Solutions

To return to a safe operating space, where the planet’s resilience, stability, and life-support systems are not at risk, we need to see the big picture: how the planetary boundaries interact, and how we can assess whether collective action is moving us towards or away from the Safe Operating Space.  
The Planetary Health Check allows governments, business and the wider public to track the state of the planetary boundaries and assess whether humanity is moving towards or away from the Safe Operating Space. While there is no single fix for all boundaries, multiple groups are working on evidence based solutions around the planet. 
Planetary-boundary solutions are actions, policies and transformations that reduce pressures on one or more planetary boundaries and help move humanity towards the Safe Operating Space, while avoiding unacceptable trade-offs across boundaries. Translating global planetary-boundary science into actionable targets at national, regional and local scales requires additional assessment of local conditions, responsibilities, capacities and trade-offs.
The following external solutions platforms provide illustrative examples of actions and approaches that can help reduce pressures on one or more planetary boundaries. They should therefore be considered as a possible, non-exhaustive menu rather than a definitive catalogue of solutions.
If you feel that an important solution is missing, please write to pbscience@pik-potsdam.de, providing the description of the solution and at least one vetted source on the topic. Please note that, as a non-profit research institute, our focus lies primarily on non-proprietary, non-commercial solutions.