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Wolfgang Lucht

Exactly a year ago today, our big update of the Planetary Boundaries Framework was published.

It quantified for the first time all 9 planetary boundaries, showed that 6 of 9 are currently transgressed, some substantially, and redefined and refined a few.

The paper has been downloaded a mind-blowing 473.439 times 💥 since then. That's an unbelievably large number for a scientific paper.

Let's draw the conclusions.
We need to re-stabilise 🌍🌎🌏.

@PIK_climate

science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv

The online page of the paper, entitled "Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries". It was published on Sept. 13, 2023 in Science Advances by Katherine Richardson, Will Steffen, Wolfgang Lucht, Johan Rockström and 24 colleagues.
A circular diagram shows the nine dimensions of the planetary boundaries framework, some subdivided, and the state of their transgression as wedges of various length pointing outward. Their colours change from green to red and purple as the deviation from historical conditions increases. The center of the diagram is green, representing the safe operating space for humanity. Six of nine boundaries are transgressed, some substantially, and only three are still in the safe zone, one just barely.
Sep 13, 2024, 09:47 AM·Public·Tusky
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@W_Lucht @PIK_climate

I used the concept and the figure in so many presentations...

Thank you and the team for the work! :ecoanarchism_heart:

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