Klaus Hubacek Investigates Planetary Boundaries

With eight billion people, we use a lot of the Earth’s resources in ways that are likely unsustainable. Klaus Hubacek, Professor of Science, Technology and Society at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, takes stock of the situation. How much land, water, and other resources does our lifestyle require? And how can we adapt this lifestyle to stay within the limits of what the Earth can give? It is possible, Hubacek shows, but it will require policies based on scientific evidence.

Shao, Yu Liu & Klaus Hubacek: Keeping the global consumption within the planetary boundaries. Nature, 13 November 2024.