You’ve heard of planetary boundaries? Those measures which tell us how we are disrupting the safe operating space that permits life on earth. The more we breach those boundaries, the more the safe operating space shrinks. We’ve now breached six out of nine of them. Vital signs of planetary health are flashing red, meaning we’re at risk of abrupt and irreversible changes to the Earth System that could erode and undermine the planet’s capacity to support life.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://ageoftransformation.org/superabundance-is-coming-but-only-if-humanity-commits-to-protecting-the-planet-2