When optimization for governing human-environment tipping elements is neither sustainable nor safe

Economic optimization in environmental governance was criticized for delivering short-term gains at the expense of long-term environmental degradation. Here, the authors use a stylized model of human-environment tipping elements to show no paradigm guarantees fulfilling another paradigm.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wolfram Barfuss, Jonathan F. Donges, Steven J. Lade, Jürgen Kurths
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04738-z