By John Cannon For more than a century, nations have measured societal gains in terms of economic growth. But a new ...

A new assessment of Earth’s life-support systems shows that six out of nine of these crucial processes have crossed their ...

Just How Much Of The Planet Do We Have Left? The idea of planetary boundaries--the maximum amount of resources we can use--is controversial and debatable. How do we know when we’ve simply ...

Sustainability assessment within planetary boundaries is a critical area of research that seeks to evaluate human activities in relation to the Earth's ecological limits. The concept of planetary ...

The fires in Los Angeles represent a catastrophic failure to anticipate and respond to environmental threats. In the ...

A comprehensive new review by leading experts in the sustainability science field, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, is challenging the long-held assumption that economic growth is necessary ...

From natural science to social science, from risks to solutions, from identifying Planetary Boundaries to managing Global Commons: PIK is advancing the frontier of integrated research for global ...

Most of these systems have crossed crucial “planetary boundaries,” indicating risks to both human society and the environment. Aerosols as the Only System Within Limits Among the systems ...