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3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability: transforming the world in an era of global change

scientific article published in November 2011

A 'perfect' agreement in Paris is not essential

scientific article published in November 2015

A Horizon Scan of Global Conservation Issues for 2016

scientific article

A Welfare Economic Approach to Planetary Boundaries

scientific article published on 16 March 2023

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2014 ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2015.

scientific article

A modeling framework for World-Earth system resilience: exploring social inequality and Earth system tipping points

scientific article published in 2023

A planetary boundary for green water

scientific article published in 2022

A regional and multi-faceted approach to postgraduate water education – the WaterNet experience in Southern Africa

article

A roadmap for rapid decarbonization

scientific article published on March 2017

A safe operating space for humanity

scientific article

A sustainable waste-to-protein system to maximise waste resource utilisation for developing food- and feed-grade protein solutions

scientific article published in January 2023

A watershed approach to upgrade rainfed agriculture in water scarce regions through Water System Innovations: an integrated research initiative on water for food and rural livelihoods in balance with ecosystem functions

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Achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions critical to limit climate tipping risks

Achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions critical to limit climate tipping risks

scientific article published in August 2024

Achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals within 9 planetary boundaries

scientific article

Acting in the Anthropocene: the EAT-Lancet Commission

scientific article published on June 2016

Agriculture: increase water harvesting in Africa

scientific article

Agro-hydrological evaluation of on-farm rainwater storage systems for supplemental irrigation in Laikipia district, Kenya

scholarly article by Stephen N. Ngigi et al published April 2005 in Agricultural Water Management

An assessment of the effect of human faeces and urine on maize production and water productivity

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An integrated framework for sustainable development goals

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Analytically tractable climate-carbon cycle feedbacks under 21st century anthropogenic forcing

Analytically tractable climate–carbon cycle feedbacks under 21st century anthropogenic forcing

Articulating the effect of food systems innovation on the Sustainable Development Goals

scientific article published on 08 December 2020

Assessing "dangerous climate change": required reduction of carbon emissions to protect young people, future generations and nature

scientific article published on 3 December 2013

Assessing impacts of agricultural water interventions in the Kothapally watershed, Southern India

article by Kaushal K. Garg et al published 10 May 2011 in Hydrological Processes

Assessing the implications of water harvesting intensification on upstream-downstream ecosystem services: A case study in the Lake Tana basin

scientific article

Assessing the water challenge of a new green revolution in developing countries

scholarly article

Assessment of green water flows to sustain major biomes of the world: Implications for future ecohydrological landscape management

Assessment of rainwater retention in agricultural land and crop yield increase due to conservation tillage in Ewaso Ng’iro river basin, Kenya

scholarly article by Stephen N. Ngigi et al published January 2006 in Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Assessment of strip tillage systems for maize production in semi-arid Ethiopia: Effects on grain yield, water balance and water productivity

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Assessment of strip tillage systems for maize production in semi-arid Ethiopia: effects on grain yield and water balance

scholarly article by M. Temesgen et al published 11 July 2007 in Hydrology and earth system sciences discussions

Author Correction: The emergence and evolution of Earth System Science

Balancing Water for Humans and Nature

Beyond Cockpit-ism: Four Insights to Enhance the Transformative Potential of the Sustainable Development Goals

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Building Water Resilience in the Face of Global Change: From a Blue-Only to a Green-Blue Water Approach to Land-Water Management

Building resilience to drought in desertification-prone savannas in Sub-Saharan Africa: The water perspective

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Business leaders

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Climate Endgame: Exploring catastrophic climate change scenarios

scientific article published in August 2022

Climate change: The necessary, the possible and the desirable Earth League climate statement on the implications for climate policy from the 5th IPCC Assessment

scientific article published in December 2014

Climate crisis paralysis: Accelerating global action for health resilience in a changing world

scientific article published on 4 March 2024

Climate tipping points — too risky to bet against

scientific article published in November 2019

Closing the loop: Reconnecting human dynamics to Earth System science

Closing the yield gap in the savannah zone

Conference covered climate from all angles

scientific article published in May 2009

Conservation farming strategies in East and Southern Africa: Yields and rain water productivity from on-farm action research

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Conservation tillage for sustainable agriculture

Conservation tillage implements and systems for smallholder farmers in semi-arid Ethiopia

scholarly article by M. Temesgen et al published June 2009 in Soil and Tillage Research

Contours of a Resilient Global Future

Corrigendum: The topology of non-linear global carbon dynamics: from tipping points to planetary boundaries (2013 Environ. Res. Lett. 8 044048)

scientific article published on 30 December 2020

Crucial functioning of and human dependence on the global water system

Data repository - Dietary shifts increase the feasibility of 1.5°C pathways

Determinants of tillage frequency among smallholder farmers in two semi-arid areas in Ethiopia

scholarly article by Melesse Temesgen et al published January 2008 in Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Dietary shifts increase the feasibility of 1.5°C pathways

Drivers, "Slow" Variables, "Fast" Variables, Shocks, and Resilience

scientific article published in 2012

Dry spell analysis and maize yields for two semi-arid locations in east Africa

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Earth System Science for Global Sustainability: Grand Challenges

scientific article published on 11 November 2010

Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries

scientific article published on 15 September 2023

Earth system justice needed to identify and live within Earth system boundaries

scholarly article

Emergence of a global science-business initiative for ocean stewardship

scientific article

Energy and Environment

Exceeding 1.5°C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points

scientific article published on 9 September 2022

Feeding ten billion people is possible within four terrestrial planetary boundaries

scientific article published on 20 January 2020

Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems

scientific article published in The Lancet

Food production: a mega water challenge

Food systems for sustainable development: proposals for a profound four-part transformation

Future Earth

scientific article published in January 2016

Future Hydroclimatic Impacts on Africa: Beyond the Paris Agreement

scientific article published on 11 July 2019

Future water availability for global food production: The potential of green water for increasing resilience to global change

article

Global Sustainability & Human Prosperity

Global assessment of agricultural system redesign for sustainable intensification ⬇️

Global food production in a water-constrained world: exploring ‘green’ and ‘blue’ challenges and solutions

article

Global potential to increase crop production through water management in rainfed agriculture

scientific article

Global sustainability: the challenge ahead

Governance for navigating the novel freshwater dynamics of the Anthropocene

scholarly article

Green water security for the food makers of tomorrow: windows of opportunity in drought-prone savannahs

scientific article published in January 2001

Green water security for the food makers of tomorrow: windows of opportunity in drought-prone savannahs

scientific article published in 2001

Green-blue water system innovations for upgrading of smallholder farming systems--a policy framework for development.

scientific article published on January 2005

Greening the global water system

Healthy diets and sustainable food systems - Authors' reply

scientific article published on 21 June 2019

Hillslope dynamics of on-farm generation of surface water flows: The case of rain-fed cultivation of pearl millet on sandy soil in the Sahel

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How to stop cities and companies causing planetary harm

scientific article published in 2022

Human and planetary health: towards a common language

scientific article published on 15 July 2015

Human impacts on planetary boundaries amplified by Earth system interactions

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

Human modification of the Earth System

Hydro-economic evaluation of rainwater harvesting and management technologies: Farmers’ investment options and risks in semi-arid Laikipia district of Kenya

scholarly article by Stephen N. Ngigi et al published January 2005 in Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Hydrosolidarity intergenerational challenges: long-term commitment for long-term issues

scientific article published on January 2001

Hysteresis of tropical forests in the 21st century

scientific article published on 05 October 2020

Hysteresis of tropical forests in the 21st century

Identifying a Safe and Just Corridor for People and the Planet

scholarly article

Illuminating water cycle modifications and Earth system resilience in the Anthropocene

scientific article

Innovation can accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system

scientific article

Integrated crop water management might sustainably halve the global food gap

article by Jonas Jägermeyr et al published 1 February 2016 in Environmental Research Letters

Introduction to the book

Investigating the water balance of on-farm techniques for improved crop productivity in rainfed systems: A case study of Makanya catchment, Tanzania

scholarly article by H. Makurira et al published January 2009 in Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Investigation of the Curve Number Method For Surface Runoff Estimation In Tropical Regions

article by Yihun Taddele Dile et al published 22 August 2016 in Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Johan Rockstrom: Let the environment guide our development

TEDGlobal 2010

Linkages Among Water Vapor Flows, Food Production, and Terrestrial Ecosystem Services

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Living within the safe and just Earth system boundaries for blue water

Low head drip irrigation kits and treadle pumps for smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe: a technical evaluation based on laboratory tests

scholarly article by Jeskia Chigerwe et al published January 2004 in Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Low-cost drip irrigation—A suitable technology for southern Africa?

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Making the best of climatic variability: options for upgrading rainfed farming in water scarce regions.

scientific article

Managing the global commons

Managing water in rainfed agriculture—The need for a paradigm shift

Mapping the irrecoverable carbon in Earth’s ecosystems

scientific article published on 18 November 2021

Multiscale regime shifts and planetary boundaries

scientific article

Natural capital and ecosystem services informing decisions: From promise to practice

scientific article

On farm evaluation of the effect of low cost drip irrigation on water and crop productivity compared to conventional surface irrigation system

On-farm green water estimates as a tool for increased food production in water scarce regions

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Options for keeping the food system within environmental limits

scientific article published in Nature

Our future in the Anthropocene biosphere

scientific article

Pathways to the future

Physical water scarcity metrics for monitoring progress towards SDG target 6.4: An evaluation of indicator 6.4.2 "Level of water stress".

scientific article

Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity

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Planetary Boundaries: Separating Fact from Fiction. A Response to Montoya et al.

scientific article published on 5 February 2018

Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet

scientific article

Planetary boundaries: using early warning signals for sustainable global governance

scholarly article

Policy design for the Anthropocene

article by Thomas Sterner et al published January 2019 in Nature Sustainability

Policy: Sustainable development goals for people and planet

scientific article published in March 2013

Potential feedbacks between loss of biosphere integrity and climate change

Potential impacts of water harvesting and ecological sanitation on crop yield, evaporation and river flow regimes in the Thukela River basin, South Africa

article

Preface

Processes for the sustainable stewardship of marine environments

scientific article published in 2016

Protecting irrecoverable carbon in Earth’s ecosystems

scientific article published on 31 March 2020

Rainwater harvesting to enhance water productivity of rainfed agriculture in the semi-arid Zimbabwe

scholarly article by Jean-Marc Mwenge Kahinda et al published January 2007 in Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Rainwater management for increased productivity among small-holder farmers in drought prone environments

Reconnecting to the biosphere

scientific article

Redefining green growth within planetary boundaries

Reducing hazard vulnerability: towards a common approach between disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation

scientific article

Reply to comment on ‘Up-scaling potential impacts on water flows from agricultural water interventions: opportunities and trade-offs in the Osman Sagar catchment, Musi sub-basin, India’.Hydrological Processes27: 3905-3921 by Boumaet al.,

Resilience Thinking: Integrating Resilience, Adaptability and Transformability

scientific article published in 2010

Resilience and Vulnerability: Complementary or Conflicting Concepts?

scientific article published in 2010

Resilience building and water demand management for drought mitigation

Resolving ecological feedbacks on the ocean carbon sink in Earth system models

scientific article

Rewiring food systems to enhance human health and biosphere stewardship

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Risk analysis and economic viability of water harvesting for supplemental irrigation in semi-arid Burkina Faso and Kenya

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Rootzone storage capacity reveals drought coping strategies along rainforest-savanna transitions

scientific article published on 21 October 2020

SUSTAINABILITY. Response to Comment on "Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet".

scientific article

Safe and just Earth system boundaries

scholarly article

Seasonal rainfall partitioning under runon and runoff conditions on sandy soil in Niger. On-farm measurements and water balance modelling

Semiarid Crop Production from a Hydrological Perspective: Gap between Potential and Actual Yields

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Six Transformations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

scientific article

Social tipping dynamics for stabilizing Earth’s climate by 2050

scientific article published on 21 January 2020

Social-ecological resilience and biosphere-based sustainability science

scientific article published in 2016

Social-ecological resilience to coastal disasters

scientific article

Solutions for a cultivated planet

scientific article (publication date: 12 October 2011)

Suitability of Water Harvesting in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia: A First Step towards a Mesoscale Hydrological Modeling Framework

scholarly article by Yihun T. Dile et al published 2016 in Advances in Meteorology

Supplemental irrigation for dry-spell mitigation of rainfed agriculture in the Sahel

Sustainable intensification of agriculture for human prosperity and global sustainability

scientific article

Synchronous failure: the emerging causal architecture of global crisis

scientific article published in 2015

Ten new insights in climate science 2020 – a horizon scan

scientific article published on 27 January 2021

Ten new insights in climate science 2021: a horizon scan

scientific article published on 19 October 2021

The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory

scientific article published on 24 October 2023

The Challenges of Applying Planetary Boundaries as a Basis for Strategic Decision-Making in Companies with Global Supply Chains

article

The Climate Book

2022 book by Greta Thunberg

The EAT-Lancet Commission: a flawed approach? - Authors' reply

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

The Lancet Commission on pollution and health

scientific article published on 17 October 2017

The New Blue and Green Water Paradigm: Breaking New Ground for Water Resources Planning and Management

article by Malin Falkenmark & Johan Rockström published May 2006 in Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

The Role of Green Water in Sustaining Ecological Functions – A Global Assessment

scientific article published in 2002

The Water Planetary Boundary: Interrogation and Revision

scientific article

The anthropocene: from global change to planetary stewardship

scientific article (publication date: November 2011)

The effect of system innovations on water productivity in subsistence rainfed agricultural systems in semi-arid Tanzania

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The emergence and evolution of Earth System Science

The planetary water drama: Dual task of feeding humanity and curbing climate change

scholarly article by Johan Rockström et al published 1 August 2012 in Geophysical Research Letters

The quadruple squeeze: defining the safe operating space for freshwater use to achieve a triply green revolution in the anthropocene

scientific article

The role of water harvesting to achieve sustainable agricultural intensification and resilience against water related shocks in sub-Saharan Africa

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The role played by water in the biosphere

The topology of non-linear global carbon dynamics: from tipping points to planetary boundaries

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The unfolding water drama in the Anthropocene: towards a resilience based perspective on water for global sustainability

The world's biggest gamble

Three years to safeguard our climate

scientific article

Towards a better understanding of water partitioning processes for improved smallholder rainfed agricultural systems: A case study of Makanya catchment, Tanzania

scholarly article by H. Makurira et al published January 2007 in Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Towards a revised planetary boundary for consumptive freshwater use: role of environmental flow requirements

Towards a sustainable water future: shaping the next decade of global water research

article by Claudia Pahl-Wostl et al published December 2013 in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Transforming Innovation for Sustainability

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Transnational corporations as 'keystone actors' in marine ecosystems

scientific article

Turbulent times

Understanding of water resilience in the Anthropocene

Up-scaling potential impacts on water flows from agricultural water interventions: opportunities and trade-offs in the Osman Sagar catchment, Musi sub-basin, India

article by Kaushal K. Garg et al published 26 September 2012 in Hydrological Processes

Water Resilience for Human Prosperity

Water for food and nature in drought-prone tropics: vapour shift in rain-fed agriculture

scientific article

Water productivity in rainfed systems: overview of challenges and analysis of opportunities in water scarcity prone savannahs

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Water resources and functions for agro-ecological systems at the landscape scale

Water resources management in smallholder farms in Eastern and Southern Africa: An overview

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Water, nutrients and slope position in on-farm pearl millet cultivation in the Sahel

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Water-harvesting for supplementary irrigation of cereal crops to overcome intra-seasonal dry-spells in the Sahel

Workshop 4 (synthesis): green/blue water management options for crop production.

scientific article published in January 2005

Workshop 7 (synthesis): trade-offs in water for food and environmental security--urban/agricultural trade-off.

scientific article published on January 2002

World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2021

Yield and soil system changes from conservation tillage in dryland farming: A case study from North Eastern Tanzania

scholarly article by Elin Enfors et al published September 2011 in Agricultural Water Management

[Imbalance in global environmental processes affects human health].

scientific article

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