A just world on a safe planet: a Lancet Planetary Health–Earth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, and transformations
Joyeeta Gupta, Xuemei Bai, Diana Liverman, Johan Rockström, Dahe Qin, Ben Stewart‐Koster, Juan Rocha, Lisa Jacobson, Jesse F. Abrams, Lauren Seaby Andersen, David I. Armstrong McKay, Govindasamy Bala, Stuart E. Bunn, Daniel Ciobanu, Fabrice DeClerck, Kristie L. Ebi, Lauren Gifford, Christopher Gordon, Syezlin Hasan, Norichika Kanie, Timothy M. Lenton, Sina Loriani, Awaz Mohamed, Nebojša Nakićenović, David Obura, Daniel Ospina, Klaudia Prodani, Crelis Rammelt, Boris Sakschewski, Joeri Scholtens, Thejna Tharammal, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Peter H. Verburg, Ricarda Winkelmann, Caroline Zimm, Elena M. Bennett, Anders Bjørn, Stefan Bringezu, Wendy Broadgate, Harriet Bulkeley, Beatrice Crona, Pamela Green, Holger Hoff, Lei Huang, Margot Hurlbert, Cristina Yumie Aoki Inoue, Şiir Kılkış, Steven J. Lade, Jianguo Liu, Imran Nadeem, Christopher E. Ndehedehe, Chukwumerije Okereke, Ilona M. Otto, Simona Pedde, Laura Pereira, Lena Schulte‐Uebbing, J. David Tàbara, W. de Vries, Gail Whiteman, Cunde Xiao, Xinwu Xu, Noelia Zafra‐Calvo, Xin Zhang, Paola Fezzigna, G Gentile
Abstract
The health of the planet and its people are at risk. The deterioration of the global commons—ie, the natural systems that support life on Earth—is exacerbating energy, food, and water insecurity, and increasing the risk of disease, disaster, displacement, and conflict. In this Commission, we quantify safe and just Earth-system boundaries (ESBs) and assess minimum access to natural resources required for human dignity and to enable escape from poverty. Collectively, these describe a safe and just corridor that is essential to ensuring sustainable and resilient human and planetary health and thriving in the Anthropocene.