112
6 Benchmarking the Carbon, Water and Land Footprints …
use of equal weighting is debatable with high uncertainty in the final estimate. This,
however, is due to the recognition that trade-offs between sustainability gaps, in many
cases, cannot be tackled without any form of weighting. Anyhow, in response to all
these challenges that have to be confronted in implementing and developing the F–B
ESA framework, we call for multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary collaboration
between the fields of environmental footprints and planetary boundaries.
References
Aubauer HP (2011) Development of ecological footprint to an essential economic and political tool.
Sustainability 3:649–665
Bass S (2009) Keep off the grass. Nat Rep Clim Change 3:113–114
Berger M, Finkbeiner M (2013) Methodological challenges in volumetric and impact-oriented water
footprints. J Ind Ecol 17:79–89
Bogardi JJ, Fekete BM, Vörösmarty CJ (2013) Planetary boundaries revisited: a view through the
“water lens”. Curr Opin Environ Sustain 5:581–589
Borucke M, Moore D, Cranston G, Gracey K, Iha K, Larson J, Lazarus E, Morales JC, Wackernagel
M, Galli A (2013) Accounting for demand and supply of the biosphere’s regenerative capacity:
the National Footprint Accounts’ underlying methodology and framework. Ecol Ind 24:518–533
Bruns TD, Shefferson RP (2004) Evolutionary studies of ectomycorrhizal fungi: recent advances
and future directions. Can J Bot 82:1122–1132
Chapman PM, Maher B (2014) The need for truly integrated environmental assessments. Integr
Environ Assess Manage 10:151–151
Cole MJ, Bailey RM, New MG (2014) Tracking sustainable development with a national barometer
for South Africa using a downscaled “safe and just space” framework. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
111:E4399–E4408
Costanza R, Kubiszewski I, Giovannini E, Lovins H, McGlade J, Pickett KE, Ragnarsdóttir KV,
Roberts D, Vogli RD, Wilkinson R (2014) Time to leave GDP behind. Nature 505:283–285
ˇ
Cuˇ cek L, Klemeš JJ, Kravanja Z (2012) A review of Footprint analysis tools for monitoring impacts
on sustainability. J Cleaner Prod 34:9–20
Dearing JA, Wang R, Zhang K, Dyke JG, Haberl H, Sarwar Hossain M, Langdon PG, Lenton TM,
Raworth R, Brown S, Carstensen J, Cole MJ, Cornell SE, Dawson TP, Doncaster CP, Eigenbrod
F, Flörke M, Jeffers E, Mackay AW, Nykvist B, Poppy GM (2014) Safe and just operating spaces
for regional social–ecological systems. Glob Environ Change 28:227–238
Esty DC, Levy MA, Srebotnjak T, De Sherbinin A, Kim CH, Anderson B (2006) Pilot environmental
performance index. Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy, New Haven, USA
EUREAPA (2011). Scenario modelling and policy assessment tool. https://www.eureapa.net/
Fang K, Heijungs R, De Snoo GR (2014) Theoretical exploration for the combination of the
ecological, energy, carbon, and water footprints: overview of a footprint family. Ecol Ind
36:508–518
Fang K, Heijungs R, De Snoo GR (2015) Understanding the complementary linkages between
environmental footprints and planetary boundaries in a footprint–boundary environmental
sustainability assessment framework. Ecol Econ 114:218–226
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) 2012) AQUASTAT. http://www.
fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/data/query/index.html
Gerten D, Hoff H, Rockström J, Jägermeyr J, Kummu M, Pastor AV (2013) Towards a revised
planetary boundary for consumptive freshwater use: role of environmental flow requirements.
Curr Opin Environ Sustain 5:551–558
6 Benchmarking the Carbon, Water and Land Footprints …
use of equal weighting is debatable with high uncertainty in the final estimate. This,
however, is due to the recognition that trade-offs between sustainability gaps, in many
cases, cannot be tackled without any form of weighting. Anyhow, in response to all
these challenges that have to be confronted in implementing and developing the F–B
ESA framework, we call for multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary collaboration
between the fields of environmental footprints and planetary boundaries.
References
Aubauer HP (2011) Development of ecological footprint to an essential economic and political tool.
Sustainability 3:649–665
Bass S (2009) Keep off the grass. Nat Rep Clim Change 3:113–114
Berger M, Finkbeiner M (2013) Methodological challenges in volumetric and impact-oriented water
footprints. J Ind Ecol 17:79–89
Bogardi JJ, Fekete BM, Vörösmarty CJ (2013) Planetary boundaries revisited: a view through the
“water lens”. Curr Opin Environ Sustain 5:581–589
Borucke M, Moore D, Cranston G, Gracey K, Iha K, Larson J, Lazarus E, Morales JC, Wackernagel
M, Galli A (2013) Accounting for demand and supply of the biosphere’s regenerative capacity:
the National Footprint Accounts’ underlying methodology and framework. Ecol Ind 24:518–533
Bruns TD, Shefferson RP (2004) Evolutionary studies of ectomycorrhizal fungi: recent advances
and future directions. Can J Bot 82:1122–1132
Chapman PM, Maher B (2014) The need for truly integrated environmental assessments. Integr
Environ Assess Manage 10:151–151
Cole MJ, Bailey RM, New MG (2014) Tracking sustainable development with a national barometer
for South Africa using a downscaled “safe and just space” framework. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
111:E4399–E4408
Costanza R, Kubiszewski I, Giovannini E, Lovins H, McGlade J, Pickett KE, Ragnarsdóttir KV,
Roberts D, Vogli RD, Wilkinson R (2014) Time to leave GDP behind. Nature 505:283–285
ˇ
Cuˇ cek L, Klemeš JJ, Kravanja Z (2012) A review of Footprint analysis tools for monitoring impacts
on sustainability. J Cleaner Prod 34:9–20
Dearing JA, Wang R, Zhang K, Dyke JG, Haberl H, Sarwar Hossain M, Langdon PG, Lenton TM,
Raworth R, Brown S, Carstensen J, Cole MJ, Cornell SE, Dawson TP, Doncaster CP, Eigenbrod
F, Flörke M, Jeffers E, Mackay AW, Nykvist B, Poppy GM (2014) Safe and just operating spaces
for regional social–ecological systems. Glob Environ Change 28:227–238
Esty DC, Levy MA, Srebotnjak T, De Sherbinin A, Kim CH, Anderson B (2006) Pilot environmental
performance index. Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy, New Haven, USA
EUREAPA (2011). Scenario modelling and policy assessment tool. https://www.eureapa.net/
Fang K, Heijungs R, De Snoo GR (2014) Theoretical exploration for the combination of the
ecological, energy, carbon, and water footprints: overview of a footprint family. Ecol Ind
36:508–518
Fang K, Heijungs R, De Snoo GR (2015) Understanding the complementary linkages between
environmental footprints and planetary boundaries in a footprint–boundary environmental
sustainability assessment framework. Ecol Econ 114:218–226
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) 2012) AQUASTAT. http://www.
fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/data/query/index.html
Gerten D, Hoff H, Rockström J, Jägermeyr J, Kummu M, Pastor AV (2013) Towards a revised
planetary boundary for consumptive freshwater use: role of environmental flow requirements.
Curr Opin Environ Sustain 5:551–558