Planetary well-being

Abstract Tensions between the well-being of present humans, future and nonhuman nature manifest in social protests political academic debates over Earth. The increasing consumption natural resources no longer increases, let alone equalises, human well-being, but has led to current ecological crisis harms both well-being. While been acknowledged, existing conceptual frameworks are some respects ill-equipped address a way that would link resolving with pivotal aim promoting equal shortcomings concepts this respect relate anthropocentric normative orientation, methodological individualism disregards process dynamics precludes integrating considerations lack multiscalar This work derives proposes concept planetary aforementioned issues, recognise moral considerability promote transdisciplinary, cross-cultural discourse for addressing societal cultural transformation. Conceptually, shifts focus on from individuals processes, Earth system ecosystem underlie all Planetary is state where integrity processes remains unimpaired degree species populations can persist organisms have opportunity achieve After grounding introducing shortly discusses how be operationalised reflects upon its potential as bridging different worldviews.