Rockström's presentation merges key aspects of the planetary boundaries concept with the previously published centre report on biodiversity, ecosystem services and resilience.

The report calls for a better management of the dynamics between social-ecological systems and served as scientific background material for the high level meeting on humans, ecosystem services and the climate crisis which took place in Sweden, 7-9 September 2009.

The meeting was hosted by the Swedish Presidency of the EU and gathered environment ministers and senior officials to discuss the economic valuation of biological diversity and ecosystem services, as well as future goals and visions for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

The planetary boundaries concept caught global interest when a group of 28 internationally renowned scientists proposed that global biophysical boundaries, identified on the basis of the scientific understanding of the Earth System, could define a ‘safe planetary operating space´ for humanity.

The planetary boundaries concept will also be presented at a second side event held by EU Pavilion 10 December. Entitled "Solving the climate challenge within the planetary boundaries", Eric Lambin, Professor at the Department of Geography at the University of Louvain in Belgium and co-author to the article on Planetary Boundaries, will give a 20 minutes presentation on the planetary boundaries concept, with a special focus on deforestation and land-use changes.

See Johan Rockström give an introduction to the planetary boundaries concept: