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Breaking boundaries: science's responsibility to restore the planet
Johan Rockström on the planetary boundaries framework and what staying inside them now requires.
Professor Johan Rockström · Director
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
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- Planetary Boundaries
- Earth System Science
- Tipping Points
- Climate Science
- Biodiversity
- Climate Policy
- Global Heating
- Climate Solutions
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The argument
About this talk
Published by the Frontiers Planet Prize. Johan Rockström sets out the planetary boundaries framework — the set of Earth system processes that keep the planet in the stable state civilisation depends on — and how many of those boundaries have now been crossed.
He argues that science carries a responsibility not only to describe the damage but to identify and test the measures that could return the Earth system to safer ground.
This recording is published by the Frontiers Planet Prize on its official YouTube channel. Credit and all rights belong to the Frontiers Planet Prize and the speaker; MEER links to it for reference only.
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Key topics covered
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Planetary Boundaries
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Earth System Science
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Tipping Points
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Climate Science
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Biodiversity
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Climate Policy
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Global Heating
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Climate Solutions
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The signal
Key takeaways
Boundaries, not a single dial
Climate is one of several interacting Earth system limits, and several have already been crossed.
Restoration, not only reduction
Rockström argues science must identify measures that bring the system back, not only slow the damage.
Why MEER includes it
Reflective surface cooling is one such measure: it addresses the energy balance directly while emissions come down.
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About the speaker
Professor Johan Rockström
Director · Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Johan Rockström is a Swedish Earth system scientist and director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. He led the team that developed the planetary boundaries framework, which defines the environmental limits within which humanity can safely operate.
About the conference
Frontiers Planet Prize
The Frontiers Planet Prize is an international science competition recognising research that advances solutions for keeping humanity within planetary boundaries. This recording is published by the Frontiers Planet Prize on its official YouTube channel; credit and all rights belong to the Frontiers Planet Prize and the speaker.
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