Opens a new window for innovation, new ideas, and new paradigms

Rapid incline of population over years

Environmental impacts come from the rich minority while many people still aspire to reach the same development

Stabilize greenhouse gases at 450 ppm to avoid temp. to exceed two degrees

Melting ice sheets in Greenland in Antarctic

Rising sea levels

Sharp decline in recent decades

Ecosystem loss the ability to provide services

Systems tip over rapidly and have irreverrsible effects

Systems aren;'t always gradual, shfting once thresholds reach their limits

began post WWII, industrial boom

1. Climate Change 2. Stratospheric ozone depletion 3. Ocean acidification 4. Biodiversity loss 5. Nitrogen and phosphorus cycles 6. Land-use change 7. Freshwater use 8. Air polluution 9. Chemical pollution

Biodiversity loss

Ntirgen and Climate change

1. Phosporus 2.Water 3. Land 4. Oceans

Causes a chain reaction

Incremental improvements

Linear development

command and control

Adaptive governance and flexibility

Resilience and redundancy in ecosystems and societies

Transformation after crises into innovation

Active stewardship of planetary systems

Plowing to zero tillage + mulch farming made for higher yields and carbon sequestration

New governance

Integrates tourism, fishing, and science

Focused in resilience

Former wasteland

Now integrated into urban planning for flood management and biodiversity

Agricultural shift

Must be done without land expansion

Sustainable water use and nutrient recycling

Carbon source to sink

Beyond carbon taxes and emission schemes

Feed-in tariffs for renewables

Stopping incremental fixes

Backcast from planetary boundaries

Design innovations within safe limits

Global cooperation

Resilience Building

Transformative innvoations