Gail Whiteman

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored nonlinear transitions in the Arctic feedbacks and their subsequent impacts on the global climate and economy under the Paris Agreement scenarios, and found an important contribution to warming which leads to additional economic losses from climate change.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce a new development in the natural sciences, the delineation of nine "planetary boundaries" which govern life as we know it, and call for more systemic research that measures the impact of companies on boundary processes that are at, or possibly beyond, three threshold points.

TL;DR: Christiana Figueres and colleagues set out a six-point plan for turning the tide of the world's carbon dioxide by 2020, which aims to reduce emissions by 40% by 2020.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted a review of the systems thinking and sustainability management literature from 1990 up to 2015 including 96 articles and found that 54 percent of articles were published in two transdisciplinary journals, demonstrating that a systemic approach is not yet prevalent in mainstream management journals.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the case of two firms working in this new context of transition management in The Netherlands and conceptualize a more general approach for business to redefine and reframe the societal context in which it is operating and develop novel business strategies.