The Economy, The Biosphere and Planetary Boundaries: Towards Biosphere Economics

Crépin, Anne‐Sophie

doi:10.1561/101.00000066

Cited by 19 publications

(12 citation statements)

References 109 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Applying such a framework must take into account the uncertainty over thresholds, abrupt and irreversible change, and the magnitude of welfare impacts [4,8,13]. As we have emphasized in this paper, recognizing the need for planetary boundaries to limit human impacts on critical global sinks and resources is synonymous with the "strong sustainability" perspective in economics (Table 1).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Natural Resource Economics, Planetary Boundaries and Strong Sustainability

Barbier

Burgess

2017

Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Earth systems science maintains that there are nine "planetary boundaries" that demarcate a sustainable, safe operating space for humankind for essential global sinks and resources. Respecting these planetary boundaries represents the "strong sustainability" perspective in economics, which argues that some natural capital may not be substituted and are inviolate. In addition, the safe operating space defined by these boundaries can be considered a depletable stock. We show that standard tools of natural resource economics for an exhaustible resource can thus be applied, which has implications for optimal use, price paths, technological innovation, and stock externalities. These consequences in turn affect the choice of policies that may be adopted to manage and allocate the safe operating space available for humankind.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Based on this scientific view, some economists have begun examining how such planetary boundaries should be established, given the uncertainty over thresholds, abrupt and irreversible change, and the magnitude of welfare impacts [8,13].…”

Section: Key Definitions and Conceptsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Natural Resource Economics, Planetary Boundaries and Strong Sustainability

Barbier

Burgess

2017

Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…We added references we are aware of, that cite the concept and/or are themselves cited in this context-but that do not appear in Web of Science (e.g. Raworth 2012, Crépin and Folke 2014, Fanning and O'Neill 2016. We obtained a total of 224 references (figure 1-note that 2 response articles are excluded from the count).…”

Section: Methodology-literature Search and Categorisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Matching scope, purpose and uses of planetary boundaries science

Downing

Bhowmik

Collste

et al. 2019

Environ. Res. Lett.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: The Planetary Boundaries concept (PBc) has emerged as a key global sustainability concept in international sustainable development arenas. Initially presented as an agenda for global sustainability research, it now shows potential for sustainability governance. We use the fact that it is widely cited in scientific literature (>3500 citations) and an extensively studied concept to analyse how it has been used and developed since its first publication. Design: From the literature that cites the PBc, we select those articles that have the terms 'planetary boundaries' or 'safe operating space' in either title, abstract or keywords. We assume that this literature substantively engages with and develops the PBc. Results: We find that 6% of the citing literature engages with the concept. Within this fraction of the literature we distinguish commentaries-that discuss the context and challenges to implementing the PBc, articles that develop the core biogeophysical concept and articles that apply the concept by translating to sub-global scales and by adding a human component to it. Applied literature adds to the concept by explicitly including society through perspectives of impacts, needs, aspirations and behaviours. Discussion: Literature applying the concept does not yet include the more complex, diverse, cultural and behavioural facet of humanity that is implied in commentary literature. We suggest there is need for a positive framing of sustainability goals-as a Safe Operating Space rather than boundaries. Key scientific challenges include distinguishing generalised from context-specific knowledge, clarifying which processes are generalizable and which are scalable, and explicitly applying complex systems' knowledge in the application and development of the PBc. We envisage that opportunities to address these challenges will arise when more human social dimensions are integrated, as we learn to feed the global sustainability vision with a plurality of bottom-up realisations of sustainability.

show abstract

“…These uncertainties will most directly manifest in the definition of stable and unstable conditions for the response variable and integrating uncertainty into water management and governance, particularly aleatoric uncertainty, which is inherently unpredictable (Poff et al, 2016). The precautionary principle suggests that, as uncertainty increases, so should the setback from the estimated threshold value, particularly given the large impacts of crossing these thresholds (Crépin & Folke, 2015;Margolis & Naevdal, 2008) and the presence of substantial time lags (Crépin & Naevdal, 2019).…”

Section: 1029/2019ef001377mentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrating the Water Planetary Boundary With Water Management From Local to Global Scales

et al. 2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The planetary boundaries framework defines the “safe operating space for humanity” represented by nine global processes that can destabilize the Earth System if perturbed. The water planetary boundary attempts to provide a global limit to anthropogenic water cycle modifications, but it has been challenging to translate and apply it to the regional and local scales at which water problems and management typically occur. We develop a cross‐scale approach by which the water planetary boundary could guide sustainable water management and governance at subglobal contexts defined by physical features (e.g., watershed or aquifer), political borders (e.g., city, nation, or group of nations), or commercial entities (e.g., corporation, trade group, or financial institution). The application of the water planetary boundary at these subglobal contexts occurs via two approaches: (i) calculating fair shares, in which local water cycle modifications are compared to that context's allocation of the global safe operating space, taking into account biophysical, socioeconomic, and ethical considerations; and (ii) defining a local safe operating space, in which interactions between water stores and Earth System components are used to define local boundaries required for sustaining the local water system in stable conditions, which we demonstrate with a case study of the Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta wetlands in Colombia. By harmonizing these two approaches, the water planetary boundary can ensure that water cycle modifications remain within both local and global boundaries and complement existing water management and governance approaches.

show abstract

The Economy, The Biosphere and Planetary Boundaries: Towards Biosphere Economics

Cited by 19 publications

References 109 publications

Natural Resource Economics, Planetary Boundaries and Strong Sustainability

Natural Resource Economics, Planetary Boundaries and Strong Sustainability

Matching scope, purpose and uses of planetary boundaries science

Integrating the Water Planetary Boundary With Water Management From Local to Global Scales

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About