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From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
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… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
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… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
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… -
From SDG Academy on 6 August, 2019
Sustainable Development means precisely the interconnection of economic, social, and environmental objectives. Therefore, it is important to try to achieve all of the… -
From SDG Academy on 5 August, 2019
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… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
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… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
This chapter explores the origins of the planetary boundaries, which comes from the recognition that we’ve entered the Anthropocene and that the exponential… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
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… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
This chapter is about technology in the Anthropocene. Professor Galaz begins with an example of the Titi money from the Amazon, which is used to promote conservation… -
From SDG Academy on 5 August, 2019
Terrestrial ecosystems are important for social and economic reasons through both their products – such as timber, fruits, etc. – and their services –… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
To develop within a safe operating space, there must be a global transition to a renewable energy system, as growing economies are projected to have growing energy use… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
Nature doesn’t respond in incremental and linear ways, but has several distinctly different states that are separated by thresholds, or tipping points. Feedback… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
This chapter discusses the social foundations for the planetary boundaries. This goes back to the Brundtland Report of 1987, which defined sustainability as a… -
From SDG Academy on 5 August, 2019
Agroforestry systems (SAF) can take various forms and combinations of species and strategies of cultivation of the species of interest, but in general is a form of land… -
From SDG Academy on 5 August, 2019
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… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
There are many different schools and approaches on how to reform global environmental governance. Deep institutional reform builds on the idea that, if you manage to…