Project #D – PLANETARY LIMITS: Climate change, Biodiversity Loss By Alex Gow-Smith and Jane Fiona Cumming Whilst most companies are now measuring their performance and setting targets relating to climate change impacts, very few are doing the same for biodiversity loss. The alarming rate of species loss is well documented, but this blog focuses on indicator species, those that serve as nature’s own early warning systems for climate change and pollution. Indicator species are

Project #D – PLANETARY LIMITS: Climate change, Biodiversity Loss By Alex Gow-Smith, Tabitha Taylor, and Jane Fiona Cumming “Key natural ecosystems are heading towards irreversible tipping points with dangerous consequences for the stability of our planet. This is why we need to set our global compass to halt and reverse nature loss to safeguard human and planetary health. A global goal for nature aiming at achieving a net positive outcome by 2030 is crucial to secure a nature

Project #D – PLANETARY LIMITS By Jane Fiona Cumming “Enjoy the little things in life because one day you`ll look back and realise they were the big things” Kurt Vonnegut All life, no matter how big or small, depends on another plant or animal species for its survival. At the heart of these dependencies are a small number of building blocks upon which all life is reliant. Yet our Anthropogenic approach to the world is increasingly clogging up and reversing the life-giving prop

Project #D - SOCIAL THRESHOLDS By Sophia Matthews and Jane Fiona Cumming When we think of sustainability, many of us immediately, and perhaps exclusively, think of greenhouse gas emissions. The environmental aspects of sustainability encompass far more than this – biodiversity, deforestation, and ocean acidification are all useful and important indicators, to name a few. Beyond environmental indicators, sustainability also includes social factors such as poverty, gender equit