Video: Planetary boundaries

Jan 10, 2014

Johan Rockström

Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

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Johan Rockström, Executive Director at the Stockholm Resilience Centre in Sweden, explains the concept of nine new planetary boundaries, and how staying within them may safeguard our future.

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