Living within the safe and just Earth system boundaries for blue water
Safe and just Earth System Boundaries (ESBs) for surface water and groundwater (blue water) have been defined for sustainable water management in the Anthropocene. Here we assessed whether minimum human needs could be met with surface water from within individual river basins alone and, where this i...
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| author | Stewart-Koster, Ben Bunn, Stuart E. Green, Pamela Ndehedehe, Christopher Andersen, Lauren S. Armstrong McKay, David I. Bai, Xuemei Declerck, Fabrice Ebi, Kristie L. Gordon, Christopher Gupta, Joyeeta Hasan, Syezlin Jacobson, Lisa Lade, Steven J. Liverman, Diana Loriani, Sina Mohamed, Awaz Nakicenovic, Nebojsa Obura, David Qin, Dahe Rammelt, Crelis Rocha, Juan C. Rockström, Johan Verburg, Peter H. Zimm, Caroline |
| author_browse | Andersen, Lauren S. Armstrong McKay, David I. Bai, Xuemei Bunn, Stuart E. Declerck, Fabrice Ebi, Kristie L. Gordon, Christopher Green, Pamela Gupta, Joyeeta Hasan, Syezlin Jacobson, Lisa Lade, Steven J. Liverman, Diana Loriani, Sina Mohamed, Awaz Nakicenovic, Nebojsa Ndehedehe, Christopher Obura, David Qin, Dahe Rammelt, Crelis Rocha, Juan C. Rockström, Johan Stewart-Koster, Ben Verburg, Peter H. Zimm, Caroline |
| author_facet | Stewart-Koster, Ben Bunn, Stuart E. Green, Pamela Ndehedehe, Christopher Andersen, Lauren S. Armstrong McKay, David I. Bai, Xuemei Declerck, Fabrice Ebi, Kristie L. Gordon, Christopher Gupta, Joyeeta Hasan, Syezlin Jacobson, Lisa Lade, Steven J. Liverman, Diana Loriani, Sina Mohamed, Awaz Nakicenovic, Nebojsa Obura, David Qin, Dahe Rammelt, Crelis Rocha, Juan C. Rockström, Johan Verburg, Peter H. Zimm, Caroline |
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| description | Safe and just Earth System Boundaries (ESBs) for surface water and groundwater (blue water) have been defined for sustainable water management in the Anthropocene. Here we assessed whether minimum human needs could be met with surface water from within individual river basins alone and, where this is not possible, quantified how much groundwater would be required. Approximately 2.6 billion people live in river basins where groundwater is needed because they are already outside the surface water ESB or have insufficient surface water to meet human needs and the ESB. Approximately 1.4 billion people live in river basins where demand-side transformations would be required as they either exceed the surface water ESB or face a decline in groundwater recharge and cannot meet minimum needs within the ESB. A further 1.5 billion people live in river basins outside the ESB, with insufficient surface water to meet minimum needs, requiring both supply- and demand-side transformations. These results highlight the challenges and opportunities of meeting even basic human access needs to water and protecting aquatic ecosystems. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1492642025-12-08T09:54:28Z Living within the safe and just Earth system boundaries for blue water Stewart-Koster, Ben Bunn, Stuart E. Green, Pamela Ndehedehe, Christopher Andersen, Lauren S. Armstrong McKay, David I. Bai, Xuemei Declerck, Fabrice Ebi, Kristie L. Gordon, Christopher Gupta, Joyeeta Hasan, Syezlin Jacobson, Lisa Lade, Steven J. Liverman, Diana Loriani, Sina Mohamed, Awaz Nakicenovic, Nebojsa Obura, David Qin, Dahe Rammelt, Crelis Rocha, Juan C. Rockström, Johan Verburg, Peter H. Zimm, Caroline sustainability modelling ecosystem services water use surface water groundwater anthropocene freshwater ecology Safe and just Earth System Boundaries (ESBs) for surface water and groundwater (blue water) have been defined for sustainable water management in the Anthropocene. Here we assessed whether minimum human needs could be met with surface water from within individual river basins alone and, where this is not possible, quantified how much groundwater would be required. Approximately 2.6 billion people live in river basins where groundwater is needed because they are already outside the surface water ESB or have insufficient surface water to meet human needs and the ESB. Approximately 1.4 billion people live in river basins where demand-side transformations would be required as they either exceed the surface water ESB or face a decline in groundwater recharge and cannot meet minimum needs within the ESB. A further 1.5 billion people live in river basins outside the ESB, with insufficient surface water to meet minimum needs, requiring both supply- and demand-side transformations. These results highlight the challenges and opportunities of meeting even basic human access needs to water and protecting aquatic ecosystems. 2024-01 2024-07-25T15:21:24Z 2024-07-25T15:21:24Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149264 en Open Access application/pdf Nature Portfolio Stewart-Koster, B.; Bunn, S.E.; Green, P.; Ndehedehe, C.; Andersen, L.S.; Armstrong McKay, D.I.; Bai, X.; Declerck, F.; Ebi, K.L.; Gordon, C.; Gupta, J.; Hasan, S.; Jacobson, L.; Lade, S.J.; Liverman, D.; Loriani, S.; Mohamed, A.; Nakicenovic, N.; Obura, D.; Qin, D.; Rammelt, C.; Rocha, J.C.; Rockström, J.; Verburg, P.H.; Zimm, C. (2024) Living within the safe and just Earth system boundaries for blue water. Nature Sustainability 7(1): p. 53-63. ISSN: 2398-9629 |
| spellingShingle | sustainability modelling ecosystem services water use surface water groundwater anthropocene freshwater ecology Stewart-Koster, Ben Bunn, Stuart E. Green, Pamela Ndehedehe, Christopher Andersen, Lauren S. Armstrong McKay, David I. Bai, Xuemei Declerck, Fabrice Ebi, Kristie L. Gordon, Christopher Gupta, Joyeeta Hasan, Syezlin Jacobson, Lisa Lade, Steven J. Liverman, Diana Loriani, Sina Mohamed, Awaz Nakicenovic, Nebojsa Obura, David Qin, Dahe Rammelt, Crelis Rocha, Juan C. Rockström, Johan Verburg, Peter H. Zimm, Caroline Living within the safe and just Earth system boundaries for blue water |
| title | Living within the safe and just Earth system boundaries for blue water |
| title_full | Living within the safe and just Earth system boundaries for blue water |
| title_fullStr | Living within the safe and just Earth system boundaries for blue water |
| title_full_unstemmed | Living within the safe and just Earth system boundaries for blue water |
| title_short | Living within the safe and just Earth system boundaries for blue water |
| title_sort | living within the safe and just earth system boundaries for blue water |
| topic | sustainability modelling ecosystem services water use surface water groundwater anthropocene freshwater ecology |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149264 |
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