Vanham, D;
Leip, A;
Galli, A;
Kastner, T;
Bruckner, M;
Uwizeye, A;
van Dijk, K;
... Hoekstra, AY; + view all
(2019)
Environmental footprint family to address local to planetary sustainability and deliver on the SDGs.
Science of the Total Environment
, 693
, Article 133642. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133642.
(In press).
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Abstract
The number of publications on environmental footprint indicators has been growing rapidly, but with limited efforts to integrate different footprints into a coherent framework. Such integration is important for comprehensive understanding of environmental issues, policy formulation and assessment of trade-offs between different environmental concerns. Here, we systematize published footprint studies and define a family of footprints that can be used for the assessment of environmental sustainability. We identify overlaps between different footprints and analyse how they relate to the nine planetary boundaries and visualize the crucial information they provide for local and planetary sustainability. In addition, we assess how the footprint family delivers on measuring progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), considering its ability to quantify environmental pressures along the supply chain and relating them to the water-energy-food-ecosystem (WEFE) nexus and ecosystem services. We argue that the footprint family is a flexible framework where particular members can be included or excluded according to the context or area of concern. Our paper is based upon a recent workshop bringing together global leading experts on existing environmental footprint indicators.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Environmental footprint family to address local to planetary sustainability and deliver on the SDGs |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133642 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133642 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Footprint, Environmental footprint, Environmental footprint assessment, Family, Footprint family, Planetary boundaries |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10085338 |
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