A safe operating space for humanity

Johan Rockström; Will Steffen; Kevin Noone; Åsa Persson; F. Stuart Chapin; Eric F. Lambin; Timothy M. Lenton; Marten Scheffer; Carl Folke; Hans Joachim Schellnhuber; Björn Nykvist; Cynthia A. De Wit; Terry Hughes; Sander van der Leeuw; Henning Rodhe; Sverker Sörlin; Peter K. Snyder; Robert Costanza; Uno Svedin; Malin Falkenmark; Louise Karlberg; Robert W. Corell; Victoria J. Fabry; James Hansen; Brian Walker; Diana Liverman; Katherine Richardson; Paul Crutzen; Jonathan A. Foley

doi:10.1038/461472a

A safe operating space for humanity

Johan Rockström
, Will Steffen
, Kevin Noone
, Åsa Persson
, F. Stuart Chapin
, Eric F. Lambin
, Timothy M. Lenton
, Marten Scheffer
, Carl Folke
, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
, Björn Nykvist
, Cynthia A. De Wit
, Terry Hughes
, Sander van der Leeuw
, Henning Rodhe
, Sverker Sörlin
, Peter K. Snyder
, Robert Costanza
, Uno Svedin
, Malin Falkenmark

Louise Karlberg, Robert W. Corell, Victoria J. Fabry, James Hansen, Brian Walker, Diana Liverman, Katherine Richardson, Paul Crutzen, Jonathan A. Foley

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Abstract

The article presents a study that investigates on the importance of identifying and quantifying planetary boundaries to prevent human activities in affecting environmental condition. The author states the industrial revolution and advancement in human civilization has caused the unstability of the environmental state that is less conducive for humans to live and affect their health condition. The author notes that planetary boundaries served a control variables to secure the safety of its citizen as well as protect the environment from shifting to dangerous levels. It also cites the different planetary boundaries, along with its impact on climate change and Earth system degradation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	472-475
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature
Volume	461
Issue number	7263
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/461472a
Publication status	Published - 2009

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 13 Climate Action

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Rockström, J., Steffen, W., Noone, K., Persson, Å., Chapin, F. S., Lambin, E. F., Lenton, T. M., Scheffer, M., Folke, C., Schellnhuber, H. J., Nykvist, B., De Wit, C. A., Hughes, T., van der Leeuw, S., Rodhe, H., Sörlin, S., Snyder, P. K., Costanza, R., Svedin, U., ... Foley, J. A. (2009). A safe operating space for humanity. Nature, 461(7263), 472-475. https://doi.org/10.1038/461472a

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