Global Governance
How can we solve the global water crisis?
Water-related crises around the world show that current systems of water governance and management are unsuited for a world altered by global warming.
Johan Rockström
Johan Rockström is Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Professor in Earth System Science at the University of Potsdam. He is an internationally recognized scientist on global sustainability issues and led the development of the Planetary Boundaries framework for human development in the current era of rapid global change. Professor Rockström is a leading scientist on global water resources, with more than 25 years experience in applied water research in tropical regions, and more than 150 research publications in fields ranging from applied land and water management to global sustainability. He is i.a. chair of the Earth Commission and Future Earth as well as fellow of Earth League, Chief Scientist of Conservation International, member of the European Investment Bank Advisory Group, and elected member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
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Climate Change
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Climate Change
What is 'nature positive' and why is it the key to our future?
G7 leaders called for the world to be nature positive - which means enhancing the resilience of our planet and societies to halt and reverse nature loss.
Climate Change
L'impératif de résilience pour la planète
Outre la menace continue qui pèse sur la santé publique mondiale, les spectres des crises climatiques et de la biodiversité planent au-dessus de nos têtes.
Global Health
To save the planet, we need to listen to the Earth’s natural systems
While the Paris agreement establishes ways of tackling climate change, specific international targets for preserving the earths natural systems are limited.
Climate Change
Alerte pour les systèmes planétaires
Le réchauffement climatique ne constitue cependant que l’une des multiples crises urgentes et interconnectées qui menacent aujourd’hui les fondements mêmes du bien-être humain.
Climate Change
Pour la neutralité carbone
De plus en plus de pays reconnaissent le besoin d'une stratégie de bien plus grande ampleur.
Future of the Environment
Mettre un terme à l'addiction au charbon en Allemagne
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Technological Transformation
Digital technology can cut global emissions by 15%. Here’s how
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Future of the Environment
The Fourth Industrial Revolution can lead us to a zero-carbon future - if we act now
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Future of the Environment
We have the tools to fight climate change. It’s time to start using them
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Future of the Environment
We can still rescue this planet from climate change. Here's how
Humanity has pushed Earth and ourselves to the brink of destruction - but there is growing evidence that we are beginning to head in the right direction.
The Ocean
The seafood industry must pull our oceans back from the brink
The phrases a drop in the ocean or plenty more fish in the sea expose a worldview of the oceans as an infinite, resilient resource. This needs updating. The oceans are finite, fragile and...
Climate Change
5 reasons why the economy is failing the environment, and humanity
The global economy treats the stability of Earth as a luxury good. This is a fundamental flaw that threatens humanity. It must change.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Can this revolution save our warming planet?
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