"Planetary Commons" For Comprehensive Stewardship (Rockström et al., PNAS):

The planetary commons: A new paradigm for safeguarding Earth-regulating systems in the Anthropocene
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Indigenous Knowledge & Solutions (Science Editorial):

Time to support Indigenous science
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Earth System / Planetary Boundaries (Rockström et al., Nature Review):

Translating Earth system boundaries for cities & businesses

For More on These Boundaries, See Blog Resources Page (Add'l Resources)
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Indigenous Knowledge Systems (Nature Commentary):

Ecological research ‘in a good way’ means ethical & equitable relationships with Indigenous Peoples & Lands
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Indigenous & Local Community Knowledge of Impacts (Sustainable Earth Reviews):

Local studies provide a global perspective of the impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples & local communities
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Global Impacts on Indigenous Peoples (Nature):

Indigenous Peoples & local communities report ongoing & widespread climate change impacts on local social-ecological systems
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Holistic, Restorative & Just Mitigation (Wm Ripple, et al. ERL Commentary):

An environmental & socially just climate mitigation pathway for a planet in peril
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US > Unequal Urban Flood Risk (Nature)

High urban flood risk & no shelter access disproportionally impacts vulnerable communities in the USA
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Sub-Saharan Africa > Food Security (Nature):

Stakeholder-driven transformative adaptation is needed for climate-smart nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa
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US > Inequity & Sea Level Rise (Nature):

Demographics & risk of isolation due to sea level rise in the US
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India > Just Energy Transition (Energy Research & Social Science):

Just transition away from coal: Vulnerability analysis of coal districts in India
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Indian Ocean Fisheries & Inequity (Nature):

Fisheries subsidies exacerbate inequities in accessing seafood nutrients in the Indian Ocean
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Just Adaptation Policies (Nature Editorial):

Effective climate adaptation must be imaginative & inclusive

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California > Just Energy Grids (Enviro Research):

Toward equitable grid resilience: operationalizing climate adaptation strategies to mitigate flooding impacts
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Africa > Drought & Human Settlement Patterns (Earth's Future):

Drought & Human Mobility in Africa
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New Tipping Point Report (Tim Lenton, Et al.):

Global Tipping Points (Download Full Report)

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Global Disaster-Induced Human Movement (Nature):

Exploring interactions between socioeconomic context & natural hazards on human population displacement
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Africa > Wildfire Behavior (iScience):

Positive feedback to regional climate enhances African wildfires
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Ending Extreme Poverty Worldwide (Nature):

Ending extreme poverty has a negligible impact on global greenhouse gas emissions
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Human Rights & Adaptation (Nature):

The human right to climate adaptation
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E. Africa > Drought Hotspots (Climatic Change):

Potential impacts of 1.5 °C & 2 °C global warming levels on drought modes over Eastern Africa
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Africa > Impacts on Migration (Sustainability Review):

A Systematic Review of International & Internal Climate-Induced Migration in Africa
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Systems-Informed Just Solutions (Science of the Total Enviro):

Thinking outside the ocean-climate nexus: Towards systems-informed decision making in a rapidly changing world

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California Forests > Precolonial Fire Regimes (Science):

Low-intensity fires mitigate the risk of high-intensity wildfires in California’s forests
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Earth System Boundaries > Blue Water, (Rockström et al., Nature):

Living within the safe & just Earth system boundaries for blue water

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Arctic Governance & Indigenous Decision Making (The Polar Journal):

Old Sea, New Ice: sea ice geoengineering & indigenous rights in Arctic Ocean governance
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Michael Mann > A Reason For Hope (Frontiers Commentary):

Warming ends when carbon pollution stops
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Breaching Tipping Points (Earth's Future):

Committed Global Warming Risks Triggering Multiple Climate Tipping Points
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S. Africa > Temps & Inequality (ERL):

Inequality & growth impacts of climate change—insights from South Africa
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James Hansen, et al. > What Is Required Of Us Now (Oxford Open Climate Change):

Global warming in the pipeline
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Human Rights Approach to Global Policy (Nature Commentary):

Protect the ‘right to science’ for people & the planet; Upholding human rights can ensure that environmental policy is driven by facts & evidence, not denialism, greed & profit.

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US > Disadvantaged Communities, Greenspace & Human Health (Science of the Total Enviro):

The relationship between greenspace exposure & telomere length in the National Health & Nutrition Examination Survey
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Johan Rockström Speaks in Scotland (44th TB Macaulay Lecture, 98 min):


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India > Air Pollution & Justice (Nature):

An environmental justice analysis of air pollution in India
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    Just Urban Adaptation (Habitat Int'l):

    Socio-economic projections in urban climate change adaptation planning: Practices & prospects for just adaptation
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    Our Planetary Emergency (Bioscience):

    The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory
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    Conservation of Indigenous Peoples Lands (Biological Conservation):

    Even after armed conflict, the environmental quality of Indigenous Peoples' lands in biodiversity hotspots surpasses that of non-Indigenous lands
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    Equity & Disaster Risk Modeling (Nature):

    The importance of accounting for equity in disaster risk models
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    East Africa > Adaptation (Climate Policy):

    Tracking climate change adaptation in Eastern Africa: integrating governmental & livestock keeper perspectives
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    Global Conservation & Social Equity (PNAS):

    Avoiding an unjust transition to sustainability: An equity metric for spatial conservation planning
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    Indigenous Food Systems & Ecological Restoration (Frontiers):

    Pop-up restoration in colonial contexts: applying an indigenous food systems lens to ecological restoration
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    Global Indigenous > Health, Mitigation & Adaptation (PLOS Review):

    Indigenous Peoples: Traditional knowledges, climate change, & health
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    Canada > Indigenous-Led Conservation (FACETS):

    Indigenous protected & conserved areas (IPCAs): Canada's new path forward for biological & cultural conservation & Indigenous well-being
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    Projecting Poverty Across 175 Countries (Climatic Change):

    How many people will live in poverty because of climate change? A macro-level projection analysis to 2070

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    US > Heat Stress Inequities (One Earth):

    Residential segregation & outdoor urban moist heat stress disparities in the US
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    Indigenous Knowledge Re: Invasives (People & Nature):

    Contribution of Indigenous Peoples' understandings & relational frameworks to invasive alien species management
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    Amazon > Indigenous Soil Practices (Science):

    Intentional creation of carbon-rich dark earth soils in the Amazon
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    US > A Just Transition + Green Jobs (Nature):

    Location is a major barrier for transferring US fossil fuel employment to green jobs
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    Johan Rockström on Planetary Boundaries (TIME Commentary):

    What the Latest Health Check Tells Us About the State of Our Planet
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    Semiarid Africa > Water & Livelihoods (J of Climate Resilience & Justice):

    A Review of the Impact of Climate Change on Water Security & Livelihoods in Semiarid Africa: Cases From Kenya, Malawi, & Ghana
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    Robert Bullard & Enviro Justice (Nature Commentary):

    The Father of Environmental Justice
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    Chicago > Transportation & Enviro Justice (Enviro Research):

    Neighborhood-scale air quality, public health, & equity implications of multi-modal vehicle electrification
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    Watch Experts Johan Rockström & Kevin Anderson Discuss Planetary Boundaries (71 min)


     

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    US > Air Quality & Equity (Nature):

    Air quality related equity implications of US decarbonization policy
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    Extreme Weather Explainer (Expert Kevin Trenberth, The Conversation):

    How rising water vapour in the atmosphere is amplifying warming & making extreme weather worse
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    Global Energy Injustice (Energy Research & Social Science):

    Energy justice & energy democracy: Separated twins, rival concepts or just buzzwords?
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    US > Equity in Gov'ment Services (Environmental Justice):

    Centering Equity in the Nation's Weather, Water, & Climate Services
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    US > Justice & Equity Plans (Nature):

    US cities’ integration & evaluation of equity considerations into climate action plans
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    Latest Update > Planetary Boundaries (Science):

    Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries

    Stockholm Resilience Centre: All planetary boundaries mapped out for the first time, six of nine crossed
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    US > Race & Resiliency (J of Climate Resilience & Justice):

    Are Underserved Populations Left Out of National Flood Mitigation Efforts & Facing Greater Impact? A Method to Assess Racial Inequality at the Census Tract Level
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    US > Just Resilience in Coastal Cities (J of Climate Resilience & Justice):

    Evaluating the Incorporation of Climate Justice Concerns Within Resilience Plans Across Eleven US Coastal Cities
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    Africa > Clean Energy (WRI Report):

    A Path Across the Rift: Informing African Energy Transitions by Unearthing Critical Questions & Data Needs (download 32 pg)

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    Sub-Saharan Africa > Informal Settlements (J of Climate Resilience & Justice):

    Climate Change & Urban Migration in Sub-Saharan African Cities: Impacts & Governance Challenges
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    US > Climate Justice (The Chisholm Legacy Project Report):

    Adversity to Advancement: 15 Climate Impacts & 45 Black-Led Pathways to Climate Justice ("#1545Paper," download 72 pg)
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    Africa > Conserving Biodiversity (Frontiers):

    Identifying opportunities for transboundary conservation in Africa
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    Pacific Islands Countries > Postcolonial Justice (Nature):

    Postcolonial lessons & migration from climate change: ongoing injustice & hope
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    US > Emissions Inequality (PLOS):

    Income-based US household carbon footprints (1990–2019) offer new insights on emissions inequality & climate finance
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    US > Cooling Energy Equity Gap (Energy Policy):

    Inequalities across cooling & heating in households: Energy equity gaps
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    Free Online Book > Racism & Sustainability (Societies, Special Issue Reprint):

     Anti-racist Perspectives on Sustainabilities (download 162 pg)

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    Indigenous Lands > Worldwide Vulnerability (One Earth):

    Indigenous Peoples' lands are threatened by industrial development; conversion risk assessment reveals need to support Indigenous stewardship

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    Africa > Clean Energy (Science):

    Declining cost of renewables & climate change curb the need for African hydropower expansion

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    US > Dams Impacting Tribal Land (ERL):

    Dams & tribal land loss in the US

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    Al Gore > What the Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn't Want You To Know (TEDCountdown):

     

    (26 Minutes)

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    Contributions of Indigenous People (World Economic Forum, 4 Articles):

    5 ways Indigenous people are protecting the planet

    What centring Indigenous knowledge really means when it comes to nature-based solutions

    Indigenous land rights play a vital role in protecting the Amazon rainforest. Here's how.

    Meet 8 of the Indigenous leaders bringing their wisdom to Davos 2023
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    Tanzania > Land Inequality (PNAS):

    Large-scale land acquisitions exacerbate local farmland inequalities in Tanzania
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    Indigenous Youth (Nature Commentary):

    Indigenous youth must be at the forefront of climate diplomacy
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    Conservation & Indigenous Communities (Mongabay Commentary):

    Making space for Indigenous leadership is crucial for conservation
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    Global Pollution & Poverty (Nature):

    Global air pollution exposure & poverty
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    Greenland > Indigenous Experience (Nature):

    Experience exceeds awareness of anthropogenic climate change in Greenland
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    US > Inequity & Air Pollution (PNAS):

    Air quality equity in US climate policy
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    US > Flood-Prone Housing, Relocation & Race (ERL):

    Managed retreat: a nationwide study of the local, racially segmented resettlement of homeowners from rising flood risks

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    Climate Expert Kevin Trenberth on Warming Oceans (PBS Interview):

    Scientists issue increasingly dire warnings as ocean surface temperatures spike (video + transcript)
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    Canada > Indigenous Clean Energy (Energy Research & Social Sci):

    Indigenous legal forms & governance structures in renewable energy: Assessing the role & perspectives of First Nations economic development corporations
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    Displaced Human Populations & Extreme Weather (PNAS):

    Refugee settlements are highly exposed to extreme weather conditions
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    Johan Rockström et al. > Beyond Planetary Boundaries (Nature):

    Safe & just Earth system boundaries
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    Global Emissions & Inequality (Nature):

    Quantifying generational & geographical inequality of climate change
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    Building Resiliency (Nature Commentary by Johan Rockström et al.):

    Shaping a resilient future in response to COVID-19
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    Los Angeles > Inequality & Heat Exposure (Science):

    Unequal exposure to heatwaves in Los Angeles: Impact of uneven green spaces
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    Johan Rockström (Time Video):

    Earth Day 2023: Johan Rockström's Quest for a Healthy Planet (6:28 min)


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    Global Inequality & Flood Mortality (Nature):

    The wider the gap between rich & poor the higher the flood mortality
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    Planetary Boundaries & Clean Energy (Earth4All Paper):

    The clean energy transformation: a new paradigm for social progress within planetary boundaries (Download 23 pg)

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    Lake Michigan & Tribal Ecological Knowledge (Frontiers):

    Native knowledge of great lakes ecology: Climate changes to Odawa lands

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    Planetary Boundaries > Cost-Benefit Analysis (J Econ & Stat):

    A Welfare Economic Approach to Planetary Boundaries
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    Social Justice & Planetary Boundaries (Nature Commentary):

    Earth system justice needed to identify & live within Earth system boundaries
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    Project Drawdown Roadmap (Jonathan Foley, TEDxBoston, 17 min):


     

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    Al Gore > Powerful Comments, World Economic Forum (Davos, 5 min):

     


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    Cascading Tipping Dynamics (Nature):

    Teleconnections among tipping elements in the Earth system
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    US > Indigenous Fire Mgmt (Science):

    Indigenous fire management & cross-scale fire-climate relationships in the Southwest US from 1500 to 1900 CE
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    Inequality & Redistribution of Resources (Nature):

    Impacts of meeting minimum access on critical earth systems amidst the Great Inequality
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      Protected-Indigenous Forests (Current Biology):

       Indigenous lands in protected areas have high forest integrity across the tropics

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