Feeding the world in a narrowing safe operating space

Dieter Gerten; Matti Kummu

doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2021.08.020

Feeding the world in a narrowing safe operating space

Dieter Gerten^*
, Matti Kummu

^*Corresponding author for this work

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Humboldt University of Berlin

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Abstract

Current world agriculture leads to planetary-boundary transgressions. Although achieving global food security within these environmental bounds is possible through sustainable transformations of the food system, Earth-system feedbacks could increasingly narrow the maneuvering space. Thus, improved understanding of cascading impacts of climate change and other boundary transgressions is imperative.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1193-1196
Number of pages	4
Journal	One Earth
Volume	4
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.08.020
Publication status	Published - 17 Sept 2021
MoE publication type	B1 Non-refereed journal articles

Funding

M.K. received funding from the Academy of Finland-funded TREFORM (grant no. 339834) and the European Research Council under the Euro-pean Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no. 819202).

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 2 Zero Hunger
SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

CLIMATE
planetary boundaries
food production
agriculture
resource management

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Feeding the world in a narrowing safe operating space

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TREFORM/Kummu: Towards More Resilient Food System in the Face of Uncertainty (Kohti resilientimpää ruokajärjestelmää epävarmuuksien edessä)

SOS.aquaterra: Respecting safe operating spaces: opportunities to meet future food demand with sustainable use of water and land resources

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Feeding the world in a narrowing safe operating space

Abstract

Funding

UN SDGs

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Projects

TREFORM/Kummu: Towards More Resilient Food System in the Face of Uncertainty (Kohti resilientimpää ruokajärjestelmää epävarmuuksien edessä)

SOS.aquaterra: Respecting safe operating spaces: opportunities to meet future food demand with sustainable use of water and land resources

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