Editorial
Nursing and midwifery education for a planet beyond 1.5 °C
Nurse education today, Vol.1577, pp.1-3
02/2026
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Abstract
Planetary health is an integrative framework that recognises the interconnection between human, animal, and ecosystem wellbeing, aiming to safeguard health within the limits of Earth's natural systems and to advance social and intergenerational equity (Whitmee et al., 2015). The field builds on the planetary boundaries framework, which
defines nine interdependent Earth-system processes: climate change, novel entities, stratospheric ozone depletion, atmospheric aerosol loading, ocean acidification, alteration of biogeochemical flows, disruption of freshwater cycles, land-system change, and loss of biosphere integrity (Rockstrom ¨ et al., 2009). These science-based
thresholds mark the “safe operating space” for human civilisation. Quantitative assessments now show that seven of these boundaries (Climate Change, Biosphere Integrity, Land System Change, Freshwater Use, Biogeochemical Flows, Novel Entities, and Ocean Acidification) have been crossed (Planetary Boundaries Science (PBScience), 2025), placing the planet within a triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste (United Nations Climate Change, 2022).
Details
- Title
- Nursing and midwifery education for a planet beyond 1.5 °C
- Creators
- Zerina Lokmic-Tomkins - Monash UniversityCatelyn Richards - University of Technology SydneyDeb Massey - Edith Cowan University
- Publication Details
- Nurse education today, Vol.1577, pp.1-3
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 3
- Identifiers
- 991013328719902368
- Copyright
- © 2025 Elsevier Ltd.
- Academic Unit
- Nursing; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Editorial