What can we do to manage the Global Commons, such as atmosphere and oceans, within safe Planetary Boundaries? Overuse of the Global Commons by some puts their future availability for all at risk. This calls for innovative management approaches, like pricing schemes, that take into account a number of trade-offs. Namely, transgressing the Planetary Boundaries – including climate, but also biodiversity and biogeochemical flows - must be avoided to ensure a safe operating space for humanity. This challenge is interlinked with the one represented by the Tipping Elements – critical parts of the Earth system that are at risk of changing irreversibly if pushed too far, for instance the Amazon rainforest. The complex concepts of the Global Commons and the Planetary Boundaries build the underlying framework for PIK research.
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Earth’s freshwater cycle out of stable state
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“An invaluable contribution to our planet’s welfare”: Johan Rockström awarded Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
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Amazon rainforest at the threshold: loss of forest worsens climate change
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4 of the 10 climate science papers most referred to in news and social media authored by PIK researchers
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500+ pages, 200+ researchers: Global Tipping Points Report delivers comprehensive assessment of tipping point risks and societal opportunities
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More interdisciplinary science: Green light for additional institutional funding of PIK
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Timely reversal of global warming could prevent Greenland ice sheet tipping
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A full picture of planetary resilience: All boundaries mapped out, six of nine crossed
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Stability inspection for West Antarctica: marine ice sheet not destabilized yet, but possibly on tipping path
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