Cities and businesses will be able to align their sustainability efforts to specific environmental limits, known as Earth system boundaries, following the publication of a new set of guidelines.
As greater understanding of the need to integrate climate action with nature protection continues to grow, so is recognition that different actors within the economic system have got to find new approaches to working within existing systems, and in collaboration.
New quantifications of the limits of Earth’s vital systems (such as climate, biodiversity, water and air) include impacts on people – have been measured in the same units as planetary stability, building a framework and operational budget within which companies and cities can develop sustainable operations.
By developing common principles and a clear protocol translating Earth System boundaries (ESBs) into direct guidance, a new paper aims to ensure ESB translation is robust, transparent, fair and comparable across domains and geographies.
Read the entire article here: https://www.sgvoice.net/standards/47933/earth-system-guidelines-for-cities-and-corporates/
