This workstream will continue the work on refining the safe and just Earth System Boundaries (ESBs) on biodiversity, land, freshwater, nutrients, climate, and air pollution, and identify safe and just ESBs for previously unquantified Earth system domains such as oceans and novel entities. It will also assess the interactions between the different domains and develop an understanding of interconnected tipping points in the Earth system.
Co-leads: Steven Lade, Aditi Mukherji and Peter Verburg
Secretariat contact: Kendra Gonzales, charlottekendra.gonzales@anu.edu.au
The Safe and Just Boundaries workstream also includes working groups focussing on the following domains of the Earth system.
Climate and Atmosphere
Co-leads: Govindasamy Bala, Timothy Lenton, and Ricarda Winkelmann
Secretariat contact: Jesse Abrams, j.abrams@exeter.ac.uk
Land and Water
Co-leads: Stuart Bunn, Fabrice De Clerck, and Taikan Oki
Secretariat contact: Ben Stewart-Koster, b.stewart-koster@griffith.edu.au
Novel Entities
Co-leads: Miriam Diamond and Zhanyun Wang
Secretariat contact: Anna Shalin, anna.shalin@mail.utoronto.ca
Ocean
Co-leads: David Obura and Rashid Sumaila
Secretariat contact: Lubna Alam, l.alam@oceans.ubc.ca
Publications & News
Earth Commission Ocean workstream started
Risk of passing multiple climate tipping points escalates above 1.5°C global warming