(Conversation recorded on June 19th, 2024)
While the mainstream conversation about our planet’s future is heavily dominated by the topic of climate change, there are other systems which are just as critical to consider when thinking about the health and livability of our world. Just like climate change, each of these systems has its own limits within which humanity and the biosphere can continue to develop and thrive for generations to come. However, each also has a critical tipping point - known as a Planetary Boundary - past which Earth’s systems may no longer be able to self-regulate or remain the comfortable and predictable home in which we’ve spent our entire history as a species.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://thegreatsimplification.libsyn.com/planetary-boundaries-exceeding-earths-safe-boundaries-with-johan-rockstrm