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Requirement

Ecological compatibility

Production, infrastructure and services should respect physical limits, life-cycle effects, indirect impacts and a just transition.

The proposal

Make production, infrastructure and services compatible with physical accounts, precaution, life-cycle effects, leakage, rebound effects and a just transition.

How to read it

Sources identify relevant rights, methods, findings or precedents. They do not automatically establish the full World4Humans formulation. Where the project makes its own choice, that choice remains open to criticism and revision.

Sources and literature

Authority
World4Humans requirement using source-specific external authorities.
Relationship
Strong existing literature and previous work cover this component; the substantive overlap and transfer boundary still need to be delimited.

Cited publications

  • O’Neill et al., 2018

    O’Neill, Daniel W.; Fanning, Andrew L.; Lamb, William F.; Steinberger, Julia K. (2018), “A good life for all within planetary boundaries.” Nature Sustainability 1:88–95. DOI 10.1038/s41893-018-0021-4. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0021-4

  • Vogel et al., 2021

    Vogel, Jefim et al. (2021), “Socio-economic conditions for satisfying human needs at low energy use.” Global Environmental Change 69:102287. DOI 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102287. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378021000662

  • IPCC, 2022

    IPCC (2022), AR6 WGII Glossary, “Scenario”. Official source. IPCC AR6 glossary https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/chapter/annex-ii

  • ILO, 2015

    International Labour Organization. 2015. Guidelines for a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all. https://www.ilo.org/publications/guidelines-just-transition-towards-environmentally-sustainable-economies

  • CESCR, 2025

    CESCR, 2025. CESCR General Comment No. 27 (2025) on economic, social and cultural rights and the environmental dimension of sustainable development. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. https://docstore.ohchr.org/SelfServices/FilesHandler.ashx?enc=GXRpEoZgUZrv9afaDcAVVxzm4rvTBBA66M0URhhYgmZgOnSfhlPtND3QV0QBkfn%2BrF5tdmQcwYMCeletHQfj4w%3D%3D

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