Living within the safe and just Earth system boundaries for blue water

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dc.creatorStewart-Koster, Ben
dc.creatorBunn, Stuart E.
dc.creatorGreen, Pamela
dc.creatorNdehedehe, Christopher
dc.creatorAndersen, Lauren S.
dc.creatorArmstrong McKay, David I.
dc.creatorBai, Xuemei
dc.creatorDeclerck, Fabrice
dc.creatorEbi, Kristie L.
dc.creatorGordon, Christopher
dc.creatorGupta, Joyeeta
dc.creatorHasan, Syezlin
dc.creatorJacobson, Lisa
dc.creatorLade, Steven J.
dc.creatorLiverman, Diana
dc.creatorLoriani, Sina
dc.creatorMohamed, Awaz
dc.creatorNakicenovic, Nebojsa
dc.creatorObura, David
dc.creatorQin, Dahe
dc.creatorRammelt, Crelis
dc.creatorRocha, Juan C.
dc.creatorRockström, Johan
dc.creatorVerburg, Peter H.
dc.creatorZimm, Caroline
dc.date2024-01
dc.date2024-07-25T15:21:24Z
dc.date2024-07-25T15:21:24Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T13:36:19Z
dc.descriptionSafe and just Earth System Boundaries (ESBs) for surface water and groundwater (blue water) have been defined for sustainable water management in the Anthropocene. Here we assessed whether minimum human needs could be met with surface water from within individual river basins alone and, where this is not possible, quantified how much groundwater would be required. Approximately 2.6 billion people live in river basins where groundwater is needed because they are already outside the surface water ESB or have insufficient surface water to meet human needs and the ESB. Approximately 1.4 billion people live in river basins where demand-side transformations would be required as they either exceed the surface water ESB or face a decline in groundwater recharge and cannot meet minimum needs within the ESB. A further 1.5 billion people live in river basins outside the ESB, with insufficient surface water to meet minimum needs, requiring both supply- and demand-side transformations. These results highlight the challenges and opportunities of meeting even basic human access needs to water and protecting aquatic ecosystems.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149264
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/64631
dc.languageen
dc.publisherNature Portfolio
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceStewart-Koster, B.; Bunn, S.E.; Green, P.; Ndehedehe, C.; Andersen, L.S.; Armstrong McKay, D.I.; Bai, X.; Declerck, F.; Ebi, K.L.; Gordon, C.; Gupta, J.; Hasan, S.; Jacobson, L.; Lade, S.J.; Liverman, D.; Loriani, S.; Mohamed, A.; Nakicenovic, N.; Obura, D.; Qin, D.; Rammelt, C.; Rocha, J.C.; Rockström, J.; Verburg, P.H.; Zimm, C. (2024) Living within the safe and just Earth system boundaries for blue water. Nature Sustainability 7(1): p. 53-63. ISSN: 2398-9629
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.subjectmodelling
dc.subjectecosystem services
dc.subjectwater use
dc.subjectsurface water
dc.subjectgroundwater
dc.subjectanthropocene
dc.subjectfreshwater ecology
dc.titleLiving within the safe and just Earth system boundaries for blue water
dc.typeJournal Article

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