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1. Anthropocene, Climate Change, and Sustainability

Authors : Antonina Ivanova Boncheva, José Ernesto Rangel Delgado

Published in: Transition to a Safe Anthropocene in the Asia-Pacific

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The aim of this chapter is to present the intrinsic connection between Anthropocene and climate change, and the pathway we should follow as humanity towards a safe and sustainable Anthropocene. We explore climate change as one of the main indicators of the Anthropocene, presenting the main impacts, and climate action that we can apply to tackle it. Within the Anthropocene, global change is intricately linked to many of the other grand challenges that we face: land use and land cover, urbanization, globalization, coastal ecosystems, atmospheric composition, etc. Climate change is also an important justice issue, since the poor and future generations are mostly, the ones who will be worst affected. That´s why, we highlight the pathway to a safe and sustainable Anthropocene, and analyze the implication of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to affront climate change, and thus advance towards a safe Anthropocene. At the end, we express some final thoughts and steps for a just and sustainable transition.

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Title: Anthropocene, Climate Change, and Sustainability
Authors: Antonina Ivanova Boncheva
José Ernesto Rangel Delgado
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
Book: Transition to a Safe Anthropocene in the Asia-Pacific
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-66520-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-66521-9

Copyright Year: 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66521-9_1

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