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Planetary Boundaries and the Doughnut frameworks: A review of their local operability

Ferretto, Anna ORCID iD icon 1; Matthews, Robin; Brooker, Rob; Smith, Pete
1 Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung – Atmosphärische Umweltforschung (IMK-IFU), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

The concept of Planetary Boundaries has sparked debate around tipping points and the limits of the Earth System for over a decade. Among the most investigated aspects is how to downscale this global concept to a country level, to make it operative at scales at which decisions are taken and policies applied. Specifically how to achieve applicability locally while keeping global relevance, however, remains unclear. The same is true for the "Doughnut" concept, which builds on the Planetary Boundaries framework and adds a social component to create a "Safe and Just Operating Space" (SJOS) within which humanity should live. This paper reviews these two concepts in detail, focusing on their local operability. Synthesis of the literature reveals that, during the downscaling process, either the global meaning of the Planetary Boundaries or the local characteristics of a country are lost. Further, the SJOS remains a very theoretical concept because a match does not exist between the Planetary Boundaries and the social components of the Doughnut. Identification of this problem therefore suggests that future work should calculate the Planetary Boundaries globally for each ecosystem first, and then downscale them by country. ... mehr


Verlagsausgabe §
DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000152671
Veröffentlicht am 15.11.2022
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.1016/j.ancene.2022.100347
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung – Atmosphärische Umweltforschung (IMK-IFU)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsmonat/-jahr 09.2022
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 2213-3054
KITopen-ID: 1000152671
HGF-Programm 12.11.21 (POF IV, LK 01) Natural ecosystems as sources and sinks of GHGs
Erschienen in Anthropocene
Verlag Elsevier
Band 39
Seiten Art.-Nr.: 100347
Vorab online veröffentlicht am 17.08.2022
Schlagwörter Planetary boundaries, Safe operating space, Doughnut, Ecosystem services, Climate change, Downscaling
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