He is an internationally recognized scientist on global sustainability issues, where he, e.g., led the recent development of the new Planetary Boundaries framework for human development in the current era of rapid global change. (sciforum.hu)
«The planetary boundaries framework is not a useful guide for policy or environmental management in any concrete sense, as it does not capture the challenges involved in most of the environmental problems it lists,» argues geographer Linus Blomqvist, policy associate at the institute's Conservation Program and co-author of the review. (scientificamerican.com)
On this week's show: Updating the planetary boundaries framework, an accounting of ocean plastics, and a roundup of daily news stories. (sciencemag.org)