'Planetary boundaries'-exploring the challenges for global environmental governance

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-87

  Galaz, Victor ^a   Biermann, Frank ^b   Crona, Beatrice ^a   Loorbach, Derk ^c   Folke, Carl ^a,d   Olsson, Per ^a   Nilsson, Måns ^e   Allouche, Jeremy ^f   Persson, Åsa ^a,e   Reischl, Gunilla ^g  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^g The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INNOVATION; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; RISK PERCEPTION; THRESHOLD;

EID: 84857910495     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.01.006     Document Type: Review

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