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What are ‘planetary boundaries’ and why should we care?

Envirotec Magazine

Three are based on what we take from the system: biodiversity loss fresh water land use. Azote for Stockholm Resilience Centre based on analysis in Richardson et al 2023, CC BY-ND. Ocean-acidification is still, just, in the green, and so is aerosol pollution and dust. Here’s the sum total of our impact on the planet.

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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

This article will cover the Holocene—the era of conditions that enabled society to grow and thrive, the theory of the Anthropocene, planetary boundaries, tipping points, and resilience thinking while urging readers to consider their impact and how to secure the future they want. The Anthropocene: Pushing Society Past Its Limits.

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Rising sea temperatures and coral loss: “Most detailed scientific picture to date”

Envirotec Magazine

Corals reefs across the world are under relentless stress from warming caused by climate change and other local pressures such as overfishing, unsustainable coastal development and declining water quality. This, the largest analysis of global coral reef health ever undertaken draws on data: spanning 40 years. in 73 countries.

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Climate change is adversely affecting childrens health worldwide

AGreenLiving

Today’s children are facing climate crisis-related health issues, warns The Lancet ’s Countdown on Health and Climate Change, the annual research collaboratively conducted by 35 global institutions. The Lancet Via EurekAlert Image via Shutterstock.

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L'Oréal embraces environmental labelling under revamped sustainability strategy

Business Green

The boundaries range from climate change and biodiversity to ocean acidification and freshwater use; three limits have already been passed, according to scientists. Planetary boundaries are nine environmental 'red lines' that researchers have warned will compromise life on Earth if crossed.

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'Every fraction of warming matters': World careering towards irreversible climate impacts, top scientists warn

Business Green

Climate change is accelerating and intensifying across every region of the planet, bringing with it increases in rainfall, flooding, drought, heatwaves, and sea levels that are already having significant implications for economies around the world.

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Double materiality: Why nature risk and climate risk are two sides of the same coin

Business Green

Current regulation and risk disclosure efforts are insufficient for tackling the varying and complex risks posed by nature loss and climate change, UCL research argues. Whilst the worst impacts of climate change are foreseen in the coming decades, I would argue that for some aspects of nature loss, they're already here.".