Sentence examples for planetary limit from inspiring English sources

Earth can only tolerate only 400 to 800bn tonnes of CO2 without tipping over the two degrees Celsius planetary limit.

"There may be planetary limits, and we may be approaching them," Dr. Running said.

Believing planetary limits have been dreamt up to frighten us, he insists: "There is an alternative to fear".

While living within planetary limits is an immense challenge, there are huge benefits in responding to it.

As humans continue to push planetary limits, are we due for a lot more of this sort of thing, and on a broader scale?

These questions have formed the basis of the planetary boundaries theory – a model based on nine planetary limits that scientists and environmentalists argue cannot be crossed if humanity is to avoid catastrophe.

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development WBCSDD) calls for "swift, radical and co-ordinated actions at many levels" between now and 2020 to begin moving global growth onto a trajectory that will allow us to live within our planetary limits.

Realising the need to reconcile planetary limits with the power of directing investment, for 30 years she was at the forefront of a movement that has encouraged fund managers to invest money in a more socially and environmentally responsible fashion.

While there is still much more structural and systemic work to be done, it's increasingly clear that as our old economic structures and civilizational forms hit the wall of our planetary limits, a new world is taking shape that focuses on bridging the three major divides of our time: the ecological divide, the social-economic divide, and the spiritual divide.

However, it is estimated that the current human-induced disturbances have exceeded the planetary limits and more irreversible damage is constantly taking place (Ayres et al. 2001; Mancini et al. 2015).

American utility companies are petri dishes in which you can see how companies exposed to new planetary limits react.