RT null T1 International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2019 - Part 1 - Chapter 4 A1 United Nations Environment Programme, A1 University of Eastern Finland, A2 Kumar, Devika K1 environmental law K1 environmental management K1 human rights K1 Anthropocene PB University of Eastern Finland SN 978-952-61-3467-3 YR 2020 FD 2020 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34372 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34372 NO Earth system refers to Earth’s physical, chemical and biological processes interacting with one another. The system consists of the land, oceans, atmosphere and poles. It also includes the planet’s natural cycles – the carbon, water, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulphur and other cycles. The integrity of Earth systems is eroding at a rapid pace and it has become more apparent than ever. We are faced with unprecedented socio-ecological crisis that gravely threatens all life on Earth. Human activities are increasingly crossing the planetary boundaries, which is pushing the Earth to enter into an Anthropocene era – an era which is altogether a more unpredictable and unstable geological epoch.Full report is available at: https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34356 NO https://www.unep.org/es/node/28532 DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 22, 2026