On 9 October, Dr. Johan Rockström, the globally renowned scientist on planetary sustainability and leading researcher on planetary boundaries (Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Professor in Earth System Science at the University of Potsdam), visited the IGES Tokyo Sustainability Forum and delivered a special lecture to IGES staff and stakeholders.
This event was made possible due to the long-standing relationship at both an institutional and personal level, including collaboration between the two institutions via the Earth League, a think-tank alliance that tackles urgent challenges facing humanity, as well as IGES’s contribution to the Japanese translations of Dr. Rockström’s books, such as "Big World Small Planet: Abundance within Planetary Boundaries" and "Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity: A Report to the Club of Rome (2022), Fifty Years After The Limits to Growth (1972)".
In his lecture, Dr. Rockström shared the latest scientific insights on planetary boundaries and sounded the alarm on the current state of the world, pointing out that we are already halfway through the "Decisive Decade" from 2020 to 2030, which will greatly influence the future of humanity. He also introduced the newly launched "Planetary Health Check 2024" initiative.
We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Rockström for taking the time to deliver this invaluable lecture.
IGES continues to engage with scientists and researchers both in Japan and overseas, gathering and disseminating information based on the latest scientific knowledge to contribute to the resolution of global environmental issues.
Related links
- Earth League
- "Big World Small Planet: Abundance within Planetary Boundaries" (Japanese Translation)
- "Earth for All : A Survival Guide for Humanity: A Report to the Club of Rome (2022), Fifty Years After The Limits to Growth (1972)" (Japanese Translation)
- Planetary Health Check 2024
- Dr. Rockström's latest TED talk "The tipping points of climate change — and where we stand"
