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The report assesses selected environmental footprints for Europe based on the concept of planetary boundaries. It explores various approaches for allocating global limits to the European level. According to the report Europe currently exceeds its safe operating space for nitrogen cycle, by a factor of more than 3; phosphorous cycle, by a factor of 2, and land system change, by a factor of nearly 2. This underlines, amongst others, the importance of sustainable nutrition patterns.

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