5 THE »BIG THREE« BOUNDARIES .............................................................144
Processes with large scale tipping points – Climate change – Stratospheric ozone depletion – Ocean acidification
6 THE FOUR »SLOW« BOUNDARIES ............................................................166
Processes with local to regional tipping points – Rate of biodiversity loss – Global freshwater use – Land use change – Interpherence with the global nitrogen and phosphorus cycles
7 HUMAN MADE PLANETARY BOUNDARY PROCESSES ..............................200
Big risks to human health, living organisms and regional climates – Aerosols: hot and cold – Chemical pollution – Accumulating risks in the anthropocene
8 PEAK EVERYTHING – THE GLOBAL NATURAL RESOURCE CRUNCH ..........216
Risks when exhausting key natural resources – The inevitable peak oil – Emptying Earth’s resource treasure? – Risk of peak phosphorus
9 LIVING ON AN INTERCONNECTED PLANET .............................................228
How we depend on each other and each others ecosystems – An island of rapid change – What happens in the rainforest can affect regions far away – How our neighbours affect the rain – Pigs and the Baltic Sea – Unintended consquences for global fisheries – Trouble from all sides for coral reefs – Recognising critical biomes
10 BENDING THE CURVES TOWARDS GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY ..................254
Staying within the safe operating space of planet Earth – New rules of the game – Reconnecting to the biosphere – Shifting perspectives on human development – Changing the discourse – from burden to benefit – Promising pathways to success – Preserve beauty – a key strategy for human prosperity – Better safe than sorry – Planetary stewardship
11 A SUSTAINABILITY REVOLUTION FOR A BETTER WORLD ........................299 A mindshift to support planetary stewardship
ENDNOTES: REFERENCES AND COMMENTS ...........................................302 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN OUR WORLD ......................................313 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................314