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Title: | Unveiling global sustainability boundaries: exploring inner dimensions of human critical determinants for sustainability. |
Authors: | Santos, Filipe Duarte O´Riordan, Timothy Rocha de Sousa, Miguel Pedersen, Jiesper Strandsbjerg Tristan |
Editors: | Takeuchi, Kazuhiko Saito, Osamu |
Keywords: | Sustainability Evolutionary approach Human critical determinants Human sustainability boundaries |
Issue Date: | 19-Feb-2024 |
Publisher: | Springer/Nature |
Citation: | Santos, F.D., O’Riordan, T., de Sousa, M.R. et al. Unveiling global sustainability boundaries: exploring inner dimensions of human critical determinants for sustainability. Sustain Sci 19, 1097–1102 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-024-01462-0 |
Abstract: | Greater global awareness and action to implement sustainable development are underway. However, global progress towards sustainability has been slow. Advancing towards some form of sustainability requires greater attention and analysis of the role played by the human inner world. While the scientific analytic tools have focused on external aspects, we present a scientific methodology to identify human critical determinants (HCDs) acquired during the human biological and cultural evolution, which, although crucial for survival, well-being, and economic prosperity, may also currently act as human sustainability boundaries (HSDs). These boundaries can be softened by personal transformations with the capability of spurring resonant institutional and governance transformations. This commentary examines how a definable set of interacting and interdependent HCD provides a complete and coherent explanation of why reaching sustainability is currently an elusive objective. |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-024-01462-0 http://hdl.handle.net/10174/37127 |
Type: | article |
Appears in Collections: | ECN - Publicações - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais Com Arbitragem Científica
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