Abstract
The Earth’s environment began its “Anthropocene”, in which human activities have become the main driver of global climate and ecological environment changes. The continuous interference of human activities in the future will make the Earth system lose its resilience, and hence it is urgent to identify a “safe and fair corridor” for the livable Earth.
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“Anthropocene” was first proposed by Nobel Prize winner Paul Crutzen in 2002, which means a new geological era dominated by human beings, and human activities have had a profound impact on the whole Earth.
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Future Earth. Our Future on Earth 2020. http://www.futureearth.org/publications/our-future-on-earth.
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1 mu ≈ 666.7 m2
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Qin, D., Ding, Y., Zhai, P., Song, L., Luo, Y., Jiang, K. (2023). Introduction. In: The Change of Climate and Ecological Environment in China 2021: Synthesis Report. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4487-3_1
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