The urgency of the Lancet Planetary Health–Earth Commission’s report and Ipbes transformations versus the ongoing Z transformation
The need to soften the human sustainability boundaries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12949826 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Filipe Duarte Santos (0000-0001-7316-1479, University of Lisbon, corresponding author), Timothy O’riordan (0000-0002-0492-8477, University of East Anglia), Miguel Rocha De Sousa (0000-0003-2408-5304, University of Évora), Jiesper Strandsbjerg Tristan Pedersen (0000-0002-5217-6433, University of Lisbon) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 427-433 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sustainability Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1862-4057 • E-ISSN: 1862-4065 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11625-025-01708-5 |
| OpenAlex | W4411506066 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 34 |
The Lancet Planetary Health–Earth Commission’s report proposes the translation of safe and just Earth-system boundaries across scales, transitions and transformations as being necessary to create a durable pathway to sustainability. Here we address the willingness and engagement of individual people to understand, feel the value, and implement the totality of its recommended transformations. We adopt an approach based on inner dimensions of sustainability. This depends on seven human critical determinants that we believe can act as human sustainability boundaries (HSB), but can be suitably softened. We conclude that the required softening of HSBs is unlikely to be successful without phasing down the current counter-sustainability Z transformation. This is an heir of the Neolithic and Industrial Revolutions, but has acquired its own powerful identity, and is apparently unable to deliver sustainability
Biology · Business · Commission · Earth system science · Economics · Environmental ethics · Environmental resource management · Planetary boundaries · Political science · Sustainability · Sustainability organizations · Sustainability science · Sustainable development · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems · Law · Philosophy · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |