Achieving a Nature- and People-Positive future
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Title: Achieving a Nature- and People-Positive future
Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.11.013
Authors: David Obura-1,2,3,*, Fabrice DeClerck-4,5, Peter Verburg-6,7, Joyeeta Gupta-8,9, Jesse F. Abrams-10, Xuemei Bai-11, Stuart Bunn-12, Kristie L. Ebi-13, Lauren Gifford-14, Chris Gordon-15 Lisa Jacobson-16, Timothy M. Lenton-17, Diana Liverman-18, Awaz Mohamed-19, Klaudia Prodani-8, Juan Carlos Rocha-16,20, Johan Rockström-21,22, Boris Sakschewski-21, Ben Stewart-Koster-23, Detlef van Vuuren-24, Ricarda Winkelmann-21,25, Caroline Zimm-26.
Author affiliations:
- CORDIO East Africa, Mombasa, Kenya
- Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya
- Coral Reef Ecosystems Lab, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Montpellier, France
- EAT, Oslo, Norway
- Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft, the Netherlands
- Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
- Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
- Center for Health & the Global Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- School of Geography, Development and Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
- Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
- Future Earth Secretariat, c/o Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
- Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
- School of Geography, Development and Environment, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
- Functional Forest Ecology, Universität Hamburg, Germany
- Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Member of the Leibniz Association, Potsdam, Germany
- Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
- Griffith University, QLD, Australia
- PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Hague, Netherlands
- Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
The Earth Commission is the first holistic attempt to scientifically define and quantify a safe and just corridor for people and planet, avoiding crossing irreversible tipping points. The Commission is hosted by Future Earth, the world’s largest network of sustainability scientists, and is the scientific cornerstone of the Global Commons Alliance, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors with support from Oak Foundation, MAVA, Porticus, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Herlin Foundation and the Global Environment Facility. The Commission is also supported by the Global Challenges Foundation.The Commission is chaired by Prof. Dahe Qin (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China), Prof. Joyeeta Gupta (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) and Prof. Johan Rockström (Potsdam Institute, Germany).