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Happy to share a short commentary to find out about the "not here - not now" #EcosystemServices and their importance to quantitatively address #CriticalEcologicalAssets https://lnkd.in/dZTuC3HG

🧐 🤔 https://lnkd.in/dbGZrcqA "The common governance toolkit is a poor match for dealing with tipping processes, especially non-linear change, and radical intertemporality. To support the development of effective responses to anticipated, rapid state changes in the Earth system, there is an urgent need for new interdisciplinary research programs focused specifically on tipping-point governance. We distinguish two domains of action in a multi-phase framework - prevention and impact governance - and identify key research areas and questions that need to be addressed. These include developing governance principles, identifying actors and institutions that should be involved or need to be created, and determining the appropriate temporal and spatial scales for governance efforts."

"The Earth for All report advocates five ‘extraordinary turnarounds’ in policy. In response this deep-dive paper insists on a sixth, widespread turn towards the under-appreciated inner in all system thinking... Without such a turn, we may expect that systems solutions of the necessary depth will continue to evade us." The latest #Earth4All deep-dive paper calls for a holistic approach to systems change to confront global challenges. Read our latest blog exploring the paper by by co-authors Rosie Bell and Jamie Bristow ⏩ https://lnkd.in/d9rkktwz

"Land Governance Requirements for Society 5.0." In this Chapter, I (with Elvena Hayford) provide a futuristic insight into the Society of Industry 5.0 (Society 5.0), and identified its potential land governance consequences. Our main argument is that "not achieving the global sustainable development goals could mean a non-human-centric Society 5.0." We produced a land governance requirement matrix that can enable the land sector functions align with Society 5.0 for sustainability, human-centricity and resilience. Its available in pp. 81-112 of Sulaiman Olusegun Atiku (PhD), Andrew Jeremiah Prof Efigenia Semente et al.'s book, "Sustainable Development in Industry and Society 5.0: Governance, Management, and Financial Implications."

“In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it.”   In this line, German writer and naturalist Johann Von Goethe captured the complexity of #nature – a quality that has inspired scientists, poets, and romantics since the beginning of time.    For executives wrangling nature-related risks and opportunities, the complexity of nature might seem less than awe-inspiring.   Consider the following complexities that we need to account for.   Dynamic interdependencies: To add to Goethe’s observation, in nature everything is dynamically connected. The health of a river, for example, is related to the health of living and non-living things within and around it. What’s more, every node in the system is in a state of constant change. Standardized global metrics are impractical to fully understand ecosystem health. Instead, risk managers must assess their interactions with nature where they occur – an explicitly place-based approach.   Multidimensional impacts: Changes in nature flow, like a current, through entire ecosystems. As a result, risk managers must consider both the local/short-term and the global/long-term consequences of their interactions with nature. This also means considering the implications for communities that rely on nature, across generations and cultures.   Non-linear change: All the above also means that organizations must prepare for the risks of non-linear change. Consider the emerging scientific consensus around ‘planetary tipping points’; critical thresholds in Earth’s systems where small changes can trigger rapid, irreversible, and system-wide transformation. Recent research reveals local ecosystems can experience their own tipping points, which can coalesce into runaway changes in global ecosystems, too.   Tackling these complexities is not easy. But a global conversation is underway. The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) ‘LEAP’ assessment framework is helping organizations of all sizes by providing a global standard for identifying, assessing, and addressing their nature-related impacts, dependencies, risks, and opportunities. These efforts by the TNFD and other global bodies to pool and standardize nature data are contributing to a ‘common language’ for collaboration to evaluate and protect nature.    Follow us for more on how we can collaborate to understand the complexity and invest in nature-positivity.    #systemsthinking #NaturePositiveSummit #biodiversity 

🌟 TBA have been at the The Human Advantage Conference! In his powerful opening talk, the legendary Cass Sunstein highlighted one of the biggest priorities for applied Behavioral Science in 2024: tackling SLUDGE. He emphasised the growing importance for governments and businesses to conduct Sludge Audits. At The Behavioural Architects, we’ve been championing this cause for years, writing about, researching and conducting Sludge Audits to help clients create better experiences. Interested in exploring how a Sludge Audit could benefit your organisation, feel free to reach out! #BehavioralScience #SludgeAudits #humanadvantageconference #humanadvantage #casssunstein https://lnkd.in/eAYMbMhA

New #NaturalCapital publication which examines some of the challenges and solutions for bringing nature into decision-making at scale, highlighting successful case studies in a variety of sectors.

If you're interested in seeing how our new guide, "Using Spatial Analytics to Address Localized Environmental Harm," works in action, check out this Esri StoryMap by Harvard University Graduate School of Design's Muen Zhang and Environmental Defense Fund's Alex Adame. They demonstrate how to apply the guide to the issue of air pollution in Washington, DC.

I’m sharing a blog from Andrew Olivier. The last paragraph resonates with me as I have just spent 4 weeks travelling in Madagascar. While moving slowly along some truly terrible roads there was time to see life in the areas outside the capital where there is much subsistence farming and along with deforestation through burning to make way for cropping. A huge amount of forests have been burnt in order to grow enough crops to feed local communities. The longer term devastation is not understood due to a combination of factors. Lack of choice , low education ( attending school is not compulsory or affordable for many families) lack of good governance and government, and private sector priorities. Great read thanks Andrew! ‘A practical answer is we need to assume responsibility for longer term thinking in our own Life; how we work, how we consume, how we influence, our activism, how we vote. Secondly, if you are leader think longer, work in longer time, its a duty of human care. Its not a luxury any longer. ‘ https://lnkd.in/gGcmh3J4

I will give a flash talk about "Pastcasting" for 4-5 minutes and it's part of a line-up with 8 persons who present "Must-Knows in Anticipation and Imagination Scholarship". I believe it's free and you only need to register (see Joost's post below). To me that anyway means Futures studies (how to explore probable, plausible, possible and desirable futures). And Pastcasting is (brace yourselves) backcasting in the past where we ended up in an alternative more desirable present - and then explore what that present looks like and how we arrived there. The session is today and starts in less than 2 hours!