A conceptual framework for understanding the environmental impacts of ultra-processed foods and implications for sustainable food systems

K Anastasiou, P Baker, M Hadjikakou… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Minimising environmental impacts and prioritising the production of nutritious foods are
essential qualities of a sustainable food system. Ultra-processed foods (UFPs) are …

The impacts of ocean acidification on marine ecosystems and reliant human communities

SC Doney, DS Busch, SR Cooley… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Racism. Sexism. Heterosexism. Gender binarism. Together, they comprise intimately
harmful, distinct, and entangled societal systems of self-serving domination and privilege …

Translating Earth system boundaries for cities and businesses

X Bai, S Hasan, LS Andersen, A Bjørn, Ş Kilkiş… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Operating within safe and just Earth system boundaries requires mobilizing key actors
across scale to set targets and take actions accordingly. Robust, transparent and fair cross …

Review of life-cycle based methods for absolute environmental sustainability assessment and their applications

A Bjørn, C Chandrakumar, AM Boulay… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In many regions and at the planetary scale, human pressures on the environment exceed
levels that natural systems can sustain. These pressures are caused by networks of human …

The boundaries of the planetary boundary framework: a critical appraisal of approaches to define a “safe operating space” for humanity

F Biermann, RE Kim - Annual Review of Environment and …, 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
In 2009, a group of 29 scholars argued that we can identify a set of “planetary boundaries”
that humanity must not cross at the cost of its own peril. This planetary boundaries …

City footprints and SDGs provide untapped potential for assessing city sustainability

T Wiedmann, C Allen - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
Cities are recognised as central to determining the sustainability of human development.
However, assessment concepts that are able to ascertain whether or not a city is sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental sustainability of European production and consumption assessed against planetary boundaries

S Sala, E Crenna, M Secchi… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
The planetary boundaries (PBs) represent a well-known concept, which helps identify
whether production and consumption systems are environmentally sustainable in absolute …

Downscaling the planetary boundaries in absolute environmental sustainability assessments–A review

MW Ryberg, MM Andersen, M Owsianiak… - Journal of cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
The safe operating space as defined by the Planetary Boundaries framework can be used
as an environmental sustainability reference in absolute environmental sustainability …

Impacts of global trade on cropland soil-phosphorus depletion and food security

K Niu, M Li, M Lenzen, T Wiedmann, X Han, S **… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Globalization intensifies the demand for agricultural products from specific regions, resulting
in intensive farming practices that can exacerbate local cropland soil phosphorus (P) …

[HTML][HTML] The role of planetary boundaries in assessing absolute environmental sustainability across scales

M Li, T Wiedmann, K Fang, M Hadjikakou - Environment international, 2021 - Elsevier
The idea of revisiting the biophysical limits of human life on planet Earth has gained
renewed momentum in the Anthropocene. The planetary boundaries (PBs) framework has …