An aspirational approach to planetary futures

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Ellis, Erle C.; Malhi, Yadvinder; Ritchie, Hannah; Montana, Jasper; Diaz, Sandra; Obura, David; Clayton, Susan; Leach, Melissa; Pereira, Laura; Marris, Emma; Muthukrishna, Michael; Fu, Bojie; Frankopan, Peter; Grace, Molly K.; Barzin, Samira; Watene, Krushil; Depsky, Nicholas; Pasanen, Josefin; Conceicao, Pedro
• 署名单位: University System of Maryland; University of Maryland Baltimore County; University of Oxford; University of Oxford; University of Oxford; Australian National University; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET); National University of Cordoba; University System of Ohio; College of Wooster; University of Cambridge; University of Cambridge; University of Witwatersrand; Stockholm University; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES), CAS; University of Oxford; University of Oxford; University of Auckland
• 刊物名称: Nature
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0028-2244
• DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09080-1
• 发表日期: 2025-06-26
• 页码: 889-899
• 关键词: climate-change; natures contributions; collective action; science; biodiversity; sustainability; archaeology; PSYCHOLOGY; beliefs; PARADOX

摘要

Prevailing frameworks to address planetary environmental challenges tend to focus on setting goals, targets, or boundaries to limit human harm to ecosystems or species. Here we propose an aspirational approach aimed at empowering people to shape a better future for all of life on Earth. We do this by building on the human development approach and its supporting metrics, especially the Human Development Index (HDI), a broadly influential framework that has contributed to decades of human progress by measuring and promoting people's capabilities to lead the lives that they value. Rather than assessing the state or dynamics of the biosphere, we propose the Nature Relationship Index (NRI), which would focus on measuring the progress of nations towards delivering mutually beneficial relationships among people and the rest of the living world in terms that people widely understand and value. Through an open-ended process informed by expert consultation, international concept testing and indicator development, the NRI could help to incentivize progress towards a world in which humanity thrives together with the rest of life on Earth. We explore the challenges and opportunities of developing a robust NRI and invite broader participation to facilitate this development in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report.