Johan Rockström (@jrockstrom) Johan Rockstrom : Laissons l'environnement guider notre development. Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity. Responding to planetary boundaries criticism. The planetary boundaries concept has appeared prominently in discussions related to Rio+20 as a scientifically based framework in support of global sustainability and the development of sustainable development goals.
Not surprisingly, the planetary boundaries framework has also triggered scientific and broader debates, where some criticisms have been presented. Reply in Nature, 14 June 2012: Planetary boundaries are valuable for policy Critique is the basis of scientific progress and is welcomed in scientific endeavours such as the one we are engaged in. Nevetheless, several of the criticisms advanced in these discussions have been based on some key misconceptions. Here, we address these.