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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

However, the report also found that many of the world’s coral reefs remain resilient and can recover if conditions allow, providing hope for the long-term health of coral reefs if immediate steps are taken to stabilize emissions to curb future warming. We are running out of time: we can reverse losses, but we have to act now.

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

Business Green

With the rug having been swept from underneath the global economy by the coronavirus crisis, huge numbers of companies, investors, and auditors have been forced to confront the resiliency of their business and supply chains, particularly in relation to non-financial threats. Many will not have liked what they discovered.

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

Business Green

As a result, climate change is already affecting every inhabited region on Earth, and impacts such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, and permafrost melt are inevitable and near-irreversible, leaving only their extent open to question. C or well below 2C - provided governments with the "foundation to act".

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Climate change is adversely affecting childrens health worldwide

AGreenLiving

These five areas include (1) adaptation, planning and resilience for health, 2) climate change impacts, exposures and vulnerabilities, 3) finance and economics, 4) mitigation actions and 5) public and political engagement.