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Dec 4, 2024 | 
nature.com | Anders Bjørn |Xuemei Bennink Bai |Jianguo Liu |Gail Whiteman |Beatrice Crona |Lauren Seaby Andersen | +2 more
AbstractCities and companies have great potential to reduce pressures on Earth system boundaries. Science-based target setting has emerged as a powerful tool to help achieve the potential, but its uptake has been limited. Moreover, cities and companies usually develop their targets separately, even though many are co-located. Focusing on the top 200 cities and 500 companies by greenhouse gas emissions, we analyse the current state and potential of adopting science-based targets for climate.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
science.org | Lars Behrendt |Timofey A. Karginov |Cecilia Pessoa Rodrigues |Xuemei Bennink Bai
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), universally adopted by all 193 United Nations (UN) Member States in 2015, represent a shared vision for people and the planet. With a framework containing 169 targets and 248 indicators, the SDGs stipulate an aspirational agenda for global society to achieve by 2030. Since their adoption, SDGs have been impactful in some respects.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
nature.com | Xuemei Bennink Bai |Robert Costanza
AbstractUnderstanding the impacts of COVID-19 on citizens from different cities is crucial for urban resilience-building and reducing inequal resilience distribution. However, little research focuses on urban life at the individual level, particularly in second- and third-tier cities. An online survey was therefore conducted to collect data on how COVID-19 affected the cities and urban residents in mainland China.
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Mar 7, 2024 | 
science.org | Xuemei Bennink Bai
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Mar 7, 2024 | 
sciencemag.org | David Vandael |Matthew T. Tierney |Jaehong Park |Xuemei Bennink Bai
There is an increasing need for the world to be prepared for a myriad of shocks and hazards. Many parts of the world are already experiencing climate change–related extreme weather events such as heatwaves, floods, and wildfires, which are projected to worsen in both intensity and frequency. The World Health Organization (WHO) also warns of “Disease X”—a term that includes both known and unknown infectious diseases capable of posing considerable global public health risks.
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Jan 4, 2024 | 
nature.com | Xuemei Bennink Bai |Syezlin Hasan |Anders Bjørn |Daniel Sampero Ospina |Jianguo Liu |Sarah E. Cornell | +14 more
AbstractOperating within safe and just Earth system boundaries requires mobilizing key actors across scale to set targets and take actions accordingly. Robust, transparent and fair cross-scale translation methods are essential to help navigate through the multiple steps of scientific and normative judgements in translation, with clear awareness of associated assumptions, bias and uncertainties.
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
nature.com | Ben Stewart-Koster |Pamela Green |Christopher E. Ndehedehe |Lauren S. Andersen |Xuemei Bennink Bai |Fabrice DeClerck | +11 more
AbstractSafe and just Earth system boundaries (ESBs) for surface water and groundwater (blue water) have been defined for sustainable water management in the Anthropocene. Here we assessed whether minimum human needs could be met with surface water from within individual river basins alone and, where this is not possible, quantified how much groundwater would be required.
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Jun 8, 2023 | 
theconversation.com | Steven J. Lade |Ben Stewart-Koster |Syezlin Hasan |Xuemei Bennink Bai
Orang-orang sering menganggap bahwa Bumi selalu bisa memenuhi kebutuhan kita. Ketahanan dalam siklus Bumi kerap ditafsirkan sebagai alam raya yang selalu ‘memberi’. Namun, saat ini anggapan itu tengah diuji. Perkembangan peradaban manusia justru menimbulkan dampak lebih besar. Dalam riset yang terbit 1 Juni lalu, kelompok ilmuwan (termasuk kami) yang tergabung dalam organisasi Earth Commission memetakan delapan batasan yang “aman” dan “adil” di lima sistem yang ada di bumi.
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May 31, 2023 | 
theconversation.com | Steven J. Lade |Ben Stewart-Koster |Syezlin Hasan |Xuemei Bennink Bai
People once believed the planet could always accommodate us. That the resilience of the Earth system meant nature would always provide. But we now know this is not necessarily the case. As big as the world is, our impact is bigger.
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May 31, 2023 | 
nature.com | Johan Rockström |Joyeeta Gupta |Steven J. Lade |Jesse F. Abrams |Lauren S. Andersen |Xuemei Bennink Bai | +27 more
AbstractThe stability and resilience of the Earth system and human well-being are inseparably linked1,2,3, yet their interdependencies are generally under-recognized; consequently, they are often treated independently4,5. Here, we use modelling and literature assessment to quantify safe and just Earth system boundaries (ESBs) for climate, the biosphere, water and nutrient cycles, and aerosols at global and subglobal scales.
