Spillover systems in a telecoupled Anthropocene: typology, methods, and governance for global sustainability

Jianguo Liu; Y. Dou; Mateus Batistella; Edward Challies; Thomas Connor; Cecilie Friis; James D.A. Millington; Esther Parish; Chelsie L.  Romulo; Ramon Felipe Bicudo Da Silva; Heather Triezenberg; Hongbo Yang; zhiqiang zhao; Karl Zimmerer; Falk Huettmann; Michael Treglia; Zeenatul Basher; Min Gon Chung; Anna Herzberger; andrea Lenschow; Altaaf Mechiche-Alami; Jens Newig; James Roche; Jing Sun

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Spillover systems in a telecoupled Anthropocene: typology, methods, and governance for global sustainability

Jianguo Liu, Y. Dou, Mateus Batistella, Edward Challies, Thomas Connor, Cecilie Friis, James D.A. Millington, Esther Parish, Chelsie L. Romulo, Ramon Felipe Bicudo Da Silva, Heather Triezenberg, Hongbo Yang, zhiqiang zhao, Karl Zimmerer, Falk Huettmann, Michael Treglia, Zeenatul Basher, Min Gon Chung, Anna Herzberger, andrea LenschowAltaaf Mechiche-Alami, Jens Newig, James Roche, Jing Sun

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The world has become increasingly telecoupled through distant flows of information, energy, people, organisms, goods, and matter. Recent advances suggest that telecouplings such as trade and species invasion often generate spillover systems with profound effects. To untangle spillover complexity, we make the first attempt to develop a typology of spillover systems based on six criteria: flows from and to sending and receiving systems, distances from sending and receiving systems, types of spillover effects, sizes of spillover systems, roles of agents in spillover systems, and the origin of spillover systems. Furthermore, we highlight a portfolio of qualitative and quantitative methods for detecting the often-overlooked spillover systems. To effectively govern spillover systems for global sustainability, we propose an overall goal (minimize negative and maximize positive spillover effects) and three general principles (fairness, responsibility, and capability).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	58-69
Journal	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Volume	33
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2018.04.009
Publication status	Published - Aug 2018

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We thank the guest editors for inviting us to write this paper, and Sue Nichols, Andrea N Raya Rey and an anonymous reviewer for their constructive comments on an early draft. Funding from the National Science Foundation [ 1518518 ], NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award Program [ NNX10AD19G ], and Michigan AgBioResearch and Extension are gratefully acknowledged.

Funders	Funder number
Michigan AgBioResearch and Extension
NASA-MSU	NNX10AD19G
National Science Foundation	1518518
Natural Environment Research Council	NE/M021335/1

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Liu, J., Dou, Y., Batistella, M., Challies, E., Connor, T., Friis, C., Millington, J. D. A., Parish, E., Romulo, C. L., Bicudo Da Silva, R. F., Triezenberg, H., Yang, H., zhao, Z., Zimmerer, K., Huettmann, F., Treglia, M., Basher, Z., Chung, M. G., Herzberger, A., ... Sun, J. (2018). Spillover systems in a telecoupled Anthropocene: typology, methods, and governance for global sustainability. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 33, 58-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2018.04.009

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