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Mathis Wackernagel is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with significant contributions in subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including Climate Change and Geoengineering, Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy, and Climate Change Communication and Perception.

Some notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Mathis Wackernagel include:

  • "Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future," 2021, published in Frontiers in Conservation Science
  • "The importance of resource security for poverty eradication," 2021, published in Nature Sustainability
  • "Maintaining biodiversity will define our long-term success," 2020, published in Plant Diversity
  • "EU-27 ecological footprint was primarily driven by food consumption and exceeded regional biocapacity from 2004 to 2014," 2023, published in Nature Food
  • "An integrated approach of Ecological Footprint (EF) and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in human ecology: A base for planning toward sustainability," 2021, published in PLoS ONE

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Mathis Wackernagel include:

  • Peter H. Raven
  • David Lin
  • Corey J. A. Bradshaw
  • Paul R. Ehrlich
  • Daniel T. Blumstein

The scientist's publications have appeared in several venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Conservation Science
  • Nature Sustainability
  • Nature Food
  • Plant Diversity
  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • National natural capital accounting with the ecological footprint concept

    Mathis Wackernagel;Larry Onisto;Patricia Bello;Alejandro Callejas Linares

  • Tracking the ecological overshoot of the human economy

    Mathis Wackernagel;Niels B. Schulz;Diana Deumling;Alejandro Callejas Linares

  • Our ecological footprint

    Mathis Wackernagel;William Rees

  • Perceptual and structural barriers to investing in natural capital: Economics from an ecological footprint perspective

    Mathis Wackernagel;William E. Rees

  • Urban ecological footprints: Why cities cannot be sustainable—And why they are a key to sustainability

    William Rees;Mathis Wackernagel

  • Strategic sustainable development — selection, design and synergies of applied tools

    K.-H. Robèrt;K.-H. Robèrt;B. Schmidt-Bleek;J. Aloisi de Larderel;G. Basile;G. Basile

  • Sharing Nature's Interest: Ecological Footprints as an Indicator of Sustainability

    Nicky Chambers;Craig Simmons;Mathis Wackernagel

  • Establishing national natural capital accounts based on detailed Ecological Footprint and biological capacity assessments

    C. Monfreda;M. Wackernagel;D. Deumling

  • Ecological Footprints and Appropriated Carrying Capacity: Measuring the Natural Capital Requirements of the Human Economy.

    William E. Ress;Mathis Wackernagel

  • Accounting for demand and supply of the biosphere's regenerative capacity: The National Footprint Accounts’ underlying methodology and framework

    Michael Borucke;David Moore;Gemma Cranston;Kyle Gracey

  • Allocating ecological footprints to final consumption categories with input–output analysis

    Thomas Wiedmann;Jan Minx;John Barrett;Mathis Wackernagel

  • Measuring sustainable development - Nation by nation

    Daniel D. Moran;Mathis Wackernagel;Justin A. Kitzes;Steven H. Goldfinger

  • Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future

    Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Paul R. Ehrlich;Andrew Beattie;Gerardo Ceballos

  • Calculating national and global ecological footprint time series: resolving conceptual challenges

    Mathis Wackernagel;Chad Monfreda;Niels B Schulz;Karl-Heinz Erb

  • EVALUATING THE USE OF NATURAL CAPITAL WITH THE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT : APPLICATIONS IN SWEDEN AND SUBREGIONS

    M. Wackernagel;L. Lewan;C. B. Hansson

  • Ecological footprint time series of Austria, the Philippines, and South Korea for 1961–1999: comparing the conventional approach to an ‘actual land area’ approach

    Mathis Wackernagel;Chad Monfreda;Karl-Heinz Erb;Helmut Haberl

  • Living planet report 2008

    C. Hails;S. Humphrey;J. Loh;S. Goldfinger

  • National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts 2005: The underlying calculation method

    Mathis Wackernagel;Chad Monfreda;Dan Moran;Paul Wermer

  • Ecological Footprint Accounting for Countries: Updates and Results of the National Footprint Accounts, 2012-2018

    David Lin;Laurel Hanscom;Adeline Murthy;Alessandro Galli

  • A research agenda for improving national Ecological Footprint accounts

    Justin Kitzes;Alessandro Galli;Marco Bagliani;John Barrett

  • Living Planet Report 2004

    J. Loh;M. Wackernagel

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandro Galli
Alessandro Galli University of Siena
William E. Rees
William E. Rees University of British Columbia
Daniel Moran
Daniel Moran Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Simone Bastianoni
Simone Bastianoni University of Siena
Helmut Haberl
Helmut Haberl BOKU University
Manfred Lenzen
Manfred Lenzen University of Sydney
Karl-Heinz Erb
Karl-Heinz Erb BOKU University
Peter H. Raven
Peter H. Raven Missouri Botanical Garden
Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra
Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra University of Twente
Fridolin Krausmann
Fridolin Krausmann BOKU University

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