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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-Ecological Systems

Social-Ecological Systems

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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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Introduction: The Oceans and Sustainable…

Introduction: The Oceans and Sustainable Development

From SDG Academy

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The global ocean connects us all and provides our livelihoods, the oxygen we breathe, and transportation, among other things. The ocean is included in SDG 14. This…
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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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Our Ocean: A Finite Resource

Our Ocean: A Finite Resource

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The ocean has always sparked human curiosity. In the mid-20th century, people began to realize that there are limits to what humanity should do to our planet before it…
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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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Dance of the Plankton

Dance of the Plankton

From SDG Academy

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Plankton are tiny creatures that drift in the sunlit surface layer of the sea, and their choreography is conducted by sunlight and nutrients. Light only penetrates the…
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Fisheries Economics and Management

Fisheries Economics and Management

From SDG Academy

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In the period from 1950 to the late 1980s, global catches in fishers have increased from less than 20 million tons per year to about 80 million tons per year. They have…
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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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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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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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Tree for the three: birds, landscape and…

Tree for the three: birds, landscape and ecosystem services

From SDG Academy

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Birds contribute to pest predation and control, among many ecosystem services at agricultural landscapes. Trees can contribute to ecosystem regulation, shelter and…
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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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