Our Global Emergency (BioScience):

The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth

Johan Rockström Essay (TIME):

Planet Earth Is in Critical Condition. These are the Steps the World Must Take to Change That

Indigenous Shellfishing & Resiliency (Nature):

Shellfishing, sea levels, & the earliest Native American villages (5000–3800 yrs. BP) of the South Atlantic Coast of the US

Planetary Health Check, Johan Rockström, Et al. (New Report & Website):

Planetary Health Check (Download 97 pg 2024 Report)

Africa > New Earth4All Report:

SDGs for All: Africa (download 68 pg)

A Just & Safe Planet, Johan Rockström, et al. (Lancet):

A just world on a safe planet: a Lancet Planetary Health–Earth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, & transformations

See Resources Page For More On Earth System / Planetary Boundaries

Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledge (Nature Commentary):

No basis for claim that 80% of biodiversity is found in Indigenous territories

Canada > Indigenous Alternatives (Yellowhead Institute):

From Risk to Resilience: Indigenous Alternatives to Climate Risk Assessment in Canada (Download 24 pg)

Johan Rockström TED Talk (July 2024):

The Tipping Points of Climate Change & Where We Stand (18:35 Min)

Tipping Point Early Warnings (ESD):

Tipping point detection & early warnings in climate, ecological, & human systems

Amazon Forest & Indigenous Peoples (Climatic Change):

Climate justice, forests, & Indigenous Peoples: toward an alternative to REDD + for the Amazon

Predicting Tipping Elements (Science):

Uncertainties too large to predict tipping times of major Earth system components from historical data

Tipping Point Risks, Johan Rockström, et al. (Nature):

Achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions critical to limit climate tipping risks

PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Press Release: Tipping risks from overshooting 1.5 °C can be minimised if warming is swiftly reversed

Johan Rockström Interview > Planetary Boundaries (The Great Simplification Podcast, 1 hr 32 min):

 June 19, 2024

(See Blog Resources Page For More On Planetary Boundaries)

Arctic Indigenous Food Systems (PNAS):

Indigenous food production in a carbon economy

Planetary Boundaries > Johan Rockström Interview (McKinsey & Co):

Pulling back from the boundaries: An interview with Johan Rockström (26 July 2024)

New Zealand > Reestablishing Indigenous Natural Law (Climate Policy):

An Indigenous climate justice policy analysis tool

US > New Alliance Expanding Tribal-Led Buffalo Restoration (Press Release):

Tribal Buffalo Lifeways Collaboration

ENSO May Be A Tipping Element (GRL):

Is El Niño-Southern Oscillation a Tipping Element in the Climate System?

New Planetary Boundary > Marine Deoxygenation? (Paywalled Nature Perspective):

UC Santa Cruz Press Release: Loss of oxygen in lakes & oceans another sign of Earth systems under strain

Nature (Paywall Perspective): Aquatic deoxygenation as a planetary boundary & key regulator of Earth system stability 

Indigenous Peoples > Health & Housing (Canadian Climate Institute Report):

Beyond Sustainability: The Power of Indigenous Healthy Energy Homes; A new approach to Indigenous housing can address health & climate (download 41 pg)

Arctic Indigenous Communities At Risk (Nature Commentary):

Climate change is worsening the housing crisis — we must tackle the two together;  Thousands of people are being displaced across the Arctic. Governments must listen to Indigenous & local communities & act on their advice.

Oklahoma Tribes & Inequitable Risks (News Stories on WCAS Paywalled Paper):

Scripps News: Study shows climate change is affecting some Native American tribes; A University of Oklahoma study examined changes of climate change & the risk they pose to tribal lands.

Cherokee Phoenix: Study finds climate change intensifies hazard risk for Oklahoma’s Native Americans

WCAS (Paywall): Future Heavy Rainfall & Flood Risks for Native Americans under Climate & Demographic Changes: A Case Study in Oklahoma

Brazil > Indigenous & Conservation Land (PECON):

Indigenous lands & conservation units slow down non-GHG climate change in the Cerrado-Amazon ecotone

Impacts Affecting Indigenous Communities (Nature):

Consistency in climate change impact reports among indigenous peoples & local communities depends on site contexts

First Nations > ‘Water Back’ As Resiliency Solution (Frontiers):

Reclaiming the Xhotsa: climate adaptation & ecosystem restoration via the return of Sumas Lake

Changing Arctic & Indigenous Fisheries (Global Change Biology):

Pacific salmon in the Canadian Arctic highlight a range-expansion pathway for sub-Arctic fishes

Our Nitrogen Planetary Boundary & Global Food Security (PNAS):

Redistribution of nitrogen to feed the people on a safer planet

California > Indigenous Leadership In Adaptation & Justice (Weather, Climate & Society):

Climate Justice & Climate Adaptation in California: Indigenous Community Climate Adaptation Leadership & Opportunities for Scientific Collaboration

What Is Happening In the Atlantic Ocean? Watch Stefan Rahmstorf on AMOC (50 min):

 See Also: AMOC Tipping Point (Oceanography Overview)

Indigenous Knowledge & Water Quality (Frontiers):

The contributions of Indigenous People's earth observations to water quality monitoring

Justice & Indigenous Peoples’ Participation In Policy (PLOS Commentary):

Enhancing Indigenous Peoples’ participation in climate policy processes

Shifting Our Diets (Johan Rockström et al., Science):

Food matters: Dietary shifts increase the feasibility of 1.5°C pathways in line with the Paris Agreement

Impacts on Indigenous Peoples' Health & Rights (PLOS):

Climate change, biodiversity loss, & Indigenous Peoples’ health & wellbeing: A systematic umbrella review

Rockström et al. / Planetary Boundaries > Global Freshwater Cycle (Nature):

Notable shifts beyond pre-industrial streamflow & soil moisture conditions transgress the planetary boundary for freshwater change

Keven Trenberth > Earth’s Energy Imbalance, Heat, Temp & Hydrological Cycles (J of Climate Action, Research & Policy):

Characterizing Climate Change from Heating, Not Merely Temperature

British Columbia, Canada > Indigenous Resilience (Canadian Geographies):

A framework for Indigenous climate resilience: A Gitxsan case study

Impacts From Boreal Forest Exploitation By Settlers (GRL):

Pollen in Polar Ice Implies Eastern Canadian Forest Dynamics Diverged From Climate After European Settlement

ExxonMobil Deception (Science Review):

Assessing ExxonMobil’s global warming projections

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

The planetary commons: A new paradigm for safeguarding Earth-regulating systems in the Anthropocene

Indigenous Knowledge & Solutions (Science Editorial):

Time to support Indigenous science

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)

Indigenous Knowledge Systems (Nature Commentary):

Ecological research ‘in a good way’ means ethical & equitable relationships with Indigenous Peoples & Lands

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

Global Impacts on Indigenous Peoples (Nature):

Indigenous Peoples & local communities report ongoing & widespread climate change impacts on local social-ecological systems

New Tipping Point Report (Tim Lenton, Et al.):

Global Tipping Points (Download Full Report)

Ending Extreme Poverty Worldwide (Nature):

Ending extreme poverty has a negligible impact on global greenhouse gas emissions

California Forests > Precolonial Fire Regimes (Science):

Low-intensity fires mitigate the risk of high-intensity wildfires in California’s forests

Earth System Boundaries > Blue Water, (Rockström et al., Nature):

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

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

Old Sea, New Ice: sea ice geoengineering & indigenous rights in Arctic Ocean governance

Michael Mann > A Reason For Hope (Frontiers Commentary):

Warming ends when carbon pollution stops

Breaching Tipping Points (Earth's Future):

Committed Global Warming Risks Triggering Multiple Climate Tipping Points

James Hansen, et al. > What Is Required Of Us Now (Oxford Open Climate Change):

Global warming in the pipeline

Johan Rockström Speaks in Scotland (44th TB Macaulay Lecture, 98 min):

Our Planetary Emergency (Bioscience):

The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory

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

Indigenous Food Systems & Ecological Restoration (Frontiers):

Pop-up restoration in colonial contexts: applying an indigenous food systems lens to ecological restoration

Global Indigenous > Health, Mitigation & Adaptation (PLOS Review):

Indigenous Peoples: Traditional knowledges, climate change, & health

Canada > Indigenous-Led Conservation (FACETS):

Indigenous protected & conserved areas (IPCAs): Canada's new path forward for biological & cultural conservation & Indigenous well-being

Indigenous Knowledge Re: Invasives (People & Nature):

Contribution of Indigenous Peoples' understandings & relational frameworks to invasive alien species management

Amazon > Indigenous Soil Practices (Science):

Intentional creation of carbon-rich dark earth soils in the Amazon

Johan Rockström on Planetary Boundaries (TIME Commentary):

What the Latest Health Check Tells Us About the State of Our Planet

Robert Bullard & Enviro Justice (Nature Commentary):

The Father of Environmental Justice

Watch Experts Johan Rockström & Kevin Anderson Discuss Planetary Boundaries (71 min)

 

US > Air Quality & Equity (Nature):

Air quality related equity implications of US decarbonization policy

Extreme Weather Explainer (Expert Kevin Trenberth, The Conversation):

How rising water vapour in the atmosphere is amplifying warming & making extreme weather worse

US > Justice & Equity Plans (Nature):

US cities’ integration & evaluation of equity considerations into climate action plans

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

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

Pacific Islands Countries > Postcolonial Justice (Nature):

Postcolonial lessons & migration from climate change: ongoing injustice & hope

Indigenous Lands > Worldwide Vulnerability (One Earth):

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

US > Dams Impacting Tribal Land (ERL):

Dams & tribal land loss in the US

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

 

(26 Minutes)

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

Indigenous Youth (Nature Commentary):

Indigenous youth must be at the forefront of climate diplomacy

Conservation & Indigenous Communities (Mongabay Commentary):

Making space for Indigenous leadership is crucial for conservation

Greenland > Indigenous Experience (Nature):

Experience exceeds awareness of anthropogenic climate change in Greenland

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

Scientists issue increasingly dire warnings as ocean surface temperatures spike (video + transcript)

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

Johan Rockström et al. > Beyond Planetary Boundaries (Nature):

Safe & just Earth system boundaries

Building Resiliency (Nature Commentary by Johan Rockström et al.):

Shaping a resilient future in response to COVID-19

Johan Rockström (Time Video):

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

Planetary Boundaries & Clean Energy (Earth4All Paper):

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

Lake Michigan & Tribal Ecological Knowledge (Frontiers):

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

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

A Welfare Economic Approach to Planetary Boundaries

Social Justice & Planetary Boundaries (Nature Commentary):

Earth system justice needed to identify & live within Earth system boundaries

Project Drawdown Roadmap (Jonathan Foley, TEDxBoston, 17 min):

 

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

 

Cascading Tipping Dynamics (Nature):

Teleconnections among tipping elements in the Earth system

US > Indigenous Fire Mgmt (Science):

Indigenous fire management & cross-scale fire-climate relationships in the Southwest US from 1500 to 1900 CE

Inequality & Redistribution of Resources (Nature):

Impacts of meeting minimum access on critical earth systems amidst the Great Inequality

Protected-Indigenous Forests (Current Biology):

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

Code Red For Our Planet (BioScience):

World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2022

My Latest Book Review > Nowhere Left to Go: How Climate Change is Driving Species to the Ends of the Earth

                                   Book Review

Nowhere Left to Go: How Climate Change is Driving Species to the Ends of the Earth, by Benjamin von Brackel, The Experiment, New York, 2022, 278 pp. ISBN: 978-1-61519-861-0 (Translated by Ayça Türkoğlu).

One of the nine components of the scientifically based planetary boundaries framework* is the loss of biosphere integrity (biodiversity losses and extinction).

Biodiversity is all the living things on our planet – from the smallest bacteria to the largest plants and animals…. Biodiversity on Earth is the result of four billion years of evolution.

The Royal Society

Relatively recently, a new scientific field of research has emerged ̶ movement ecology or climate change-induced migration of flora and fauna. Placed within such context, this book, originally published in Germany (2021) under the title Die Natur auf der Flucht, reports numerous examples of how the biodiversity threshold of our world is being overstepped. 

Update on Tipping Points:

Stockholm Resilience Ctr Briefing: World at risk of passing multiple climate tipping points above 1.5°C global warming

(Science): Exceeding 1.5°C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points 

Podcast Interview > Johan Rockström:

 Kaj Embren: Transformers Podcast

Nicholas Stern > MIT Book, Free Access:

Why Are We Waiting?: The Logic, Urgency, & Promise of Tackling Climate Change

Freshwater Boundary Exceeds Safe Limits (Stockholm Resilience Ctr):

New assessment reveals dramatic changes to the global water cycle, with parts of the Amazon drying out (download from here: A planetary boundary for green water, Nature)

US > Discriminatory Redlining & Urban Pollution (Nature):

Historic redlining & the siting of oil & gas wells in the US

Book Review > The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Futures from the Frontiers of Climate Science

 Book Review

 

The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Futures from the Frontiers of Climate Science, by Paul Behrens, London, Indigo Press, 2020, 346 pp. ISBN: 978-1-911648-09-3.

Deeply researched, remarkably accessible and comprehensive, The Best of Times is a treatise of the deteriorating social and physical systems of our world. Particularly critical structures include climate, racism, politics, energy, economies, food, information, and the media. Uniquely qualified to address the cross-disciplinary threads of our planetary crises, Behrens categorizes a bundle of wicked problems now facing the human race. Providing context and perspective, this book points to several examples of where inequality has led to collapse of civilizations. A vast set of complex objectives are set out which we must meet in a crucially brief and shrinking timespan. As the author has stated on social media, he emphatically provides no “sugar coating.”