2009 hatte J. Rockström, schwedischer Resilienzforscher, mit weiteren Klimaexperten das Konzept der Planetary Boundaries (planetarische Grenzen) veröffentlicht. Planetarische Grenzen gelten ihm als Leitplanken, um Risiken zu verhindern, in die ökologische Katastrophe abzustürzen. Verhalten...

Many of the world's poor people depend on natural resources for their well-being. Four-fifths of the world's poor people live in rural areas, and most rural poor people depend on natural resources for their livelihoods. The renewable natural resources on which poor people depend are increasingly...

Natural capital is what nature provides to us for free. Renewables-like species-keep on coming, provided we do not drive them towards extinction. Non-renewables-like oil and gas-can only be used once. Together, they are the foundation that ensures our survival and well-being, and the basis of...