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Table 2 Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) classification of the Planetary Boundary control variables

From: The Planetary Accounting Framework: a novel, quota-based approach to understanding the impacts of any scale of human activity in the context of the Planetary Boundaries

Earth system process

Planetary Boundary Control variable

DPSIR Category

Climate change

Atmospheric concentration of CO2

State

Change in radiative forcing

State

Biodiversity loss

Extinction rate

Impact

Nitrogen and phosphorus cycle

N2 removed from the atmosphere

Pressure

P flowing into oceans

Pressure

Stratospheric ozone depletion

Atmospheric concentration of ozone

State

Ocean acidification

Mean saturation state of aragonite in the oceans

State

Fresh water use

Freshwater consumption

Pressure

Change in land-use

Percentage of land cover converted to cropland

State

Novel entities

NA

NA

Atmospheric aerosol loading

Aerosol optical depth

State