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- Authors
- Sterner, T., Barbier, E. B., Bateman, I., van den Bijgaart, I., Crépin, A.-S., Edenhofer, O., Fischer, C., Habla, W., Hassler, J., Johansson-Stenman, O., Lange, A., Polasky, S., Rockström, J., Smith, H. G., Steffen, W., Wagner, G., Wilen, J. E., Alpízar, F., Azar, C., Carless, D., Chávez, C., Coria, J., Engström, G., Jagers, S. C., Köhlin, G., Löfgren, Å., Pleijel, H., & Robinson, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
- Colorado State University (US)
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (SE)
- Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (DE)
- Resources For The Future (US)
- Centre for European Economic Research (DE)
- Stockholm University (SE)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Stockholm Resilience Centre (SE)
- Lund University (SE)
- Australian National University (AU)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza Catie (CR)
- Chalmers University of Technology (SE)
- Universidad de Talca (CL)
- Corresponding author
- Sterner, Thomas
- ORCID
- Sterner, Thomas
- Barbier, Edward B.
- Bateman, Ian
- Crépin, Anne-Sophie
- Edenhofer, Ottmar
- Fischer, Carolyn
- Habla, Wolfgang
- Hassler, John
- Lange, Andreas
- Polasky, Stephen
- Rockström, Johan
- Smith, Henrik G.
- Steffen, Will
- Wagner, Gernot
- Wilen, James E.
- Alpízar, Francisco
- Azar, Christian
- Carless, Donna
- Chávez, Carlos
- Coria, Jessica
- Engström, Gustav
- Jagers, Sverker C.
- Köhlin, Gunnar
- Löfgren, Åsa
- Pleijel, Håkan
- Venue
- Nature Sustainability
- Published
- 2019-01-10
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 14-21
- ISSN
- 2398-9629 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2909108067
- Cited by
- 271
- References
- 73
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 48 · 2021: 53 · 2020: 34 · 2019: 28
- FWCI
- 20.98
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- journal article
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- en
- Open access
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- Nature Sustainability (publishedVersion)
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- Lund University Publications (Lund University) (submittedVersion)
- Publication Database PIK (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)) (submittedVersion)
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- Funders
- Natural Environment Research Council (NE/P011217/1)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Sustainable Development and Environmental Management
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Keywords
- policy design, Anthropocene, planetary boundaries, biophysical limits, sustainability policy, planetary health, global environmental problems
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