What is happening to the planet and to people?

Numerous scientific investigations, one conclusion

Until recently human activity barely impacted the planet.  But now science is showing that our planet is under stress.

A team of scientists in Sweden, led by Professor Rockstrom, have identified 9 planetary boundaries, or safety zones, on which human civilizations and much of the rest of the biosphere depend.  Their research shows that we have already breached three of these boundaries – climate, biodiversity and the nitrogen cycle. 

Similar investigations have shown us that the majority of our ecosystems are now in decline and in order to sustain human activity at our current rates we will require the resources of three planets.

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