New Article in Global Environmental Change by Mo Li, Thomas Wiedmann and Michalis Hadjikakou!

Dear All,

Our new paper in Global Environmental Change just out!

Li, M., Wiedmann, T., Hadjikakou, M. (2019) Towards meaningful consumption-based planetary boundary indicators: The phosphorus exceedance footprint. Global Environmental Change 54, 227-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.12.005

We introduced a new indicator, the exceedance footprint, which measures the exceeded amount of resource use or emissions that impacts the environment by benchmarking with downscaled planetary boundary. This concept is conceptually different but complementary to conventional footprint approaches, as the latter do not reflect the appropriation of the safe operating space in relation to exceedance. To our knowledge this is the first attempt to apply the exceedance footprint concept using downscaled national planetary boundaries as a benchmark, providing a global assessment of how these boundaries are exceeded by consumption elsewhere.

We also discussed its implications in PB and footprint research in section 5.1.

Please feel free to contact us if you have questions or even better ideas!

Regards,

Authors:

Mo Li, Thomas Wiedmann and Michalis Hadjikakou

UNSW Sydney