Calculating the carbon footprint The entire planetary livelihood is at stake, given the amount of GHG emissions already released (RĂźttinger et al., 2015), and the changing climate is already affecting us all. By understanding the impact of our individual and corporate actions (Module 4), we can increase our awareness, and promote beneficial choices considering our environment and culture (Weidema et al., 2008). If we accept a framework of creating sustainable landscapes, actions can be taken efficiently as seen in Figure 1 (Minang et al., 2015). Figure 1: Different entry points for project development. Source: Minang et al. (2015).
Considering the ‘wickedness’ (reference) of the challenge, the solutions need to be processed on a fundamental level (Minang et al., 2015). Ecosystem-based adaptation is a strategy with a high potential of extensive regenerative impact (Keenan et al., 2015). Climate Smart Terrains (CST) is a design able to handle the transdisciplinarity needed in order to achieve a regenerative status. The scale of operations is essential, when pursuing regenerative action. The landscape scale provides a great framework for finding multiple dimensions that cooperate, and leverage points for positive development (Minang et al., 2015).