New Zealand > Indigenous Knowledge on Coastal Change (Camb. Prism., Coast. Futures):

Braiding archaeology, geomorphology & indigenous knowledge to improve the understanding of local-scale coastal change

Indigenous Rights, Big Data & Open Science (Nature):

Governance of Indigenous data in open earth systems science

US > Justice & Indigenous Co-Management (Nature):

From paternalism to self-determination: examining evolving tribal-federal relationships & co-management arrangements through three case studies

Indigenous, Land-Based Knowledge (Book Chapter, Open Access, Springer Nature):

Chapter: Transforming the Planetary Health Crisis Through an Indigenous Land-Based Meta-Narrative

Full Open Access Book: Transforming Global Health Partnerships; Critical Reflections & Visions of Equity at the Research-Practice Interface

Amazonian Ecosystems & Indigenous Knowledge (Science Policy Forum):

Indigenizing conservation science for a sustainable Amazon

Canada > Just & Decolonial Action (Nature):

Shifting & sharing power in urban climate justice work: experiments in transformative learning in Vancouver, Canada

Antarctica & Southern Ocean > Potential Tipping Points (Ambio):

Cascading tipping points of Antarctica & the Southern Ocean

S. America & Africa > Tipping Rainforests (ESD):

Multi-fold increase in rainforest tipping risk beyond 1.5–2 °C warming

Māori Whale Conservation (Frontiers):

How legal personhood & markets can partner to help save the whale

Polar Sea-Ice Tipping Points (Nature):

Optimal control of polar sea-ice near its tipping points

Polar Ice Sheets, Tipping Risks & Cascading Effects (Nature):

Polar ice sheets are decisive contributors to uncertainty in climate tipping projections

Arctic Indigenous-Led Sustainability (Nature):

The benefits of Indigenous-led social science: a mindset for Arctic sustainability

US > Tribal Lands & Clean Energy (Sustainability):

Opportunities & Barriers for Agrivoltaics on Tribal Lands

Canada > Indigenous Peoples & Biocultural Conservation (Conserv. Sci. Pract.):

Cultural keystone species & their role in biocultural conservation

Consumption Patterns & Planetary Boundaries (Nature):

Keeping the global consumption within the planetary boundaries

Hawaiʻi > Indigenous Resilience (2 Frontiers Articles):

Kīpuka Kuleana: restoring relationships to place & strengthening climate adaptation through a community-based land trust

ʻĀina as resilience: mapping community networks & collaborative care in Hawaiʻi

Indigenous Knowledge & Adaptation Planning (Frontiers):

Indigenous knowledge in climate adaptation planning: reflections from initial efforts

New TEK Book (Oregon State U):

Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Planetary Boundaries Update, Rockström, et al. (Nature Review):

Planetary Boundaries guide humanity’s future on Earth

New Climate Extremes Documentary (53 min):

 Website

Ripple & Rockström (Context Commentary):

We are near tipping points that will make the climate crisis worse

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