Reconciling safe planetary targets and planetary justice: Why should social scientists engage with planetary targets?

J. Gupta; D. Liverman; X. Bai; C. Gordon; M. Hurlbert; C. Y.A. Inoue; L. Jacobson; N. Kanie; T. M. Lenton; D. Obura; I. M. Otto; C. Okereke; L. Pereira; K. Prodani; C. Rammelt; J. Scholtens; J. D. Tàbara; P. H. Verburg; L. Gifford; D. Ciobanu

doi:10.1016/j.esg.2021.100122

Reconciling safe planetary targets and planetary justice: Why should social scientists engage with planetary targets?

J. Gupta^*, D. Liverman, X. Bai, C. Gordon, M. Hurlbert, C. Y.A. Inoue, L. Jacobson, N. Kanie, T. M. Lenton, D. Obura, I. M. Otto, C. Okereke, L. Pereira, K. Prodani, C. Rammelt, J. Scholtens, J. D. Tàbara, P. H. Verburg, L. Gifford, D. Ciobanu

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As human activity threatens to make the planet unsafe for humanity and other life forms, scholars are identifying planetary targets set at a safe distance from biophysical thresholds beyond which critical Earth systems may collapse. Yet despite the profound implications that both meeting and transgressing such targets may have for human wellbeing, including the potential for negative trade-offs, there is limited social science analysis that systematically considers the justice dimensions of such targets. Here we assess a range of views on planetary justice and present three arguments associated with why social scientists should engage with the scholarship on safe targets. We argue that complementing safe targets with just targets offers a fruitful approach for considering synergies and trade-offs between environmental and social aspirations and can inform inclusive deliberation on these important issues.

Original language	English
Article number	100122
Pages (from-to)	1-5
Number of pages	5
Journal	Earth System Governance
Volume	10
Early online date	23 Nov 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2021.100122
Publication status	Published - Dec 2021

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This work was supported by the Global Challenges Foundation and the Global Commons Alliance, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (with support from Oak Foundation, MAVA, Porticus, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Herlin Foundation and the Global Environment Facility).

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This work was supported by the Global Challenges Foundation and the Global Commons Alliance , a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (with support from Oak Foundation, MAVA , Porticus , Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation , Herlin Foundation and the Global Environment Facility ).

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This work was supported by the Global Challenges Foundation and the Global Commons Alliance, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (with support from Oak Foundation, MAVA, Porticus, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Herlin Foundation and the Global Environment Facility). This work was supported by the Global Challenges Foundation and the Global Commons Alliance , a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (with support from Oak Foundation, MAVA , Porticus , Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation , Herlin Foundation and the Global Environment Facility ).

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Global Challenges Foundation
Herlin Foundation
MAVA , Porticus , Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
MAVA, Porticus, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Oak Foundation
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme	884565

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Just targets
Planetary boundaries
Planetary justice
Safe planetary targets

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Gupta, J., Liverman, D., Bai, X., Gordon, C., Hurlbert, M., Inoue, C. Y. A., Jacobson, L., Kanie, N., Lenton, T. M., Obura, D., Otto, I. M., Okereke, C., Pereira, L., Prodani, K., Rammelt, C., Scholtens, J., Tàbara, J. D., Verburg, P. H., Gifford, L., & Ciobanu, D. (2021). Reconciling safe planetary targets and planetary justice: Why should social scientists engage with planetary targets? Earth System Governance, 10, 1-5. Article 100122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2021.100122

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