Planetary Boundaries - Masterclass with Will Steffen
Join us for a fascinating masterclass that will provide a detailed introduction to the ground breaking concept of "Planetary Boundaries".
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
Professor Will Steffen, ANU and the Climate Council, is co-author of the groundbreaking research released in the 2009 titled: "A safe operating space for humanity".
Professor Steffen has a long history in international global change research, serving from 1998 to 2004 as Executive Director of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), based in Stockholm, Sweden, and before that as Executive Officer of IGBP's Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems project.
Will's interests span a broad range within the fields of sustainability and Earth System science, with an emphasis on the science of climate change, approaches to climate change adaptation in land systems, incorporation of human processes in Earth System modelling and analysis; and the history and future of the relationship between humans and the rest of nature.
ABOUT OUR MASTERCLASS
In our masterclass, Will Steffen will:
- provide an overview of the field of Earth System Science and how the Planetary Boundaries concept was developed;
- explain the science of the nine Planetary Boundaries and why these boundaries are so critical for life on earth;
- discuss the complexity of the interaction and interconnection of the boundaries;
- discuss some of the ways in which scientists, lawyers and economists have connected with the Planetary Boundaries concept and are 'downscaling' these global parameters, so that national, regional and local action can be informed by and connected to, these global ecological limits.
The masterclass will be facilitated by AELA's National Convenor, Dr Michelle Maloney.
PLANETARY BOUNDARIES AND ECOLOGICAL LIMITS
This masterclass is part of a series of important events designed to increase knowledge about Australia's unique environment, and connect that knowledge to understanding our ecological limits and the concept of "Planetary Boundaries".
In AELA's new annual series, we will learn from world leading scientists, economists, lawyers and regenerative communities, about how Planetary Boundaries can help us understand the ecological limits of our world and take action toward a more sustainable pathway for human societies.
