Towards a unified framework for biodiversity action in the Triple Planetary Crisis
Zhou, Jiarui Cricchio, Jacopo Sylvester, Francisco Posthuma, Leo Wilkes, Martin A Di Minin, Alberto Hollert, Henner Brack, Werner Orsini, Luisa
Zhou, Jiarui
Cricchio, Jacopo
Sylvester, Francisco
Posthuma, Leo
Wilkes, Martin A
Di Minin, Alberto
Hollert, Henner
Brack, Werner
Orsini, Luisa
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Open Access
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Journal Article
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Review
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Language
en
Date of publication
2026-03-21
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Research Projects
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Title
Towards a unified framework for biodiversity action in the Triple Planetary Crisis
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Environ Int 2026; 210:110205
Abstract
Climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss constitute the Triple Planetary Crisis, eroding the ecological foundations of economies, public health, and human wellbeing. Yet among these threats, biodiversity remains the least understood and least integrated into policy and decision-making. Monitoring efforts are fragmented and often fail to capture how multiple pressures-chemical pollution, invasive species, habitat degradation, eutrophication, and climate extremes-interact to drive non-linear ecosystem decline. This gap leaves societies poorly equipped to anticipate and mitigate ecological risks. We outline an interdisciplinary framework that combines deep-time ecological and environmental records with emerging forecasting tools to reconstruct long-term baselines and predict complex biodiversity responses to interacting stressors. We further identify pathways to embed these diagnostics into economic and governance systems, linking biodiversity directly to risk assessment, investment decisions, and regulatory frameworks. Together, these advances point toward a decision-support platform that enables governments, businesses, and communities to anticipate risks, evaluate interventions, and design strategies that align biodiversity protection with resilience in economies and societies.