As part of our 9th year of research on planetary limits and social thresholds, we are showcasing how nations are using doughnut thinking.In particular, we look at how the global limits and thresholds can be reviewed, adapted and assessed at a country scale.

This blog re...

The 22nd of August marks Earth Overshoot Day for 2020, the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the pattern for this year’s date the tr...

Today marks International Youth Day and the opportunity to amplify the engagement of young people as a collective voice for global action. The strength of this voice is wholly reliant on a key ingredient – education. Whilst progress to educate children worldwide has be...

*In 1880 – the average temperature of planet Earth was 13.7°C

*In 1990 – it was 14.3°C

*In 2019 it was 14.9°Cⁱ 

That means in the past 200 years we have increased the average temperature by up to 1.2-1.3°Cⁱⁱ. In 2015 world leaders vowed to hold global temperature rise at...

Our recent review of 240 of the world’s largest companies found that only 4% of the companies reviewed had targets set at a scale to improve the equality of women throughout the world. 96% of companies did not have targets aligned with what the world needs. See a summa...

As part of our 9th year of research on Planetary Limits and Social Thresholds (infographic) – we are showcasing how other organisations are downscaling the limits and thresholds – including

*Wales - Link

*Europe - Link.

Here we share how the City of Amsterdam used doughnu...

Article 13 is delighted to announce the launch of Project#D.

Our year on year analysis of company reporting shows an increase in sustainability performance measurement and more targets being set against our planetary limits and social thresholds. But only 15% of these t...

Climate change represents the biggest challenge to the future of humanity and the life-support systems that make our world habitable.

For businesses to play their part in the achievement of living within our planetary boundaries, they must address their real impact on t...

The 20th of June marks World Refugee Day and the theme this year is #StepWithRefugees.

A refugee is “a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster”. There are currently 70.8 million forcibly displaced people...

The recent Covid-induced curtailing of shipping has resulted in quiet oceans, sparking reports of whale song and a rush of scientists studying the effect of quieter oceans on marine wildlife.

On 2020 World Oceans Day, in recognition of its #VirtualBlueDecade vision to d...