15

Introduction to SDG 15

From SDG Academy

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This chapter provides an overview of the nine targets associated with SDG 15, which relates to terrestrial ecosystems or Life on Land. The targets focus on: preserving…
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Social Foundations for Planetary Boundaries

Social Foundations for Planetary Boundaries

From SDG Academy

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This chapter discusses the social foundations for the planetary boundaries. This goes back to the Brundtland Report of 1987, which defined sustainability as a…
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The Great Acceleration

The Great Acceleration

From SDG Academy

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We are now a big world on a small planet. The Great Acceleration starts with the expansion of human exploitation of the world, seen in urbanization, land-use…
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Quantification of the Nine Planetary Boundaries

Quantification of the Nine Planetary Boundaries

From SDG Academy

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Challenges arise when trying to define quantitatively the boundary position for each global process. First, a control variable is identified as a parameter that…
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Interference with Global Nitrogen and Phosphorous…

Interference with Global Nitrogen and Phosphorous Cycles

From SDG Academy

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This chapter discusses human impacts on the global nitrogen and phosphorus cycles that link the living and non-living parts of the Earth system. These chemical…
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Introducing the Planetary Boundaries Framework

Introducing the Planetary Boundaries Framework

From SDG Academy

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This chapter explores the origins of the planetary boundaries, which comes from the recognition that we’ve entered the Anthropocene and that the exponential…
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Development of the Sustainable Development Goals

Development of the Sustainable Development Goals

From SDG Academy

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How can the world of policy and science respond to the latest advancements in science? In the Anthropocene, we can no longer avoid catastrophic tipping points; we need a…

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