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- Collste, David, et al.
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Human well-being in the Anthropocene : limits to growth
- 2021
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Ingår i: Global Sustainability. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 2059-4798. ; 4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Non-technical summary. Transformation of the world towards sustainability in line with the 2030 Agenda requires progress on multiple dimensions of human well-being. We track development of relevant indicators for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1–7 against gross domestic product (GDP) per person in seven world regions and the world as a whole. Across the regions, we find uniform development patterns where SDGs 1–7 – and therefore main human needs – are achieved at around US$15,000 measured in 2011 US$ purchasing power parity (PPP).Technical summary. How does GDP per person relate to the achievement of well-being as targeted by the 2030 Agenda? The 2030 Agenda includes global ambitions to meet human needs and aspirations. However, these need to be met within planetary boundaries. In nascent world-earth modelling, human well-being as well as global environmental impacts are linked through economic production, which is tracked by GDP. We examined historic developments on 5-year intervals, 1980–2015, between average income and the advancement on indicators of SDGs 1–7. This was done for both seven world regions and the world as a whole. We find uniform patterns of saturation for all regions above an income threshold somewhere around US$15,000 measured in 2011 US$ PPP. At this level, main human needs and capabilities are met. The level is also consistent with studies of life satisfaction and the Easterlin paradox. We observe stark differences with respect to scale: the patterns of the world as an aggregated whole develop differently from all its seven regions, with implications for world-earth model construction – and sustainability transformations.Social media summary. Reaching human well-being #SDGs takes GDP levels of $15k. This may help shape transformation to a world that respects #PlanetaryBoundaries.
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- Collste, David, et al.
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Regional Achievements of Well‑being SDGs in the Anthropocene
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Achieving human development in the Anthopocene necessitates rethinking sustainability. Prospects are unclear for attaining the well-being oriented SDGs without further worsening environmental deterioration, thereby threatening the success of the whole 2030 Agenda. Nascent World-Earth modelling efforts link human well-being with global environmental impacts through economic production, which is tracked by GDP - in modelling and real-world decision-making alike. This raises the question of how GDP per person relates to achievement of well-being as targeted by the SDGs. We examined historic correlations on five-year intervals, 1980-2015, between average income and the advancement on indicators on SDGs 1 to 7. This was done both for seven world regions and the world as a whole. We find uniform patterns of saturation for all regions above a clear income threshold around US$15 000 measured in 2011 US$ purchasing power parity (PPP)– a level where main human needs and capabilities are met, consistent with studies of life satisfaction and the Easterlin paradox. We observe stark differences with respect to scale: the patterns of the world as an aggregated whole develop differently from all its seven regions. And we argue that these differences between historical regional patterns give vital hints on how SDGs can be achieved within Earth’s safe operating space – and how a stationary-state economy could be realized.
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- Søgaard Jørgensen, Peter, et al.
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The lure of novel biological and chemical entities in food-system transformations
- 2022
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Ingår i: One Earth. - : Cell Press. - 2590-3330 .- 2590-3322. ; 5:10, s. 1085-1088
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Synthetic chemicals and biologically engineered materials are major forces in today's food systems, but they are also major drivers of the global environmental changes and health challenges that characterize the Anthropocene. To address these challenges, we will need to increase assessment activity, promote alternative production practices with less reliance on such technologies, and regulate social campaigns and experiments.
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